Hi, I have the Saitek Pro Rudder pedals (with the Saitek Aviator AV8R-01 as flight stick). They both work fine, I just edited joysticks.xml and added the following line to enable the pedals (and another similar line to enable the stick):
<js-named include="Input/Joysticks/Saitek/Pro-Flight-Rudder-Pedals.xml"/> Cheers, Vik On 12/06/2011 08:46 PM, David Waggoner wrote: > Hi, Yan-- I concur with Durk's comments. I have the Saitek Yoke and > Throttle Quadrant, but not the pedals (they are on my list, though). > I've had the Saitek equipment for nearly a year and have not had any > problems with it, and I fly nearly every day. I recently looked at the > Saitek pedals at a store. Depending on what kind of flying your son is > interested in, the Combat version is much more robust, has more metal > parts, and generally appeared to me to be able to stand up to a more > aggressive style, but more expensive. For me, the standard pedals would > be more than adequate, seem well built, although I think I would > probably wear slippers rather than shoes when flying just for less wear > and tear on the pedal surfaces. > Durk is correct about possibly needing to download a different > configuration file for the yoke/throttle quadrant if the drivers don't > work out-of-the-box. I had that experience. I'd be happy to email you > my reconfigured file (I'm running Windows Vista SP2), in case the yoke > doesn't work. And with FlightGear 2.6.0 coming out soon, the problem > may be fixed permanently. Also, in the last couple of months, I > remember getting a driver update from Saitek, as well. > Best wishes for the holidays, > David > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Yan Seiner <y...@seiner.com > <mailto:y...@seiner.com>> wrote: > > My son wants a yoke and rudder pedals for Christmas. I've been looking > at the Saitek Pro setup but at $250 it's pretty pricy if it doesn't > work. > > Any comments on this hardware? > > -- > Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which > differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people > are even incapable of forming such opinions. > Albert Einstein > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization > This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and > point of > discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and > packaging model > of a cloud services business. Read Now! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > > > > > -- > Dr David Waggoner, PhD > Eugene, Oregon > > Check out my blog: > http://www.extremethinkover.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization > This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of > discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model > of a cloud services business. Read Now! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
