Best controls to use

[crazyferret237]

Can experienced MSFS players recommend the best flight sim controls that might be available on Amazon? Trying to fly with a keyboard or my xbox controller is proving very frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Money is not an issue. TIA

[kevinfolsom]

I use the Honeycomb Alpha Flight Yoke and the Bravo Throttle Quadrant as well as a Saitek Pro Flight Combat Rudder Pedals. You can get all of these on Amazon. I thoroughly enjoy these controllers. Flying with a keyboard is very painstaking as well as not very realistic. Good luck to you.

 

Regards

 

Kevin

[lnuss]

I'm not on MSFS 2020, but on P3D and previous FS's I've been using (and really enjoying) the Thrustmaster Warthog, with plenty of switches and knobs to assign almost anything for hands off the keyboard.

[chicagorandy]

I'm happy with the Logitech/Saitek yoke and throttle quadrant and Thrustmaster rudder pedals on my desktop setup. Sometimes when I'm too lazy to lock them onto my keyboard tray I use the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick. All Amazon purchases.

[Head In The Clouds]

I love my Saitek Yoke, rudder pedals, and Multi Panel with autopilot functions. Great mini set up since my old Go-Flight stuff doesn't work with MSFS.

[terrylawdinn]

If funds are not an issue..................... maybe the amount of room you have may be a limiting factor!

 

I have the Logitech Yoke and quadrant plus Thrustmaster pedals but as my computer is multi-use they do sometimes get in the way. As an alternative I have a Thrustmaster Hotas 1 which takes up a lot less room and provides perfectly satisfactory controllability - even works with the pedals.

[Herc79]

If you are limited on physical space or money, you should look at good mid-range joysticks. I recommend the Thrustmaster Airbus Sidestick. It's precise, feels good in the hand, feels good when doing maneuvers. It has a directional hat switch and many other buttons, a tiny throttle slider (maybe consider one of Thrustmaster's throttle options too). It also has a twisting stick, which easily allows for the same function as a rudder peddal, saving money and space.

 

It shares the same Hall Effect detection system of it's much more expensive Warthog system (which you don't need unless you are flying Eagle Dynamic's Digital Combat System (DCS, basically combat flight simulation, very complex aircraft like the Hornet, Tomcat, Harrier and Apache gunship)

 

https://www.thrustmaster.com/en-us/products/tca-sidestick-airbus-edition/