Also covers flight sticks and throttles! Includes: VKB Gladiator NXT EVO Standard and Premium, X-52 (PRO), WinWing Ursa Minor Airliner and Fighter, MOZA AB9, MOZA MH16, MOZA MA3X Thustmaster t16000m and Warthog, Turtle Beach VelocityOne and Flight Deck, Logitech X-56, Winwing Orion2, Virpil Constellation Alpha Prime, MongoosT-50 CM3 Throttle, VKB Omnithrottle, Gunfighter Mk IV Ultimate, STECS Mini/Plus/Standard/Max, Virpil Flankr and everything I forgot to list here!
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00:00 What to expect!
00:44 Covered devices
01:33 What you absolutely need to know
04:11 Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
04:58 Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS
05:39 Thrustmaster T16000m Flight Stick
06:30 WinWing Ursa Minor Airliner
07:33 T16000m FCS with TWCS throtte
08:17 TurtleBeach VelocityOne Flight Stick
09:25 WinWing Ursa Minor Fighter Stick
10:04 Logitech X-52 and X-52 Pro
11:06 VKB Gladiator NXT EVO Space Combat Edition Standard
12:55 Logitech X-56 Rhino
14:05 VKB Gladiator NXT EVO Space Combat Edition Premium
14:20 TurtleBeach Flight Deck
15:00 Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS System
15:55 WinWing Orion2 Metal Warthog
16:55 Thrustmaster AVA Base
17:45 VKB Gunfighter and STECS Series
18:50 Virpil Constellation Alpha Prime, FLANKR grip and CM3 Throttle
20:13 MOZA AB-9 Force Feedback base
21:26 WinWing Cyber Taurus
21:55 Make sure to check the sticky!
22:18 Recommended Devices
29:52 Upgrade Paths
ATTENTION (Aaachtung!): Corrections and additions:
– The Flight Deck isn’t Xbox compatible! Only the VelocityOne stick and yoke are (thanks @speedy6369)
– Clarification: The Ursa Minor has less deflection than the Gladiator, so an Omni throttle is a better throttle replacement. A TWCS has longer throw and is better as a dedicated throttle
– The STECS Max isn’t the same as the Standard, I just accidentaly used the same images (Thanks @loco_nr1622)
– The Moza MH16 also works on Thrustmaster compatible bases. Although the additional controls won’t work
– It’s not the “NXT EVO Grip” that’s compatible compatible with the Gunfighter base, there are two versions of it with different connectors (Kosmosima grip), although there are conversion kits for the grip.
– Clarification: the Gladiator Standard doesn’t feature a mini stick. I mentioned the potentiometer before I introduced the Premium variant. Sorry for the confusion. (Thanks @pepazdepa3275)
– The WarBRD-D uses two cams per axis, the CM3 one. I mixed things in my script, sorry for that (thanks @watermelon58)
– I marked the wrong input on the TM Warthog throttle. The mini stick of course is on the front, where the mouse knob once was. It’s also not a metal construction but only metal plates bolted onto a plastic casing (Thanks @Soundwave857)
– The STECS just received an update. There now is an analog mini stick for the Index finger (Thanks @Traumglanz)
– The Gladiator’s base isn’t as tall as the cam/spring gimbal bases. That’s an advantage for desktop use.
– Check if your dead zones are configured properly before you think your stick might be broken (thanks @AdjudicatorBrbal)
Super useful, thanks. So what’s a good one with yaw/Z axis? The VKB seems great but doesn’t have it. And the Ursa Minor fighter does not seem to be available in EU.
0:41 😂😂 if life itself. Yes! Help me 🎉 I’ve been on an X52 since 2004/2005 when it was Saitek Original. Best hardware investment form a Maxium magazine
2:32 never knew this
It depends alot on where youre based. VKB is significantly more expensive outside of the US