posted 12-31- 03:14 AM               

You've got many great choices, but my personal Favorites are:

If you've got Win 98 and USB ports(or a regular game port for that matter), the Logitec Wingman Extreme Digital 3D is an outstanding stick. I just got it for christmas and I have to say "WOW". Now true it is "digital", and before everyone starts throwing tomatoes at me, (cause we know what a nightmare the Saitek Cyborg Digital 3D is to fly with in SDOE) I have to say this stick is more stable than most analog sticks I have used. (And that is just about all of them)
And it has a super simple yet very intuitive programming interface. It's main draw to me is that it is USB, so no more rebooting when you want to change sticks. But it also can hook right up to your old gameport on the soundcard.

Another good thing I like is most of the buttons are on the top of the stick within easy thumb reach. It has a built on throttle, and the handle twists for rudder control. There are two different sticks that look the same, make sure its the one with 4 buttons on the top of the stick on each side of the hat switch.
And of course the best thing about it was the price,------$39.95 (U.S.) at compusa or elect. boutique.

If you prefer analog, you just can't beat the good old MS sidewinder Presicion Pro. That was the first one I ever got (3-4 yrs ago) and it's still going strong. I just got tired of the looks of the "Plain Jane" grip handle so I took the grip off of my old TM TopGun stick and Put it onto the MS sidewinder. (Looks pretty cool I think, Works great too.)

Well that's just my two cents, there are better ones out there, namely sticks by CH products but you'll pay more and I don't think they work any better. Besides I like haveing the rudder on the stick instead of on the pedals, it just seems easier to control.

Good luck man hope you find something you like.

posted 12-31- 03:24 AM               

I have the same stick and i love it also. I don't know what everyones problems is with pots unless its just a SDOE prob but my last stick was pots and it worked just fine and it was over 10 years old, never cleaned those pots once. the only reason i bought a new stick was for a hat. I havn't even programed all the buttons yet.

posted 12-31- 09:14 AM               

R/C Warbirds http://home.earthlink.net/~pgrubich/

posted 12-31- 12:15 PM               

This J/S will run you around 60USD if I rember correctly.

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posted 01-01- 01:14 AM               

If you are interested here is the address:
http://home.att.net/~stickworks/

Give it a try, it works wonders, even got the Saitek Cyborg to work with FSDOE. (Although it still kinda jerks from time to time)

Signing Off

Sabre