MS Flight Sim 2004....what yoke is best?

I'd like to use this at home to play with. What USB yoke is the best match for
this software?

Thanks in advance. You can e-mail a reply is you'd like. I'd like to get it
ordered today.


Trip

Opinions vary, but my recommendation is to use a force-feedback joystick
(e.g. MS FF Sidewinder 2) rather than a non-force-feedback yoke (I'm not
aware of any reasonably priced force-feedback yokes). A force-feedback
joystick does a decent job of simulating the different control feel in
different flight regimes. I find that more important to realism than the
physical shape of the control.

--Gary

"TripFarmer" wrote in message
...
I'd like to use this at home to play with. What USB yoke is the best
match for
this software?

Thanks in advance. You can e-mail a reply is you'd like. I'd like to
get it
ordered today.


Trip

Gary may have a good idea about force feedback. But, make sure the throttle
is on the right side of the joystick! I was out of flying for several
years. I started using a MS SideWinder with the throttle on the left side.
I started flying with my right hand so I could use the throttle on the left.
I got in a real plane and was totally bafled at how I couldn't fly, till I
figured it out.

FWIW I have a CH flight sim yoke USB with the USB pedals. It's a cheap
solution, but works OK for me. ... Aaron


"TripFarmer" wrote in message
...
I'd like to use this at home to play with. What USB yoke is the best
match for
this software?

Thanks in advance. You can e-mail a reply is you'd like. I'd like to
get it
ordered today.


Trip

Aaron Kiley wrote:
Gary may have a good idea about force feedback. But, make sure the throttle
is on the right side of the joystick! I was out of flying for several
years. I started using a MS SideWinder with the throttle on the left side.
I started flying with my right hand so I could use the throttle on the left.
I got in a real plane and was totally bafled at how I couldn't fly, till I
figured it out.

All depends upon the plane. One controls the throttle of a j-3 cub (to pick
one of many examples) with the left hand.


--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR