Hello,

 

I have a Saitek X52 Pro system that appears to have died (the throttle), but, the joystick, can still recieve power when  plugged into the PS/2 port on the back of the computer. Of course it won't work this way as the computer doesn't recognize it, it needs to be paired with the throttle. I'm considering, a Saitek Pro Flight Cessna yoke as a replacement, but I'd still need a joystick for my A2A Piper cub. The Saitek yoke assembly has a PS/2 input for a throttle quadrant. I'm wondering, since my X52 Pro joystick still lights up, can it be plugged into the yoke and be recognized by SST software? The literature states that Saitek components can be plugged in, mentions several items, but not a joystick. If I did this, of course I would have 2 aileron/elevator control inputs, so while using the joystick I would have to be careful not to move the yoke. I could re-program the X52 Pro to have throttle input, the index and pinkie trigger are currently set to flaps, but I could make those the throttle as the cub doesn't have flaps. When I get back in the NG, I'd unplug the joystick and plug in the throttle that comes with the Saitek Cessna yoke. I just don't like the thought of dropping a hundred bucks on another decent joystick when I have one, albeit just half of the original system, when I would only use it for 1 aircraft.

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