The better Yoke for FSX?

[wmcmahon 0]

I've got another question for Saitek owners, the mounting bracket on the bottom is quite large, it has a much larger footprint than the CH yoke.  This is a problem for me, and I'm assuming for other folks, who have a keyboard tray underneath, not enough room to mount the Yoke.

 

I was wondering if double sided velcro tape would work on the top of your desk?  I've used this tape to hold over 15 pounds of equipment against a wall, that's how strong it is, do those with Saitek Yokes think that's practical?  How much force is needed to push/pull the yoke? 

[Noel 4,503]

I've got another question for Saitek owners, the mounting bracket on the bottom is quite large, it has a much larger footprint than the CH yoke.  This is a problem for me, and I'm assuming for other folks, who have a keyboard tray underneath, not enough room to mount the Yoke.

 

I was wondering if double sided velcro tape would work on the top of your desk?  I've used this tape to hold over 15 pounds of equipment against a wall, that's how strong it is, do those with Saitek Yokes think that's practical?  How much force is needed to push/pull the yoke? 

If you have a keyboard tray neither the CH nor Saitek yokes can be mounted quite obviously.   I will take a photo and post it here in a few days, but what I have done is put the throttle quad on the right side of the yoke, the trim wheel on the left of the yoke, and unlike the CH yoke the Cessna yoke is nicely flat on top so I put the keyboard on top w/ a foam wedge on the back side of the keyboard to tilt it forward.  With this configuration there is ample room for my knees since mounting bracket is now in the center for the yoke (so the left knee sits between the trim wheel mounting screw and the yoke mount and the right knee between the yoke and throttle quad) .  I set my keyboard atop the former CH yoke for years and was ok w/ that already,

 

Yes, others have reported using either velcro or strong industrial strength double-stick tape and that works well too, so either way.  I thought I would do this until I came up w/ the above.

[wmcmahon 0]

Can you remove the mounting portion from the Saitek yoke? 

[vortex681 806]

Do you think this would be alleviated by removing the detent by modding the Yoke as many people has suggested?

I think that there has been a separate problem which is sorted by modding the yoke. The problem I described is really a design problem with no easy way to resolve other than just putting up with it.

[Noel 4,503]

Can you remove the mounting portion from the Saitek yoke? 

Yes, the mounting portion is completely separate from the yoke body assembly.  The body has a nice flat bottom for mounting w/ double-stick or other creative methods.   It's actually quite effective & simple but if it were in a place your knees would hit it could break either your knee or the mounting bracket/pinion.  

[wmcmahon 0]

OK great, thanks for the input.  I think I'm likely going to be buying the Saitek Yoke in April and double siding velcro tape it to the top of my desk.  In the future I might invest in the wheel stand pro.