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UPDATE: Best stick for a lefty - killfest - 03.01.2009

Hi all,

im looking at getting a new joystick as my battle weary saitek cyborg 3D gold is very rapidly falling to peaces. i do have it's replacement the evo but i just don't like it very much, it's two sensitive for me. i have looked at the x52 but it seems like it can't be used by left handed folk Sad so i was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.

thanks

killfest.

- OberstDanjeje - 03.01.2009

Same problem but for now the only jostick I have found is the Saiteck Cyborg Evo Force.
It is not the best but I like it especialy now that I have the Saitek rudder pedal and I don't need to use the twist any more.
Too few stuff for us left hand.
Sad

RE joy-stick for lefty - vonofterdingen - 03.01.2009

I am left-handed and use a CH products Flightstick Pro. I have had it now for 4 years or so and it has been trouble free. I found out about CH products by asking this very question over at M4T. I wish I could remember the name of the person who made the recommendation....Anyway, the stick does not have the right-handed thumb trigger that some sticks have. It is very comfortable.

- Junkers - 03.01.2009

This is the CH joystick.
[Image: ch-200-503.jpg]
I myself use a Saitek ST290 Pro. I'm not left handed but I believe it cand be adjusted for left handed people.
[Image: joystick-saitek-st290-pr_609.jpg]
The stick is perfectly symmetrical appart from the hand rest which can be adjusted, much the same as the cyborg 3d Gold.

Re: Best stick for a lefty - Blauhimmel - 03.01.2009

killfest Wrote:Hi all,

i have looked at the x52 but it seems like it can't be used by left handed folk Sad so i was wondering if anyone has any recommendations.

thanks

killfest.

The only righthanded thing about the stick (X52)is the hand rest. The throttle is of course righthanded. Maybe that is something the manufacturers should look into? I mean an ambidextrous set up.


I'm left handed and I've been using the X52 & X52Pro for over 3 years now.
The stick is on the desk in front of me and the throttle is to my left in the desk draw. I simply use my left hand for the throttle and my right hand for the joystick.
Isn't that the actual configuration of planes cockpits any way?

- killfest - 03.01.2009

the saiteck in the pic is the one i have... but i just don't like it very much.. what settings do you use?

- Junkers - 03.01.2009

I use the default settings. You could mess around with it a bit, but if you don't like it you don't like it. The CH stick should be good, I've never used one. The only problem CH is that the stick moves too freely, its loose if you know what I mean. The X52 might also work by the sound of things. Good Luck.

- Pirate - 03.01.2009

Hiya. I'm not left handed, but fairly ambidextrous. And I have an x52, so I've just been playing about with it in a left handed sort of way... the stick itself is perfectly useable and comfortable with my left hand, and if you move the throttle to the right hand side its still useable, though not as ergonomic. my old stick was a st290pro, that is designed to be used either right or left handed, and the button positions are adjustable as well - but its not even close to as good as the x52. Though both are far cheaper than a ch product setup - bearing in mind that the ch stick doesn't have a twist function, so you need the pedals as well.

- Somethingfake - 03.01.2009

A Cyborg 3D Gold? I have the exact same type. Had it years, the paint has almost totally worn off, the throttle stick has snapped off (still usable) and the stick is *ever* so slightly drifting to the left (only noticed that on DarkStar One) yet I love it.

If I could find another Cyborg, I'd buy it up straight away!

You know, that's what you should do, buy another Cyborg!

- killfest - 04.01.2009

Somethingfake Wrote:A Cyborg 3D Gold? I have the exact same type. Had it years, the paint has almost totally worn off, the throttle stick has snapped off (still usable) and the stick is *ever* so slightly drifting to the left (only noticed that on DarkStar One) yet I love it.

If I could find another Cyborg, I'd buy it up straight away!

You know, that's what you should do, buy another Cyborg!

LOL mine has the same damage, but also the hand rest snapped in half. But I discovered that the hand rest on the evo is the same so I have manged to keep it working, however it just feels a bit to loose now. But I would buy a new one if I found soneware that still sells them.

- killfest - 04.01.2009

update: Well last night i decided to give the evo another go, and after much playing around i have it just the way i like it... except there is once small problem.

The throttle seems to have a mind of it's own. no matter what you set the power to (lets say 90%) it jumps around, so it will constantly be going 90% - 92% - 85% - 90% and so on... i have had a look and and saitek seem so confident in the stick that you can't calibrate it in windows.

so does anyone else have this issue and how do you fix it because it's driving me nuts!

thanks

killfest

- urufu_shinjiro - 06.01.2009

Does it do this in windows game controllers screen or just il2? Does it help if once your in the game you move the throttle all the way up and then all the way down?

Also look at this:

http://www.saitekusa.com/prod/cyx.htm

- killfest - 06.01.2009

urufu_shinjiro Wrote:Does it do this in windows game controllers screen or just il2? Does it help if once your in the game you move the throttle all the way up and then all the way down?

Also look at this:

http://www.saitekusa.com/prod/cyx.htm

It does it in both il2 and windows.

as for that stick.. i would have it in a flash if you could put the throttle on the right but i don't think you can Sad

- Black_Angus - 31.08.2009

I tried the Saitek what's it left handed and found it extremely uncomfortable for a Southpaw. I'm back
to using my Logitech Attack 3, which is no doubt a dinosaur. No rumble, twist grip, or top-hat, but it is
truely ambidextrous.