The fourth page offers two trim wheel settings. ![]() ![]() Much like the touchpad mentioned earlier, if one was using this in a home cockpit environment, it could be useful if you cannot easily access your desktop audio settings. Using this to adjust audio as a desktop PC user seems more cumbersome. This will probably be more useful to the Xbox user. Audioįrom this page you can adjust the audio, and microphone, with several EQ modes. I did the same test on the standard profile and the lowest number I could pick up was multiples of -000129. From there, it’s very easy to move it up to -00002 and on. With the same pressure I used on the fast profile, I was able to achieve -00001 on the test plane while in precision mode. Precision mode was exactly that, it allows you to have much finer movements. The slightest movement uses multiples of -03564 on the axis. Switching back to the test page allows you to feel and see the difference between each of these. It also offers a page with standard, precision, and fast profiles. There is a test page, where you can see the 32bit HallEffect sensors move across the plane on the X and Y axes. Your current input will always be displayed on the left of the flight management screen. The simulators will not recognize the stick properly if this is not on the correct setting. This allows you to set the stick for either Xbox or PC. The first option in the rolodex is the Input page. Right click starts and stops the chrono timer and left click sets it back to zero. The left and right click also have another purpose, if used from the flight management home screen. Turning the ring scrolls through the options within these pages. Turning the ring presents the 10 different pages I’m going to describe. The ring is out of the way, and left room for the layout they ultimately went with. I thought this was a very interesting way to design it. ![]() This screen and its many facets, are navigated by clicking and turning the silver ring in the center of the base. It can be kind of jumpy, but you can tune it to be more or less responsive.įor this next section, I want to cover what Turtlebeach calls the Flight Management Screen. The pad is no bigger than the tip of your index finger, which is not a lot of room to work with. It’s one of those features I never considered adding to a stick, but it can be useful in virtual reality, or if you can’t reach a mouse during flight. This works like the touch pads found on laptops. Above the wheel is a small, single click touchpad. This can be used for trimming your aircraft or scrolling menus. Moving up to the stick, we have the X, Y and twist axes, a single button trigger, 8-way POV Hat switch, push-able analog stick, two flat buttons, and a push-able scroll wheel. No other USB ports are present to power other peripherals. You can also tether your other Turtlebeach hardware to the base if needed, with two additional USB-C ports on the back. On the middle of the stick base, there are three menu buttons, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. All in all, a total of 12 programmable buttons on the base. Below these levers, are four additional buttons you can program. Neither lever track has detents as you move down the track, but there is a button detent at both ends. These handles can be swapped side to side. On both sides of the base, we have an axis lever with removable rubber handles. This means your field of movement is -32,767 counts per revolution. ![]() I came to this conclusion when trying some of the built in calibration. Though it’s not clearly stated on the box, or in their marketing, this stick appears to be using 16 bit HallEffect sensors. They work by detecting voltage inputs across a magnetic field. HallEffect are pretty standard these days in controllers. Internally, HallEffect sensors are being used to control the axis. To get a sense of scale, this joystick measures 9.2 in high (233 mm) from base to stick, 8.5 in (216 mm) wide base, 5.75 in (146 mm) in depth, and weighs 1.8 lbs (0.823 kg). They also provide a set of M5 screws, and good thing they did! More on that later… The stick comes pre-assembled, with only a USB-C cable to attach. The contents of the box include a detailed map around the stick, with mapping suggestions, and how to get started. You even get a little handle on the top of the box, in case you need to carry it around. The packaging for the Flightstick is efficient, and very easy to unbox.
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