http://www.aerosoft.com/shop-re_s/acp_compact_usb.html

It's tempting but at $380USD the sticker price is too high. If it were around the $100-150USD price point, I would probably pick one up.

Actually I Find $380.00 USD very reasonable if you take into account what the same rig would cost you at Goflight.http://www.goflightinc.com/products.html#privateThere private Pilot Configuration runs at $1039.10 USDCheers

I have been using one for almost a year now and am very happy with it. I researched getting something like this for two years, tried to figure out how to make my own and finally figured I'd rather spend my time flying than tinkering so spent the money. It increased the realism considerably, now to tune radios you reach for a knob and turn it, for the gear you have a little gear lever, for flaps a flap switch. There's even a button that will bring up the radio stack (as long as it is set in the panel.cfg file as "window01"). It's only shortcoming is it is not programmable, it is hardwired as a keyboard emulator so you can't change button presses or knob functions unless you change the keypresses within flight simulator itself. I have done this so the trim and mixture buttons are now used to set the altitude and vertical speed for the autopilot. The way I figured it cost about 4 hours of real flying with an instructor. It has given me 100's upon 100's of hours of increased realism while simming... that's a steal :).Zane

Are the frequencies readings real i.e. adjustable ir is it just eyecandy?Rob "Holland&Holland" de Vries http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Flying.gif"To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder"

Zane,Thanks man... Is the box too small to handle or is it OK? I can't stand using a mouse to tune into a frequency... and I have been looking for this for a long time.All the others that I like cost between $1200-$2500 bucks. I was looking for one that also works with ASA ON-TOP for my IFR training.But the one that ASA On-Top supports does not work with FS9. Even the PFC does not work with On Top. So I gave up.But this one looks good atleast for FS9.I was just going to order it after I read your post... Is there anything negative about it?How do you tune the whole digits vs decimals.. Do you pull out the knob for decimals like you do the real thing?And yeah.. Is the frequency displayed on the box eye candy? or do they show the actual frequency tuned?

Hi Manny,The box is 2 3/4" wide by 7 3/4" tall and you can velcro it onto the side of your monitor. The front of the unit has a nicely made sticker labeling all knobs and buttons. The numbers you see are just printed on that sticker (you wouldn't get LED's for this price ;) ). Each of the controls have dual functions to accomodate radios 1 and 2, these are switched with a small toggle on the face of the unit and there are LED lights which switch from red for com/nav1 and yellow for com/nav2. The radio knobs on the left are for MHz, the right ones are for kHz, the little button between them swaps frequencies. In all the unit will emulate 67 different keystrokes, with a little use it all becomes second nature. The ADF tuning knobs function for Heading bug, altimeter setting and DG adjustment in the second tuning mode. As I stated there is a button that will toggle the radio pop up panel onscreen so while you tune the knob on the unit, you see the digits change in whatever radio is being modeled for the aircraft you are flying, that way you can emulate basically any radio being used. After using it I wouldn't want to go back to using the mouse. In almost twenty years of flying I have never reached for a mouse in a real plane ;).If you can afford the more expensive units there are better simulations of Bendix/King radios that include the LED frequencies on them. For what I spent, I got exactly what I need and am happy with the quality of the unit.Zane

That is extremely cheap for a radio panel. It looks comparible to Go-Flight's panel. Here's some others:Elite AP3000 USB ($2,000): http://www.flyelite.com/hardware.php?product_id=9Has many more buttons and features though.SimKits Radio Stack ($4,000+): http://www.simkits.com/product.php?prodid=231The SimKits is the nicest, only because it's an exact replica of the Cessna Bendix King radios. I've also use the Elite AP3000 and it too is very nice and it's more reliable. I've seen the Go-Flight and didn't care much for it though.My Cessna Simulator has the SimKits radio stack.

Hello All, I've got one, had it for about 4 years, use it for flaps, gear and radios, for the money I paid, think it was about 250 then, it was a deal, now, not so sure, but I sure use it alot and it has never failed.Because of FS's limitations, sometimes the rad's don't tune right, but that'a a minor inconvience -- all in all, happy with the money I spent,Best,Clayhttp://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...ers/Dopke01.jpgClayton T. Dopke (Clay)Major, USAF (retired)"Drac"