CH Products Fighterstick USB
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Customer Review: Great construction but could be more comfortable.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Fighterstick seems to be more substantial and of higher quality than other joysticks on the market. Software installation was easy and without problems. My only complaint is that the stick could be a little more comfortable with a larger palm support at the bottom. Otherwise I would give it 5 stars.Customer Review: Ch Joystick
Summary: 4 Stars
Pros
Lots of buttons
Pliant springs
Accurate, smooth inputs
Cons
Designed for big hands
The throttle, yaw and pitch adjust sliders need more pronounced detents to mark the center/neutral position.
Customer Review: Great Product with Caution!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great flight stick. However, if you are accustomed to a twist rudder on your stick, this is not the stick for you. You must use other keys to rudder or by the rudder pedals. The stick is high quality in any event.Customer Review: CH Not what it used to be
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a long time flight simmer, and back in the early days I owned several of CH's joysticks, along with their throttle and rudder pedals. At that time, they were simply the best one could get.
Due to various factors, I did not have the money to buy CH when WinXP came out and forced everyone to switch to USB, but that recently changed, and I was very glad at the time to have the opportunity to once again use what I thought would be the best gear.
However, I have found that they are not what they used to be. The stick I received would not return to center properly, and slowly grew worse over time. At first it was simply a matter of setting a small deadband, but it grew worse enough that even deadband wouldn't help. Along with this, it would not hold steady, and needed constant correction.
I filled out the customer service request form on their web page, and still have not received an answer, after over a week. I also have called and been put on hold each time for over half an hour(at my expense)and still have not gotten to speak with anyone. So I can testify that their customer service, which at one time was top notch, has declined sharply as well.
I was finally able to repair the stick myself, after following instructions from an outside forum, which involved having to disassemble the unit and rebuild it due to a large amount of backlash from a very improper fit of the pots. This is simply unacceptable in a stick of this price.
I am sorry to have to write a review such as this, as CH used to be the best you could get, both in terms of quality as well as service. In addition, the design has not changed in over a decade, and there are much more comfortable sticks, as well as much more accurate ones, for less money. I would love to see CH come back to where they were, and if they did, I would be first in line to buy their products. But I cannot recommend this stick to anyone in the current state of things, unless they have the technical skill to modify and repair it to make it work like it should.
I gave it three stars only because of it's potential once rebuilt and repaired.
Customer Review: Sensitive but coumbersome
Summary: 3 Stars
So I've been playing Ace High for 5 yrs. I've gone through numerous sticks as I improved my gaming. My last stick was the X52 Saitek - which was ok - lots of bells and whistles but you had to recalibrate it all the time. Almost every day, while in play -I'd have to recalibrate in flight because it would start drifting - very annoying.
I read a lot before dropping the big buck on the CH Fighterstick. I've had it for 2 weeks - about 6 hrs of gaming. Took me over about 45 min to dial in the programming of the buttons.
Pros -
It is very smooth.
Totally programmable.
Feels solid.
Cons -
no twisting so no rudder input, which means you have to buy foot peddles or use the keyboard - that bites for take-offs and carrier landings.
The left/right dials for trim are nice maybe in Flight Sim, but gaming it's useless.
I'm using the dial wheel on the left for throttle - marginal. Makes you need to buy the throttle.
When you use the alternate fire button for secondary weapons, the red on upper left you always hit the 4-way hat beneath it so your view or however you program it goes off. That's really annoying.
It's big - I wear a XL glove and I have a hard time wrapping my hand around comfortably.
Bottom line - you really need to buy the 3 pieces - stick, throttle and foot peddles - but that's a serious chunk of money for GAMING! When my X52 died, I should have just bought another one...