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List Price : $109.95 Price : $81.57
List Price : $109.95 Price : $81.57
Product Description
Joystick - CablePC, Mac
- Total of 34 programmable functions with the new Control Manager software
- 3 axis and 18 buttons (six push buttons, one 4 way hat switch, and one 8 way point of view hat)
- Dual rotary trim controls allow for precision adjustment of ailerons and elevators
- Quality components and construction
- Compatible with Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista & Windows 7 for PC and MacOS 8.6 with Input Sprockets 1.7x for Mac
CH Products USB Combatstick 568 with 8-Way Switch & 128 Programmable Functions
CH Products USB Combatstick 568 with 8-Way Switch & 128 Programmable Functions Reviews
| 55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:  Very good, but some small drawbacks., By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: CH Products USB Combatstick 568 with 8-Way Switch & 128 Programmable Functions (Personal Computers) First off, this review is meant for PC users. Since CH Products is one of the few companies that supports Macs the only joystick better than this one would be their next step up, the Fighterstick. For a Mac I would give this 5 stars. Also, I will be reviewing the CH products Flightstick, Combatstick, and Fighterstick at the same time (using the Combatstick here as the base) since they are all pretty much the same except for the number of buttons. The first and best thing about these sticks and their partner throttle is that they are based of the F-16's flight control system much like the old Thrustmaster systems from the early '90s. This gives them the double bonus of an added realism connection, which all flight simmers want, and a very good choice of buttons and layout. After all, the military used decades of research and experience to arrive at the optimum joystick design when they made the F-16 and almost all other modern fighters have a very similar joystick... Read more 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:  Great No-Frills Hardware, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: CH Products USB Combatstick 568 with 8-Way Switch & 128 Programmable Functions (Personal Computers) As a licensed pilot, I never got used to the unnatural motion of joysticks that use a twist handle for rudder functions in flight sims. When I finally gave in to the purchase of a set of CH-Pro rudder pedals, and had to replace my twitchy and inaccurate joystick, I re-visited the CH product line of joysticks and ended up purchasing the 568 Combat Stick. This is a smooth, rock-solid product with enough handle functions to satisfy most who fly propeller sims. Well-built. A quality feel. No centering issues. Having two axis-trim-wheels built into the base is a plus. Those with very small hands might feel they have to stretch to reach all the buttons on the large handle. If you elect to use the suggested CH Control Manager software that many pilots use with this product, expect a challenge, though there is plenty of online help available. Not flashy looking like many of its competitors, but a rock-solid and smoothly operating product that feels like it can go the distance. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Never used my Combatstick for a flightsim BUT..., By Ktulu (Philly PA, USA Earth, Sol system) - See all my reviews This review is from: CH Products USB Combatstick 568 with 8-Way Switch & 128 Programmable Functions (Personal Computers) I just have to throw in my 2 cents here. As a loyal CH Products customer for over 10 years, playing a game called Descent, I have used up many a stick made by CH. Starting back in '97 when the "Flightstick" was known as the "Jetstick" I have always been a fan of CH Products. I have a Jane's Combat Stick with which I have shredded the mines of Descent for something like 8 years. (I have actually been playing Descent since '95 but worked my way up to the Combatstick.) Kind of ironic that most of the reviews I have read about CH Products are from hard core flight simmers invlove them having problems that I have almost never had. Not that flight sims are not an intense experience, but playing Descent is a farmore fast paced action oriented 3D 6dof shooter that is far more taxing on any control system, and aside from wearing out pots (potentiometers) and having one spring break, the only problem I have had is that the wire from the stick down into the base tends to break from the long... Read more |
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