{"id":626406,"date":"2010-01-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5444730"},"modified":"2010-01-10T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T17:00:00","slug":"saitek-x65f-stick-requires-only-the-subtlest-of-touches-for-a-smooth-flight-joysticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/626406","title":{"rendered":"Saitek X65F ‘stick Requires Only the Subtlest of Touches for a Smooth Flight [Joysticks]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much like the multi-million dollar jet systems that inspired it, the Saitek Pro Flight X65F joystick\/throttle system for PCs doesn’t move at all. That’s right, not an inch, and yet the controls were compared to mind control. [ars technica<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The X65F uses “force sensing” tech, just like military planes today. In layman’s terms, that means no moving parts.<\/p>\n

Apply subtle pressure to the ‘stick, and your plane banks and turns on a dime.<\/p>\n

Twist the controller for precise rudder control, writes ars technica, and then before you know it the joystick is performing almost like an extension of your hand.<\/p>\n

Dual engine control for games that support it, or lock them together for games that don’t.<\/p>\n

Saitek claims that with the X65F there are 608 possible commands a player can issue without ever taking their hands off the controls.<\/p>\n

And while the X65F won’t cost you millions, it certainly isn’t cheap at $400. This is not including the optional “Saitek Pro Flight Instrument Panels” that you can bolt on the back for a crazy amount of realism. [Saitek<\/a> via ars technica<\/a>]<\/p>\n



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Much like the multi-million dollar jet systems that inspired it, the Saitek Pro Flight X65F joystick\/throttle system for PCs doesn’t move at all. That’s right, not an inch, and yet the controls were compared to mind control. [ars technica] The X65F uses “force sensing” tech, just like military planes today. In layman’s terms, that means […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":967,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2CXk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/967"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}