which PC yoke question

[Anna Loral]

Hello I just started playing this game, its my first flight simulator and Im a casual noob but I want to buy a yoke. (Im playing on gamepad atm) Could somebody pls give me advice which yoke to buy? I dont mind spending money at all if it is for a good feel and quality.. I dont really need some pro nerdy thing cause as I said Im a filthy casual and noob in this. Im into immersion a lot so the feel is most important. thanks a lot to anybody who knows stuff about yokes and can help.

[Anna Loral]

maybe I take it back. this game is such a pain. I was just on career mode in the middle of mission and my engine turns off out of nowhere and I culdnt start it up neither on keyboard ctrl+e nor on gamepad rb + down. .. I crashed into trees .. this is not really a game its more just one big game breaking bug

[Eva]

What you saying now makes me think you were probably flying the Cesna 172 and it is definitely an aircraft with a fuel switch that defaults to only one side. You will need to have it in the both position to have access to all your fuel.

[LuciferSynd]

Origineel geplaatst door Anna Loral:

Hello I just started playing this game, its my first flight simulator and Im a casual noob but I want to buy a yoke. (Im playing on gamepad atm) Could somebody pls give me advice which yoke to buy? I dont mind spending money at all if it is for a good feel and quality.. I dont really need some pro nerdy thing cause as I said Im a filthy casual and noob in this. Im into immersion a lot so the feel is most important. thanks a lot to anybody who knows stuff about yokes and can help.

I personally use the Turtle Beach Velocity One set (Yoke, Thrust levers and Rudder pedals).

But if you're buying it JUST for this game, I'd say to wait until it gets fixed properly to give value to your purchase. I fly regularly in MSFS 2020 and I love the set, makes it wonderful to immerse yourself (especially because I use Navigraph, Simbrief, Vatsim or BeyondATC for ATC realism too).

[rev3nantb4c0n]

Origineel geplaatst door LuciferSynd:

Origineel geplaatst door Anna Loral:

Hello I just started playing this game, its my first flight simulator and Im a casual noob but I want to buy a yoke. (Im playing on gamepad atm) Could somebody pls give me advice which yoke to buy? I dont mind spending money at all if it is for a good feel and quality.. I dont really need some pro nerdy thing cause as I said Im a filthy casual and noob in this. Im into immersion a lot so the feel is most important. thanks a lot to anybody who knows stuff about yokes and can help.

I personally use the Turtle Beach Velocity One set (Yoke, Thrust levers and Rudder pedals).

But if you're buying it JUST for this game, I'd say to wait until it gets fixed properly to give value to your purchase. I fly regularly in MSFS 2020 and I love the set, makes it wonderful to immerse yourself (especially because I use Navigraph, Simbrief, Vatsim or BeyondATC for ATC realism too).

Sold out, dang

[Anna Loral]

Origineel geplaatst door bacon:

Origineel geplaatst door LuciferSynd:

I personally use the Turtle Beach Velocity One set (Yoke, Thrust levers and Rudder pedals).

But if you're buying it JUST for this game, I'd say to wait until it gets fixed properly to give value to your purchase. I fly regularly in MSFS 2020 and I love the set, makes it wonderful to immerse yourself (especially because I use Navigraph, Simbrief, Vatsim or BeyondATC for ATC realism too).

Sold out, dang

I can buy it for £350 in UK. yoke and levers.. I dont think it contains pedals but perhaps I can use my car pedals. thanks for advice guys

[Carpless]

Origineel geplaatst door Anna Loral:

maybe I take it back. this game is such a pain. I was just on career mode in the middle of mission and my engine turns off out of nowhere and I culdnt start it up neither on keyboard ctrl+e nor on gamepad rb + down. .. I crashed into trees .. this is not really a game its more just one big game breaking bug

Well you answered your own question, its not a game, its simulator, as already suggested your fuel selectors could have been on left only, did you fuel before take off for the journey required? also when flying VFR single engine you should be constantly scanning area for emergency landings, so flying over towns must be at a height you can glide clear of. on the yolk point, get a nearly new off of eBay.. will save a lot of money, either turtle beach, or, Logitech, look for package with throttles, I found rudder pedals almost as cheap new than on eBay always compare new prices direct from manufacturers as Ebay can be a con.

[TargetLost]

With enough altitude and some training you can manage to land a plane without engine even on a rwy if there is an airport nearby. Had to do it one time in a mission too. Unfortunatly the game doesn't recognice this as a solution and says mission failed and dang time money and all gone.

I have a Saitek X-56 Yoke and Thrust levers. Has more buttons than I need.
And is stable that's the mos timportant. Don't buy a too cheap one. They only break or get damage in no time.

[Anna Loral]

Origineel geplaatst door TargetLost:

With enough altitude and some training you can manage to land a plane without engine even on a rwy if there is an airport nearby. Had to do it one time in a mission too. Unfortunatly the game doesn't recognice this as a solution and says mission failed and dang time money and all gone.

I have a Saitek X-56 Yoke and Thrust levers. Has more buttons than I need.
And is stable that's the mos timportant. Don't buy a too cheap one. They only break or get damage in no time.

my brain doesnt work with joystick and 3D space :D I need to hold it in two hands :D Im amazed how jet pilots can control such fast machine with a stick. Also I love those kind of planes.. from around WW2 but civilian. especialy those that can land on water and carry some cargo around jungle. like Indiana jones style :D so I need the two handed thing

[jbonesmd]

Origineel geplaatst door Anna Loral:

Origineel geplaatst door TargetLost:

With enough altitude and some training you can manage to land a plane without engine even on a rwy if there is an airport nearby. Had to do it one time in a mission too. Unfortunatly the game doesn't recognice this as a solution and says mission failed and dang time money and all gone.

I have a Saitek X-56 Yoke and Thrust levers. Has more buttons than I need.
And is stable that's the mos timportant. Don't buy a too cheap one. They only break or get damage in no time.

my brain doesnt work with joystick and 3D space :D I need to hold it in two hands :D Im amazed how jet pilots can control such fast machine with a stick. Also I love those kind of planes.. from around WW2 but civilian. especialy those that can land on water and carry some cargo around jungle. like Indiana jones style :D so I need the two handed thing

As stated earlier, I too also use the Velocity One Yoke system. It's a beautiful little set up. What is also great is that it comes pre-programmed for MS 2020 so it is basically ready out of the box. You will want to tweak it for particular AC but you have the defaults all in place already to work off of. It is not set up directly for 2024 but may be in the future, you would have to program it for 2024 manually in the meantime.

[Twelvefield]

If you can get a Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo, those are the best performers at their price point. I think Virpil is coming out with a yoke as well.

The Honeycomb stuff is very good, but the company itself is shaky. If you can get a Honeycomb set through a retailer, so much the better. Virpil quality is excellent, but they do have a few ties to Belarus.

Turtle Beach is not bad, but their build quality could be better. A TB setup probably will endure the test of time, but I wouldn't guarantee it.

As far as Career Mode is concerned... why bother? If you want to do cargo flights, strap into the DC-3 or the Grumman Goose and away you go in Free Flight. Adventure flight is the opposite of career flight, and I'm sure you don't need Big Daddy Pixel to tell you you're a good boy or girl.

[Patpat]

I was very dissapointed by Turtle Beach quality for the hotas.
I would look at Honeycomb or Thrustmaster

[TargetLost]

Origineel geplaatst door Twelvefield:

Adventure flight is the opposite of career flight, and I'm sure you don't need Big Daddy Pixel to tell you you're a good boy or girl.

LoL. It is nice to hear and put's a smile on ones face the first few times you hear it till you figure out it isn't a good indicator for your flight performance.

The relations seems to be like that:

Co Pilot Comment -> Grade
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Awesome Flight! -> You will be lucky if you get a C Score loser
Ufff.. glad we arrived! -> Perfect S Score

[Maki Nishikino]

I use a Velocity One Yoke and pedals. I like them.

[Twelvefield]

Origineel geplaatst door TargetLost:

Origineel geplaatst door Twelvefield:

Adventure flight is the opposite of career flight, and I'm sure you don't need Big Daddy Pixel to tell you you're a good boy or girl.

LoL. It is nice to hear and put's a smile on ones face the first few times you hear it till you figure out it isn't a good indicator for your flight performance.

The relations seems to be like that:

Co Pilot Comment -> Grade
-------------------------------
Awesome Flight! -> You will be lucky if you get a C Score loser
Ufff.. glad we arrived! -> Perfect S Score

A true-to-life copilot commentary would have them conversing with DuoLingo while you fly.

"Where is the bathroom?"
"Err... ¿Dónde está la casa de Pepe?"
"Bee-bonk!"
"Aaargh, that was my last bleeding heart, you wretched owl!"

EDIT: 💡Idea -- and this is how I can monetize a looped recording of me failing continuously at Duo. I'll upload this into Marketplace as an authentic cockpit dialogue mod. Then I can afford Super! Or even Max... oh, Lily, my Lily... you will be mine...

[NuclearSnail]

Not thrust-master. That brand doesn't work well with this game.