X52 PRO on the cards..

MA_Thorn · Post by **MA_Thorn** » 19 Sep 2006 15:07

No specs as yet, only thing Saitek have confirmed is that it will have a dual spring (soft for small movements and stronger as you reach limits) on the stick and more metal components (all buttons, switches and rotaries will be metal)

Looks the biz.

Trig · Post by **Trig** » 19 Sep 2006 16:39

Aye looks the nuts that, the only issue I have with my 45 is the cable between the 2 isnt long enuf as I have the cabvle routed round the back of the monitor.

MA_Deckard · Post by **MA_Deckard** » 19 Sep 2006 18:16

I've played with it already...

BUT...

I'm not allowed to tell you much about it ...yet.

Suffice to say that the MFD has been HUGELY improved, the action on the stick itself is bloody sublime and the build quality is superb, loads more metal components than the X52 which was, well, a bit plasticy in places...

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 19 Sep 2006 21:08

I was quite literally about to order an X52 in the next day or so....
might just wait a tad...

any hints on price?

MA_Deckard · Post by **MA_Deckard** » 19 Sep 2006 21:31

Let's just say that Saitek are moving up-market a bit with this one.

So expect a price over the £100 mark.

MA_DanglyBob · Post by **MA_DanglyBob** » 20 Sep 2006 08:52

mmmm.... challenging CH for the top slot in gear then..

should mean that the standard X52 comes down a bit though...

either way I'll hang on a tad.

MA_Thorn · Post by **MA_Thorn** » 20 Sep 2006 11:02

Deckard, I've asked Richard at Saitek if their is any functional difference (e.g. extra modes/buttons, if the servos are different in response to the deadzone issues etc.) but he won't confirm, nor deny :s Can you?

MA_Dak · Post by **MA_Dak** » 20 Sep 2006 13:11

Gawd .....One off the hat switches of my x45 is getting iffy....my look around cockpit one

Was thinking of an X52 but now same boat as DB

MA_Tumble · Post by **MA_Tumble** » 20 Sep 2006 14:27

Swap the switch with the one out of the trigger Dak.. you won't need that one will you???

MA_Dak · Post by **MA_Dak** » 20 Sep 2006 14:46

MA_Tumble wrote:Swap the switch with the one out of the trigger Dak.. you won't need that one will you???

MA_Zak33 · Post by **MA_Zak33** » 20 Sep 2006 18:08

don't ask Deck stuff....he's nbot alowed to talk

Wont tell me anything

MA_Clingy · Post by **MA_Clingy** » 20 Sep 2006 18:33

Well, I'm still hankering after a CH Fighterstick. After using the X52 for a long time now I'm not wonderfully impressed by the response. Like Thorn, I'd want to be reassured about this first. Put it this way, with Saiteks track record, I wont be rushing out to get one until they have been reviewed "in the field" rather than just the pre-production models.