Logitech Wingman Force 3D
by Logitech
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Customer Review: Not too bad, if you don't mind buying a new one every year
Summary: 3 Stars
Joystick is not bad, force feedback is great when its new. Product does not wear very well, mine lasted 9 months. Great first time joystick, it would be great if Logitech would put some durability into their products.Customer Review: Better than average
Summary: 3 Stars
The wingman force 3d is ok, but it's not made very solid, it's made of plastics and is very delicate, and is subject to break in a short period of time. I think it was over price...Customer Review: Not what's expected from Logitech
Summary: 2 Stars
I got this joystick brand new from Amazon on Friday and am returning it on Saturday. This joystick puts a shame on the entire Logitech family of products due to it's lack in quality and style.
When I first got it, I expected a nice joystick. I hooked it up, and it worked, but I noticed it wasn't built up to specification or something. When I left the joystick in it's idle position, the stick itself could still wiggle around causing any center calibration to be null and void. Basically, if I were to play a game, use the joystick for a bit, then switch back to the keyboard, since the idle position wasn't stiff or locked, I may have it centered or it may be a little to the left, which is very disruptive.
The style isn't something you'd expect from Logitech either. To me, this joystick looks like something you'd get from the 1990's, when we've advanced way past that. The drivers haven't upgraded much since then either. While there is an update to them, the drivers are terrible. Even when calibrated to the best of my ability, the stick would still be disobedient and not do as I told it to. Configuring the thing for the latest games was a complete hassle.
All in all, this stick is not worth your time or money. The style is lacking, the build quality is terrible, and I see no good reason for buying this joystick.
Customer Review: Great until it stops working correctly
Summary: 2 Stars
About 2 months after buying this product, which was as good as everyone says, it started acting erratic and would not calibrate back to normal. It was impossible to play with it any more (e.g. Flying along straight and level,suddenly a full uncontrolled roll to the left). I then started an odyssey to upgrade drivers, read all tech support documents, called tech support (either busy or leaves you on hold for 40 minutes-long distance, no 800 number- until I gave up). Sent e-mails(only auto responses) complained to every one of Logitech's e-mail addresses (including one for investors) finally got a response from a very helpful guy who after a painful diagnosis process told me the stick was defective and told me to call tech suport! After a few more tries got through and they agreed to send a new one...great. however their Chinese shipment was late and it took a month to get it (all told this all took about three months,part time.) The new one worked fine for 2 months then started doing the same thing ,this time with the twist anf y axis) I don't know if I have the heart to go through it again. I would not recommend this product if you want long term reliability.Customer Review: If you're looking for precision, look elsewhere
Summary: 2 Stars
This joystick was my last attempt at trying to buy a force-feedback joystick. Without getting too wordy, there is just far too much deadspace in the joystick's center. Even spending extensive amounts of time trying to calibrate with the joysticks calibration utility and manually adjusting the calibration with a directX calibrator it was still impossible to get a true center.
Unfortunately, that's only the first problem one is likely to come across. The gyro motors used to center and move the joystick are very poor. I found that after as little as 1 month of sporadic use, the twist function on the joystick failed to work properly. After dismantling the joystick I found that the joystick was just shoddily constructed of poor components.
I wouldn't recommend this joystick for even the most casual of gamers. Force feedback really, really isn't worth it. Very few computer games are even programmed with Force Feedback in mind. I recommend going with a more reliable, spring-based, joystick such as the Saitek Cyborg EVO.