CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB ( 200-615 ) | 
 enlarge | Brand: CH Products
Category: CE
List Price: $149.95
Buy New: $96.80
You Save: $53.15 (35%)
New (10) Used (5) from $79.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  141 reviews
Sales Rank: 439
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Nt, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows NT
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 12 x 10 x 10
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: 200-615
Model: 200-615
UPC: 040478206153
EAN: 0040478206153
ASIN: B000056SPM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Designed for use with flight simulator games | | • | 5 axis of control including, pitch, roll, throttle lever, propeller lever, and mixture lever | | • | 20 button functions including, 2-way gear switch, 2-way flaps switch, 8-way hat switch, two 2-way rocker switches, and 4 push buttons | | • | 7 foot cable: easy setup | | • | Compatible with Windows 98, 2000, XP, Me, iMac, or Mac (with USB port) |
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Product Description
Command the skies with the king of flight simulator controls, the Flight Sim Yoke USB. This one of a kind yoke offers features that will allow you to fly with the realism you've come to expect from CH Products. The Flight Sim Yoke USB provides 5 axes of control including, pitch, roll, throttle lever, propeller lever, and mixture lever. It also features 20 button functions, including 2-way gear switch, 2-way flaps switch, 8-way hat switch, two 2-way rocker switches, and 4 push buttons. Pilots around the world applaud the comfortably placed prop, throttle and mixture levers. It's the closest thing you'll get to sitting in your own cockpit.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 136 more reviews...
 Not what I was looking for... July 27, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have owned both a Microsoft Force Feedback and Force Feedback 2 joystick. Both of which I love for the accuracy in which they faithfully translate my input to what I deem realistic movement of the flight controls. This is to be expected by a digital joystick which all Force Feedback controllers are.
I purchased the Flight Sim Yoke USB and Pedals because I realized when I decided to start actual flying lessons, my familiarity with the flight controls of a Cessna 172 wasn't instinctual. This was not an issue until I was performing cross-wind landings and had to "think" about what I needed to do with my feet and hands to hit the touchdown marker aligned with the runway to "take out the crab".
For the price of a single flight lesson, I purchased the CH Products yoke and pedals in order to practice my flight control inputs to the point they would become instinctual. However since these devices are analog, they do not respond as well as the digital devices I was accustomed to. I found myself having to increase the "dead-zones" as the yoke would not necessarily return to neutral and therefore I had to make more accentuated movements simply to control the plane. This became a much less realistic experience than expected and thus a bit of a disappointment.
In the end, I have gone back to using my Force Feedback 2 as it is a much more pleasurable experience and I will wait (and hope) that someone introduces a digital flight yoke and pedals so that realism and accuracy are both accomplished. I would even pay 50%-75% more to have this feature as in the end it would have value as well as ROI when compared to the cost of actual flight time.
 Good product that is tougher than it looks July 21, 2008
For the price, this is quite a nice little yoke. It is made of plastic, and does not feel super stable, but it has taken quite a bit of punishment so far from me and has proved to be quite tough--much tougher than I had first anticipated. Unlike many of the other reviewers, the built in table clamps have worked just fine for me, though I do have a very thick desk. I am quite pleased with it and would recommend it as a good, cost effective sim yoke. It's not the nicest one out there, but for price, it is great.
 Decent for the price... July 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The good: Easy to use, easy to set up. It was out of the box and "in the air" in less than 10 minutes. Clamps in tight and doesn't come loose, which would really stink while trying to flare after a long flight. Ouch!
The Not-So-Good: The inner springs make noise as you turn giving it a cheap feel. I found the yoke doesn't rest back to the same spot every time, either. My $20 joystick use to "normalize" better than the CH Yoke.
All in all, it's the best deal out there. I'm wondering if I shouldn't have spent the extra few bucks on the Saitek, though.
Alright Starter Yoke June 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased a CH Yoke as my first flight yoke; I've had many joysticks and throttles before. I was expecting this to be great, I've heard many good things about this products and it is one in a few that are in the price range.
Pros: It's USB and installs easily. It works with almost all Flight Sims (including Microsoft's FSX and X-Plane)
Cons: It seems to be cheaply made, thin plastics. It doesn't mount well to most desks and tables that I have tried it on.
The BIG disadvantage that I cannot stand is in the pitch axis. It's impossible to return it to neutral! This is due to the springs not always placing the yoke back to it centered point.
I do NOT recommend this yoke to any REAL pilots; it will frustrate you to no end. It is however acceptable for simple gamers and children for a first Flight Yoke.
I'm purchasing Saitek's Throttle Quadrants and looking forward to buying Saitek's Flight yoke as well.
CH Flight Yoke May 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great product. Easy to install and easy to operate. Best yoke system I have ever used.
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