I need advice with buying a joystick for FS 2004

Kerry-ann Guest
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Thu Mar 25, 2004 4:44 pm

😕 I am buying my farther his 1st PC game to go with his new PC. The only game he wishes to have is a good flight simulator so we have selected Microsoft flight simulator 2004 a century of flight.

I have spent day's trying to see what joystick to get him and would welcome any advice. He selected the Logic 3 Phantom 2 but it needs to be updated to work with windows XP and I did not think it look sufficient. I found the Saitek X45 which looked very good but now have found some conflicting information.

So any advice would be useful.

Thanks

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
Answered
Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:49 pm

Here are a few discussions about joysticks, there are links to their sites also. 👍

➡ https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/831/recomend-best-joystick-controls/

➡ https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/888/new-joystick-time/

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jelami First Officer
Joined: Mar 14, 2004 Posts: 449 Location: Fayetteville, TN
Answered
Sat Mar 27, 2004 9:39 pm

My dog helped me decide to buy a new stick just after x-mas (don't ask)

I bought a wireless Logitech Wingman Freedom 2.4.
Wireless is the best!
It has 10 buttons, slight rotation for the rudder, throttle, and a view "hat" It uses 3 AA batteries which so far last about a month.

Mike
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Guest
Answered
Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:57 pm

you may want to take a look at the trackir2 for POV

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Brook Trainee
Joined: Mar 12, 2004 Posts: 88 Location: San Francisco, CA
Answered
Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:12 am

on day #3 of my Saitek Cyborg Evo and still liking it.
(it's kinda cool-lookin' too)
http://www.saitekusa.com/usa/prod/cyborg_evo.htm

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Ian Stephens (ianstephens) Captain
Joined: Feb 22, 2012 Posts: 827 Ian Stephens is an expert on this topic. Read his bio here.
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Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:47 pm

I posted an article here reviewing some great joysticks:
https://flyawaysimulation.com/news/4684/

Feel free to comment on the article over there.

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