3 hours ago, TonyD said:

I have a set of CH Pro Pedals - can't complain - they have now reached legal voting age 🙂

 

I finally had to replace my CH Pro Pedals after 13 years because they developer USB problems. They are excellent pedals. 

5 hours ago, tup61 said:

I wouldn't call it a budget alternative but I suppose that depends on the your bank account. 😉 However, the lack of toe brakes makes this an absolute no buy for me... They may be superior mechanically but lack an important feature (for a device that already doesn't have much features 😉 ). I find it odd that people recommend rudder pedals without brakes... But well, to each his own. 😉

100%, don’t get anything without toe brakes! This would be an automatic no buy if it were me also! In fact, I can’t believe some rudder pedals are made with no toe brakes, boggles the mind.  I’ve been using a set of ch pro pedals for the last 12 years, of which I bought used on eBay at that time, so they are even older than 12 years, but they still work great, granted I don’t think they are available anymore (I could be wrong).

Edited January 4, 20224 yr by flyinpilot212121

I have the Thrustmaster T Flight pedals and am very happy with them.  All I need is a smooth rudder motion and decent toe brakes and these deliver on both.

Paired with and old CH flight yoke usb.

A vote for the Thrusmaster T Flight pedals here. I've had mine for probably 4 years now, with a Warthog stick and throttle.  The pedals are pots (I believe) vs hall sensors, but they've never given me any trouble. I use them with no dead zones or curves on rudder or brake axes, and have never had problems with centering or transient spikes etc.

I sim a variety of flying and I use these for everything from GA taildragger fun to DCS warbirds and the Hornet, Tomcat and Harrier.  They needed a bit of lube once, but have been nice and smooth since. I agree, no toe brakes was a deal killer for me when I was looking; that's mainly how I ended up with these. Differential braking is just too fundamental to some of the simming I do. 

The other thing I like about the T Flight is that they feel like actual aircraft pedals (besides being plastic of course).  You can comfortably operate them with your heels on the floor and the balls of your feet on the bottom of the pedals, which is how real aircraft are flown.  I see a lot of sim pedals that are designed for your entire foot to rest on the pedal, and that would feel entirely wrong to me.  I've never flown a real aircraft with pedals like that.

The one downside of these is that they are as close together as typical modern Cessna pedals.  That's fine if you're using a yoke, but if you're using a center-mounted stick, it takes a bit of seat / pedals / stick mount positioning to make everything comfortable. I've been happy ever since I got it dialed in though... just can't see spending $500 on pedals (and this is coming from someone who likes taildraggers and aerobatics.)

I had both, 2 saitek one in the past and now TFRP, I'd recommand TFRP but you'll need damper grease or you'll get very uneven friction, saitek also got this issue while slightly less, but harder to apply these grease.

 

On 1/4/2022 at 3:49 AM, ParaMan said:

I'm looking to get some rudder pedals, and budget-wise I'm down to either the Thrustmaster T Flight or the Logitech.

 

Is there a significant difference between the 2?

I have had the Saitek Cessna pedals for years and to be honest I always struggled with them, they just are not accurate. I decided to look for a new pair but was having a hard time justifying the cost of a good pair. I have sold some old flight gear and was lucky to find a 2 month old set of Virpil pedals for a decent price. I can honestly say using these new pedals is night and day different. These things are built like a tank and are engineered to perfection. The control is just so smooth and for the first time have been able to accurately position the aircraft for crosswind landings and can hold the centerline on the take off roll.

I would suggest saving a bit more and buying decent pedals, you won't be disappointed. It really does make a difference as does having good flight control hardware

Edited January 18, 20224 yr by RJC68

On 1/6/2022 at 6:03 AM, C2615 said:

I had both, 2 saitek one in the past and now TFRP, I'd recommand TFRP but you'll need damper grease or you'll get very uneven friction, saitek also got this issue while slightly less, but harder to apply these grease.

 

Thank you for this tip, I got hold of a cheap generic high viscosity damper grease and it has improved dramatically the friction with it being a lot smoother now. 
Love the TFRP pedals more than the old Saitek ones.

On 1/4/2022 at 11:02 AM, Dominique_K said:

Except that, with age, I had to set a dead zone

Hi Dominique,  do you mean the pedals' age?  😉

2 minutes ago, jetlag said:

Hi Dominique,  do you mean the pedals' age?  😉

Hi

Yep 😁 !