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

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not a bad product, nothing extraordinary.

In general, the whole problem of this hotas is in two things - a very narrow niche (small market) and the disregard of Logitech. 1. Market. Hotas is objectively not worth the money, it is a crooked plastic toy in a beautiful luminous package. Served with pathos and show-offs (look at the Logitek website). But nothing better can be bought, there is simply no choice - either very simple trustmasters, or x52. Do you want better? And better only virpil controls, which costs five times more. Or vkb sim - cheaper, Belarusian china made of plastic (but very thoughtful and high-quality), but they have not been able to release the RUD for the third year, so good luck finding the RUD somewhere separately. 2. And here is the very pulp. QUALITY. I think you read that this is a former Saitek, Logitech bought them and just re-glued the nameplates. Without changing ANYTHING. The build quality, as it was at the level of Uncle Liao, remained the same - anyhow, like lying wires that are torn and frayed, thermal paste is somewhere, that's all. Buying an expensive device of a reputable brand, you get a pig in a poke - it can work for many years, or everything can break in a week. It happened to me with X52. So buy at your own risk, and better with a guarantee.

Pros
  • - Already better than X52 - Ministicks, bad, but there - Many buttons on the throttle, separate throttle with a convenient latch - Cool "metal" toggle switches - Four axial krutilki - Looks rich - A good gripping handle, normal accuracy, you almost don’t feel that the plate loading, that is, a sane center
Cons
  • - Ministicks and huts on RUDE are located from the bulldozer, it was inconvenient for me - Very strange "kinematics" of the ore, as if fat was put there - it is very tight to shift, but when you start moving it relaxes - Trigger (trigger) with only one click (by the way, very nice) - RUS is poor in buttons, the brake lever is not an axle, but a cheap button - Terrible twist (radder, yaw) on the potentiometer. Nonlinear and disposable.