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Review on Joystick Logitech G Saitek X56 H.O.T.A.S., black by Mateusz Mate ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good product, I recommend that you try it.

I will say right away: the kit was not bought as the most durable solution, although I hope that it will live. The main application is civilian flight sims. I personally consider stick play to be a feature of the mechanism, it is solved by a dead zone and calibration. The very shape of the spring and "cups" is made so that there is no locking between "zero" and maximum for smooth control. Need a clear zero? Install the strongest spring. People who write about the uselessness of axles on "twist" apparently did not deal with the concepts of "screw pitch", "mixture" and did not see physical trimmers. For a civilian pilot, especially if you fly not only on the A320, there are not many "twists". The stick itself is huge. Just gigantic. I have small hands (a woman, after all), and even with the included lining, if the hand lies on the “platform”, the thumb does not reach the upper hut. This is NOT a disadvantage: as it is perfectly protected from accidental clicks, as a result, you can hang things like rarely needed trimmers or autopilot mode switches on it. In general, ergonomics is a personal matter, and everything suits me personally, although some elements are not involved and I don’t even know how they can be. But for me, taking my hand off the throttle and flipping the flaps or spoilers switch is a familiar thing. I would like at least two "scrollers", but one, coupled with the "rocker" on the ore, does a good job. By the way, about RUDE. It uses a strange tensioner with something like a liquid shock absorber that softens when moving, but thickens when left still. What the regulator does on the side, I did not understand at all. No, it works, but it works strangely. Tightening so that the ores do not move under their own weight at all in positions close to the extremes is impossible, which will bring a lot of fun in cruising on a type without autothrust . If you do not follow the advice of Wolfgang B. and set the dead zone to the top 10%, what does the marking on the basis of ore hint at, by the way. Let's see how it fares. For such money - it is enough.

Pros
  • Incredibly sensitive and accurate sensors. The number of controls and axes is simply intimidating on the go. Replaceable springs, can be used without a spring at all for helicopters. Fairly ergonomic. The stick and ores are separate blocks, they work perfectly without each other, so they can be used in assemblies.
Cons
  • Some 4-way and ministicks on the main stick are in places where they can be easily touched, as a result, they cannot be adjusted at all. Very strange behavior of the ore tension. The backlight is not useless, of course, but not functional either. I tend to believe comments about build quality, although I got a normal one. Setting up for yourself can simply drag on for a day.