THRUSTMASTER T16000M FCS Flight Stick

Pros: - A couple screws lets you convert the stick for left handed use. Perfect for lefty's or dual stick setups. - Great price for a stick that can stand with any of it's more expensive brethren - Performance wise, it works great! - Comfortable to use

Cons: - Buttons on the stick are okay, but the others are awkwardly placed. - Feels sturdy in the hand, but looks cheap to the eye - Buttons look rather generic, no red buttons or cool safety cover switches

Overall Review: As a space Sim player (Star Citizen), I've learned that Dual Sticks is really the best way to operate. This is the *only* stick I've found that lets you convert it to lefty, which makes this optimal for dual stick set ups. Aside from that, I would definately recommend this stick to anyone! For the price, you'll get stick that feels sturdy, performs well, and can still compete with the guys with the hundred dollar flight sticks.

Pros: What I like most is all the detailed configuration for each perimeter. Though maybe needs a little patients. But when set it works really smooth and solid. The base has good rubber feet to keep it in one place. Many buttons for different macros while playing any game. And you can have profiles for each each game.

Cons: Default settings, some controls like while flying a helicopter, seems to be too fast and jittery.

Overall Review: I would recommend this over Logitech extreme pro.

Pros: The hall effect sensor is super smooth. The slider is a standard linear pot. great if you going to hack for a sim pit ir diy hotas (which I did).

Cons: return to center spring was super stiff. grease on stick joint was gritty.

Overall Review: you can do the zip tie mod for the spring, or you can remove the spring (twist out of wires like a key ring) and heat it with a propane torch, apply pressure and slightly turn, if you dont the coils may expand upon compression and youl get binding at full articulation.

Pros: Too sensitive

Cons: Yaw went out after 4 months

Overall Review: Overly sensitive. Seems well made, but it isn't.

Pros: Easy to setup and use with included software. For the price, it feels like a pretty decent flight stick. Bought for star citizen and am very pleased with this product. Just purchased a second to use a dual stick configuration. I like the fact you can also twist the stick for another 2 inputs.

Cons: It's cheap. It doesn't feel (presumably) like a "real" flight stick at all. If you want to use it for flight sims for a very realistic experience, definitely not for you. It very much feels like a "toy". The buttons at the base of the unit and the 3 at the top of the stick surrounding the 8-way hat switch seem low quality and are "squishy". It seems like cheap rubber dome type switches, and are not super responsive. I would have much preferred a more tactile button with a better switch. Would gladly have paid an extra $10 for better buttons. Even though it has a weighted base, it's still very light. You may want to consider opening the base and adding weights to it. I have moved it a few times while playing.

Overall Review: It seems to be much more geared towards people for space sims (like elite dangerous or star citizen), or for military games like battlefield. I don't think it will make a great flight sim stick, especially if going for realism. I don't think this stick will last a long time if you are rough with it. So probably not ideal in the hands of younger children or someone who does knee-jerk reactions to everything (like if you are using your full forearm strength to arm wrestle the stick)..

Pros: Smooth, accurate with plenty of accesorie buttons

Cons: None I can think of.

Overall Review: I would recommend this joystick

Pros: Fits left or right grips Easy to use for large hands Website offers tons of support for different games.

Cons: The Z axis is not built well. After extended use this sensor will break causing you to replace the joystick or repair it after a year of heavy use.

Overall Review: Great joystick if you can get it cheap. Will get the job done. After 350+ hours on flight sim the z axis broke but all 350 hours were very fun and fluent dog fighting.