The Saitek have recently released their Cessna range of flight controllers. At the moment it is actually quite expensive. However previously Saitek have released their own saitek pro flight yoke system which you can pick up for quite a bargain nowadays. The question of course is to go with the new Cessna yoke or save a little bit of money and get something slightly older are just as good. I've had a good look at those products, in my mind there are some differences but it's more a question of trade-off. Both yokes have advantages and disadvantages. Firstly the Cessna yoke is the only Saitek yoke that fully supports 90° of rotation on both the left and right side. For some reason yokes previous to this only supported up to 45° angle. Compared to a real joke having 90° on your flight controller brings you see much closer to a realistic set up. In practice how ever 45° is adequate to give you the kind of control you need. Similarly, the Saitek pro flight yoke has a embedded clock on the yoke itself which the Cessna yoke does not have. In terms of performance both are made using a steel shaft. Indicators are that the internal mechanisms are probably the same except for the extra rotation degree on the Cessna yoke. Apart from those differences, both come with a flight throttle quadrant. In terms of pricing the older Saitek pro flight system will save you at least $50. I guess it was me I would probably go with the new assassinate yoke just so that I can give you 180° of turning freedom a go. If you have the choice of which would you choose? I found a really good saitek pro flight yoke system review on this website, I think they did a Cessna your reviews too but I am not sure.
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