

I guess I'll see what sort of low rebuy ships I have to screw around with. I don't think I feel confident enough to take out the Anaconda with this thing. It feels like a dual stage trigger without actually being a dual stage trigger. The trigger button is pretty loose as well. The buttons on the base are completely useless but I guess that at least makes sense as they are also sold without the throttle. I'm definitely missing the stick side pinkie shifter button from the X52. The buttons feel pretty mediocre, especially the thumb buttons on the stick. On the X52 they were both throttle thumb buttonsThe action of the throttle feels pretty good but since it's flat and has no detents I'm finding myself not being able to set my throttle purely on feel at the moment but maybe that will come with time. I'm trying to figure out where the hell I want to bind boost and flight assist. If I pretend the bottom hat and thumb button don't exist then the throttle is reasonably comfy. The ministick itself is actually rather nice though. The pinkie and thumb button on the Thrustmaster throttle in a vacuum would be a little uncomfortable to use at the same time, but throw in the index finger ministick and it feels unworkable. All the reaches were comfortable enough, and the stick's hand rest was adjustable. Now the Saitek is a little big as well, I get it, I have relatively small hands but it was something I could work around there.

The joystick is pretty stiff, neither the stick nor the throttle is particularly comfortable, for me they're a bit too big. So far I am not impressed with this HOTAS compared to the X52. So I got a T.16000M FCS (and set my TrackIR back up) in anticipation of getting back into this game a little.
