I've been a devout MSFS user since 1998 and since the release of Microsoft Flight have started thinking about switching over to XPlane 10. I'll probably switch over when they (developers) start putting good quality aircraft and scenery up.Today though I was wondering I have the Saitek Pro Flight yoke system, multi panel, radio panel, and another throttle quadrant, will those work in XPlane if I were to switch over.

Yes, there are drivers and plugins for the radio panel and multi-panel that work fine in XPX.

 

The pro-flight instrument panel is not functioning yet.

 

The yoke and throttle quad work fine.

 

I have the Saitek yoke and quadrant, the radio panel and the pro-flight instrument panel, only the instrument panel doesnt work fully...yet.

Alright thank you

@ PingPong

 

PingPong, can you compare the Saitek yoke with the CH Products yokes? I currently use the CH Flight Sim Yoke, but have had it for a long time, and thinking about getting a new yoke. I have had excellent service with the CH. But wondering if the Saitek yoke is better, or not. I also have the Saitek X52 stick and throttle, which works well also. I do favor yokes for most of my type of flying,(GA mostly).

 

Of course I don't know if you have had experience with CH, but thought I would ask.

I could answer that one for you, In our aviation lab at my school we have ch yokes and pedals. Personally I think the saitek yoke, while not the best on the market, is much better than the ch yoke. The yoke handle doesen't flex like the ch one does, and the stainless steel shaft and bearing system of the saitek yoke is much smoother. The only thing you'll lose from the ch is the trim wheel, which i didn't like anyways. Also if youre going to set up the yoke as if you were sitting on the left side of the airplane (with the throttle quadrant to the right) youll have your hat switch on the left side of the yoke which i like. It gives you the ability to look around, control the airplane, and manage the throttles, mixture, etc. all at once. You also get a chronometer which is nice.

Howdy Devin,

 

Thanks for the input, I wouldn't miss the so called trim wheel in the CH either, I only use it to make sure the pitch is centered when I calibrate the yoke. The hat switch would be handier on the left and if I get the Saitek, I will get the Saitek trim wheel as well. I'm thinking strongly of the Saitek presently, your mini review helps.

 

Thanks again.

My pleasure also if you were to get the multi panel it comes with a trim wheel as well I like it a lot

You can always download the demo first and try your stuff out before you purchase,The Demo hooked me.

I have Saitek yoke, pedals, and quad, and everything works great with XP10.

When I first tried using it I struggled with the hat switch and was frustrated that

it didn't seem to work as well as it did on FSX, but then I discovered mouse/cmd

mode, lol, and once adjusted to that who cares about the hat switch B) In fact,

NOW the problem I have is when I fly FSX I constantly find myself trying to use

XP keys and wishing they worked.

 

I still think the radial knob interface in like PMDG on FSX is superior to XP10, and

I hope it changes eventually, but its a minor nuisance I can live with. I am really

happy to have both sims to fly with, in fact its FS9 that has dropped from sight for

me, I now spend time between these two instead.

 

Good luck!

@ wb5okj

 

I have owned both yolks and I feel the Saitek is superior to the CH, if only for the metal shaft that the yolk actuates on, it feels much more substantial that the plastic one in the CH products.

 

With regards to a trim wheel, I actually bought a separate trim wheel from a guy who sells home-crafted USB hardware and have not touched anything else since. I also have both Saitek and CH pedals, they are pretty much equivocal but the Saitek ones have a little more pushback and therefore may be a little better.

 

I also have the CH throttle quadrant, and after a year of use the controls became very twitchy and send alot of unnecessary inputs to the sim. I had to move some of the controls around and ditch the levers I was using for throttle all togehter to have a better sense of realism. I FSUIPC or something similar ever comes to XPX it'll be a godsend because I would like to adjust the sensitivity of my controls independently as opposed to all at once.

 

My trim wheels is really sensitive, so I was thinking of getting this:

 

http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/trimwheel.html

 

hope that helps...

How hard is it to push on the Saitek yoke? My main complaint about the CH Eclipse is that it's a bit tough to push/pull sometimes. It makes it hard to fine-tune altitude. The trim wheel does help a bit, though.

 

Also, does the Saitek yoke still have trouble with spontaneous un-calibration or unexpected input from toggles/switches?

The Saitek yolk is not very hard to move around, but it does snap back into a neutral position when you release it, which makes a trim wheel or some other device necessary.

 

I think the switch bug was cleared in the newer versions of the yolk or drivers, I haven't heard much about it recently.

I would've bought X Plane 10 a while ago, but I hate it when I have to develop my own control mappings. That's the reason why I'm not buying it.

I would've bought X Plane 10 a while ago, but I hate it when I have to develop my own control mappings. That's the reason why I'm not buying it.

 

You don't have to "develop" any mappings, its dirt simple really, there's a pull down menu for setup, you go to

the joystick/controller selection (forget the exact name but its obvious), once there you click any button or move

any axis of your controller and there will be one of the bars that move, then you have a pull down on that device

and you pick what you want it to be (eg throttle, mixture, flaps, etc etc). Its easier to do than FSX, its just that

its different, there's ALWAYS a first time for a new product... It silly to let this be what keeps you from the product.

That's not the problem. The problem is that I don't actually want to select what I want that control to be. I want X Plane to auto-select what it wants to be. The amount of choices it has causes me to spin my head because I'm so confused.