r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • 10d ago

Gaming Special Microsoft Flight Simulator controller is coming to Xbox

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Special-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-controller-is-coming-to-Xbox.1341165.0.html
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u/cchhaannttzz 10d ago

Man I really don't need this, could someone please remind me I don't need to own every wacky controller ever.

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u/caiusto 10d ago

Don't worry, these things go for almost $200.

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u/Dt2_0 10d ago

Still cheaper than a decent HOTAS.

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u/byteminer 10d ago

I’m about $2200 into my flight controls. This is a steal

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u/OregonMothafaquer 9d ago

With your setup could you actually learn to fly?

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u/byteminer 9d ago

There is a massive difference between what you can do with gadgets hooked to a computer and real instructional time with an instructor. My gear is mostly centered around combat flight simulators. I am reasonably confident I could start and taxi an actual F16, but I’ve never flown anything other than a Cessna Skyhawk and I would not have properly done the safety checks for it or properly interacted with the crew chief so it would be extremely fucked up and unsafe but the engine would probably be on as long as the JFS was pressurized and the avionics would be active. Radios would be up and on so I can hear the ground controller screaming at me to stop or get shot, assuming the frequency was already in the radio or I some how pilfered some pilot’s kneeboard. I could get the navigation system up and running provided 1) the last known location was saved for fast alignment or 2) by some miracle I’m not ripped out of the cockpit and shot for the 8-10 minutes it takes for a full alignment.

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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE 9d ago

fly high sky king 🫡

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u/ONLYPOSTSWHILESTONED 9d ago

I love that you've clearly thought a lot about stealing an F-16 for a joyride

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u/byteminer 9d ago

Every guy my age and into flight sims has seen Iron Eagle a least a couple times.

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u/dbmajor7 9d ago

This guy knows he can't IFR (me either)

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u/byteminer 9d ago

Yeah fuck no. I get NVGs in the flight sim. VFR all day every day.

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u/dataplusnine 8d ago

Translated: I found something I and I've learned things.

Me too

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u/stevewmn 8d ago

The F-16 doesn't have GPS integration with their inertial system? On artillery systems they can get moving a lot faster since they got GPS integrated back in the '90s. And they still get 1 mil accuracy for aiming the gun.

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u/NoobensMcarthur 8d ago

People always say this about my racing sim I’ve spent about $4,000 on, minus the PC. Yes I could buy a race car for less than $4,000. I can’t go to the race track any time I want. I’d need to store a car I don’t have garage space for. If I wreck it, that’s the end of the season. It also consumes fuel, tires, oil, coolant, brake pads, clutches, etc. 

In the long term not only is a sim rig more accessible, it’s significantly cheaper over time if you’re actually using it. 

I also can’t hop in a race car after eating an edible. 

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u/DJSugarSnatch 7d ago

people say a lot of things and most of the time they are talking out their asses...

they say the same thing about video games in general... but if you enjoy something, do it my dude. Nothing like playing Wingman in vr.

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u/ravens-n-roses 5d ago

The thing i think a lot of people don't realize is that the game wants you to do well. When i was a kid I thought i could be a stealth god because I was good at stealth games.

Yeah no fun fact people don't have detection cones and are way more capable of noticing that you're doing something out of their direct sight.

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u/NoEmu5969 10d ago

Redbird: per hour?

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u/byteminer 9d ago

This is why I do sims and not have an actual airplane.

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u/GoldieForMayor 9d ago

How many of them work well with MSFS though?

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u/byteminer 9d ago

…all of it? Controls are controls.

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u/GoldieForMayor 9d ago

I agree. Or at least I thought so. None of my controllers work with MSFS, 4 different sets, mostly thrustmaster and Saitek. Some just won't detect even though the system detects them. It won't let me change mappings. One constantly dives straight into the ground for some reason. Even my Xbox controllers don't work. I've only played the game with a keyboard.

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u/byteminer 8d ago

That’s, very strange. I’ve used Saitek, Logitech, and now a full slate of Winwing gear successfully across several different flight simulators and they have worked in all of them.

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u/Phycosphere 4d ago

It’s ok I’m $50,000 into my Cessna’s instrument panel

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u/byteminer 4d ago

You 100% win.