Reddit reviews Saitek Cyborg Evo Joystick

My favorite flight stick has been the Saitek Cyborg evo: Amazon

However it is discontinued. I have used 2 of the Logitech Extreme 3D pro's and they both felt sloppier and less sensitive than the Saitek. Most of the buttons on the stick are adjustable, and the palm rest can be adjusted or removed. I remove it so I can lay my palm on the base, for small-movement, precision flying.

Haven't used any flight yolks or rudder pedals since I'm poor! Hopefully once I'm an engineer I will be able to make my sim design a reality!

http://www.amazon.com/Saitek-102989-Cyborg-Evo-Joystick/dp/B0000AW9P1
I've been using this for a little while. Sadly anything I fly it with leans to the left. I tore it open in attempt to fix it and it lays in pieces currently. For the small cost I got it at I enjoy it. I'm not into the entire hotas setup. Small and efficient gets the job done.

I just switched from a Saitek Cyborg EVO to the (Mad Katz) Saitek X-55 HOTAS and I cannot even begin to explain how amazing it is. It's pricey, but I plan on using it with Star Citizen (and also probably Xplane or FSX) in the future, so I considered it a $100 per game.

Well here's the good news : you have pedals. People have set up their G27/G29/Thrustmaster/Fanatec pedals to work with their Air sim of choice so they can use them for the rudder pedals.

You don't need HOTAS (hands-on-throttle-and-stick) to have a good flight experience but I cannot express this enough : flying without a joystick is like driving without a wheel. It just won't be the same.

The good news however, is since you don't need HOTAS you don't need to spend big cash on a joystick. You could go find one at your local value-village or whatever discount store you have and buy whatever used stick you find. It will likely be logitech and will do the job.

If you don't want a crummy old one you can spend about 40 bucks and get a normal stick from logitec or w/e and use it.

When it comes to your throttle most sticks in the past 10 years have a little slider or some form of sliding button you can assign to throttle.

Here's a good stick I used to use before I got the HOTAS : https://www.amazon.com/Saitek-102989-Cyborg-Evo-Joystick/dp/B0000AW9P1 notice the little tab near the base of the stick where your arm would be resting : there's a little lever there that you use for throttle.

So your pedals + any stick would give you quite a good experience. Wait until you have the stick, don't fly with a gamepad.

Welcome to Elite: Dangerous and the PC master race.

Button Mapping and Joystick configurations vary a lot between different commanders, but some things stay constant. Let's start with weapons and firing. You have two options for weapons (fire groups 1 and 2), and have the option to cycle firing modes to have different combinations of weapons and utilities. Example: I run cannons (fire group 2) and lasers (fire group 1) on my first grouping. Second grouping is my discovery scanner and FSD interdicter, etc. Primary fire is set to the trigger with my secondary being bound to (on your joystick F2. F3. or F4). I use the hat switch on the top for my directional thrusters (up, down, left, right).

In your case, you don't have too many buttons to work with so it's imperative you maximize your space and get as many things in the same place as possible. Even though the joystick I use has more buttons than yours, I still have to use my keyboard for various things that I don't use often or simply don't have room for. (http://www.amazon.com/Saitek-102989-Cyborg-Evo-Joystick/dp/B0000AW9P1/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1427377482&sr=1-1&keywords=saitek+cyborg+evo)

As far as the four buttons on the bottom of your stick goes, I would probably assign those to 'Deploy Hardpoints', Thruster Boost, Cargo Scoop, Frameshift Drive in whichever order suits you best.

For anything that I don't want to be bothered with using a button, I utilize a program called Voice Attack that converts voice commands to pre-defined button presses and mappings. For example, I can say 'max engines' and VA will automatically send 4 pips to engines. I like to use this format for many different commands because it does two things for me. If I need to focus on a dogfight and can't take my hands off the stick, I can make changes without losing focus. It also works well for functions you don't use often and, in my case, can't seem to remember the button for.

If you sent me some pictures of your setup I could possibly help you a little more, but I think everything previously mentioned should get you started.

You can go old school and try to find a cyborg evo. It's a stick with an throttle built in and quite adjustable.

It has a z_rotation as well so you can do pitch, yaw, and roll all from the stick.

Plus you can use the software to program all of the functions you'd need to play.

I have saitek a joystick that can be use with left hand, you can combine it with throttle from other joystic (i.e. x52)


http://www.amazon.com/Saitek-102989-Cyborg-Evo-Joystick/dp/B0000AW9P1

Do yourself a favor and buy a cheap stick or low-end HOTAS setup.

I started with a Saitek Cyborg and KBD, worked well. It has a good helping of buttons, Z-Axis (twist the stick for YAW) and an integrated analog throttle which is a must have IMO.

Personally I moved up to a HOTAS Watrhog which is a $450 set. My buddy is running on This stick and This Throttle and has just about as much functionality as me. More if you take into account the Warthog doesn't have a Z axis on the stick!

Picked up one of these. Got it brand new for half off. Learned to fly on one of these

I can't wait to test out the helicopter flying, that's what I was good at.

Slightly over budget, but very recommendable:

http://www.amazon.com/Saitek-102989-Cyborg-Evo-Joystick/dp/B0000AW9P1