Anyone with more than a passing interest in flight simulators will eventually want to upgrade their experience with a HOTAS (Hands On Throttle-And-Stick) setup that has buttons and switches for ...

Effective home flight simulation for pilot training requires prioritizing quality hardware that offers realistic control feel, such as appropriate yokes/joysticks, separate throttle quadrants, and ...

With the best flight stick for the Microsoft Flight Simulator, you can improve the realism of the game and your flying ability in it. Trying to fly with a keyboard and mouse is frustrating, to say the ...

While the T.Flight HOTAS One flight setup doesn't exactly set my world on fire, it does an admirable job of delivering a reasonable set of flight controls for a very attractive price. It's far from ...

[Christofer Hiitti] found himself with the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator on his PC, but the joystick he ordered was still a few weeks out. So he grabbed an Arduino, potentiometers and a button and ...

If you're familiar with the world of simulation, then force feedback racing wheels are likely nothing new to you. Force feedback (FFB) flight sticks, on the other hand, are a much rarer find. A search ...

Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. They understand the purpose of most instruments and generally know what most of the various knobs and switches ...

Although most modern controllers are designed to be as multi-purpose as possible, so they can be used to play a wide range of games, there are some genres, like racing or fighting, that are often more ...