Saitek Pro Flight Yoke with Three Lever Throttle - Saitek Flight Simulator Controls

Whether your choice is a commercial aircraft or private, Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System is a must-have for fans of flight simulation. Provide realistic and precise control while increasing muscle memory, Yoke which simulates what it's like to actually fly an airplane. A solid foundation for a variety of specialized hardware simulation, this is as close as you can get to the actual flight without a ride to the cockpit.

Saitek Flight Simulator Controls

The Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System is equipped with durable steel shaft steel with precision bearings for smooth, predictable elevator and aileron control. Built-in stopwatch is perfect for time approach, and if your PC does not have an available USB port, an integrated USB Hub provides a docking station for additional Saitek hardware.

• POV Hat, 14 button controls, and 3-position mode switch
• Stainless steel yoke shaft and 2-position clamp
• Comes with separate three axis lever throttle
• Integrated 3-port USB 2.0 Hub
• Ship in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
• Integrated 3-port USB Hub 20
• XP, Vista and Windows 7 compatible
• Now get your Saitek Pro Flight Yoke with Three-Lever Throttle (PZ44) right now!

Our user experience in Saitek Pro Flight Yoke with Three Lever Throttle

To begin with, I wish I had bought this setup much earlier. It feels so good and gives a rock solid performance like that I can not imagine flying civilian aircraft in FSX without it. If you want C-172 to be as interesting as the P51 in your control, then this is the setup you will want.

Build the Ultimate Virtual Cockpit

But I vacillate on purchases for some time before buying it because of all the reviews reporting phantom keystrokes. I do not want to order something that I might have to return or exchange. Although I like to fly with me CH Fighterstick, Pro Throttle and rudder when flying aircraft or helicopter, I always feel like I lost the joy of civil flight simulation when using the stick rather than yoke. So I finally summoned the courage to order the Saitek Yoke despite poor reviews, holding her breath on the issue of "PKP".

By the time I got mine, I actually familiarized themselves with the scope of the phantom key press issue and possible drug. I hope I will not suffer any symptoms, but they hope to run a very long time after loading my first flight with the new controls. Sure enough I had to press a key the dreaded specter switch my view. By process of elimination - including other sims fly without any hindrance, I conclude the problem lies in the setup FSX itself. I was right. Upon closer inspection I saw two regular controllers that are listed in my FSX control menu: "Mouse Yoke" and "Mouse Look". Each of these tasks is mysteriously assigned the standard as opposed to what I have to manually set the Saitek Yoke. In particular, I saw "the teeth extend when the throttle rapidly declining" and "take back the equipment to increase the throttle quickly" command assigned to a button on the "Yoke Mouse". I also have a huge list of commands for FSX view mapped by the controller button "Mouse Look". All I did was remove one of each of the "joystick assignment" in the second and all is well.

Saitek Three Lever Pro Throttle Quadrant (PZ45) 

I now have about 10 hours of flight without a hitch using the Saitek Yoke and even add a second throttle quadrant for more enjoyment with multi-engine aircraft. I added this control to the book "Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots Real World Training" and I started to work through the lessons. Experience is unequaled in all the 20 + years of computer gaming I've done to date. Saitek yoke makes the whole experience more profound and useful.

Needless to say, I highly recommend this yoke and throttle quadrant even a second to go with it. Reviews on the contrary can be very demoralizing, but it seems fixes for all the misery it's just too easy in the end. If you are considering this setup and you ask me, I say go for it. You will not regret it.