There is already a hard decision to spend so much money on "useless toy", therefore this stick is probably only for people in question that a flight-simulation game (FSX, DCS, X-Plane ..) something more than just short times allude. On the other hand it is also the home to be able to play such a game really serious, because to any STR + Alt + XYZ keystrokes to remember or somewhere rumzuklicken in the cockpit and at the same time still to fly at low altitude usually ends with a hard impact in botany.
This joystick and its many buttons and controls you can now but very simple example, the radar detection range, target lock or LANTIRN control while at the same time still have his plane under control. The installation is also easy, so DCS provides A-10 2 * ready to .lua files that occupy all the buttons of the stick according to the original aircraft. For Flaming Cliffs but you have to lend a hand.
The feel of this stick is gigantic without a doubt, makes her so much more than all this other plastic toys. It's also probably something for real men, finally, the joystick has much more weight and requires more muscle power in controlling than any labbriger 30 stick. Nevertheless, he is very precise. What, however, is impractical in the long term is easy to put the stick on the PC table. But he is just too high and in the long run that is uncomfortable. For me, a small side table has proved to the left and right of the chair as ideal.
From a purely playful perspective, the 330 on pay - many buttons you get even with cheaper models and the precision is now also not the decisive advantage at a good 100-Flight Stick. What one has to be worth the money is the uncompromising look and feel of the stick that is simply overwhelming and creates a perfect tabletops cockpit.
The criticized in other reviews defective buttons and wobbly axis I have fortunately not.
Oh, what makes the 330 even more difficult is the duty of buying rudder pedals because the stick does not provide this axis. I just got there at a competitive supplier (of unlike Amazon, the box sends in a packing station) for Saitek Cessna pedals for about 130 decided thanks to the minimal contact surface well but they are only really convenient for people with shoe size 36 (the rather less operate this hobby) ...
All in all, the thing already overpaid, 230 would have been enough. However, this is probably also due to the small numbers, most people are already overburdened with 4 buttons and play any arcade flier scrap with the PS3 controller ... For such games of this stick is not to be covered, but too bad and ultimately unsuitable as a HAWX & Co brings to such noble Hardware no support (apart from the basic functions times).
The main reason why but I still the 320 plus. The pedals have paid is that of Eagle Dynamics will come in the next few years a lot with her new DCS series. If you like these games and in the future want to address it, which you can put this joystick in good conscience to the heart. For the future, it's just fine if you respect at least. Joystick "peace has", as you once bought the reference class and then never worry again need to have the right equipment. I therefore hope now just that this was my last joystick. And the next time the landing was too hard, then lay it with the HOTAS Warthog definitely no longer the joystick :)
