Flight Sim Peripherals Buying Guide

This video is intended to assist anyone in finding the best core flight sim peripherals. By "core" I refer to joystick, yoke, rudder pedals, and throttle quadrants. I use my years of flight sim experience, flying, and contracting with Saitek to bring a list of products to you all that are able to be purchased at most electronics stores.

As a heads up, this video like 90% of my other videos is shot in one long take. There are minor mistakes here and there, but the points are made the way I wanted. While one take videos have their drawbacks, I believe they offer the most honest and in-depth perspective I can give.

Time Stamps
0:00 Flight Sim Peripheral Buying Guide
1:50 Best GA Setup
3:45 Best Budget Setup
5:04 Fighter Setup
8:05 Boeing
8:48 Airbus
10:34 Wishlist

Sorry for the multiple times of scratching my nose. Sometimes there is an itch that just won't go away.

Product Links

Best GA Setup
Honey Alpha, Bravo, and Thrustmaster Pedals
Logitech Runner Up

Best Budget Setup
Extreme 3d Pro (Add Rudders for cheap set)
Set by Thrustmaster
search "Thrustmaster T16000 set" for best price

Fighter Setup
Warthog Thrustmaster
Logitech With Rudder pedals

Boeing
Thrustmaster

Airbus
Thrustmaster

Rudder Pedals (affordable)
Logitech and Thrustmaster

Standalone Throttles
CH
Logitech

Honeycomb Bravo Add Ons
Boeing
Airbus

Time Stamps
Best GA Setup 1:50
Best Budget Setup 3:45
Fighter Setup 5:04
Boeing 8:05
Airbus 8:48
Wish List 10:34

Screenshots
Images are property of Sporty's, Thrustmaster, Honeycomb, and Logitech

[gregorydayton]

Great video, I learned a lot. Thank You.

[jonathanpadoa]

Great video and super helpful. I will be doing some research on these as wana get into flight sims in a few months time! Thanks man!

[thejetfighter]

I share your opinion in terms of budget joystick: the Logitech Extreme 3d Pro. The one I have right now, the best quality for the price. Recommended if you're on a budget or want something cheap to begin your flight simulation journey.

[merkabah]

Great video I subbed :D thank you!! I learned a few things here, i'm so excited for getting my Honeycomb thisweek

[litaninja]

I have the X56 HOTAS, great stick for the money, not overly cheap or plasticky feeling at all plus a million buttons, switches, sliders, knobs, etc

[Gnaw]

I thought me saying "If it is Boeing I ain't going" was smart, but I like your "If it's not Boeing you're not driving" even more! 😂

[Pancake_]

for a full fighter setup i recomend the brands winwing, virpil and VKB and pick the aircraft your going to fly

[techstepman]

for fighters, you also got winwing, virpil and VKB.

[anbu]

I originally started with the T.16000m flight pack. The pedals were awful, tons of friction so they took a lot of force to use. They would also stick and stutter from the friction. The stick was fine for a while but also was real stiff and a pain for fine control. I still use the throttle today, I just added some Nyogel to the slider rails. I replaced the pedals with VKB T-rudders (no toe brake but thays fine to me) and the stick with the VKB gladiator.

[marcusfp]

The fighter jet controllers on your wish list what are the name of that product

[creepy_]

Hey man, I've got a few comments for you on this Video.

First off, nearly all Joysticks have built-in Stick-Twist, so you don't actually need rudder pedals. You can just buy the Saitek X52 (~110€) or the X52 Pro (~150€) or the T.16000M HOTAS (~125€). I've been flying the F/A-18C Hornet in DCS World for over a year and never used a rudder pedal.
I'm thinking of buying one, but only because I might wanna get into helicopters.

That means, for 150€/$, you don't just get the 35$ Logitech HOTAS and pedals, but you could rather get something way better.

Another thing that I was kinda missing, were Products from Smaller Companies (like Winwing or VKB-Sim, what I can understand tho, as that would blow up the goal of this video a bit^^) and most importantly: Headtracking. Headtracking is really Important in my opinion and makes flying SO much easier and better. Especially the DelanClip, which is below 100$ and works like a charm.

Just a few things to consider, especially noteworthy that there are more options (like i.e. the X52) in the Budget Sector.

My own Setup in the moment consists out of the thrustmaster TWCS(~80€), the VKB-Sim Gladiator EVO (~220€) and a DelanClip. I did use the X52 Pro prior to this upgrade, which ad some issues for me tho.


In general, the video had a quite decent production quality, and I'll assume that you can't really "Twist" a yoke like a Joystick.

Have fun making further Videos and happy flying!

[uprzejmypiesio]

You have great energy, i could listen to you for hours. I also have a question: Are Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo working properly on windows 11 with MSFS 2020? On their website they mention, thah their product works on windows 10, but they dont say anything about windows 11

[trits]

Hi, would love top end gear but cash flow doesn, t allow. great stream thanks,

[mattwoodford]

The Airbus setup is pretty cool cos you can buy just the throttle part on top of the captain setup for engines 3 and 4 on the A380

[YT_Ms]

Just a quick question, does Boeing thrustmaster and honeycomb bravo throttle go will with each other?

[hemzaseghir]

Hi! I bought x-plane 12 and I’m unable to connect my honeycomb throttle. Do you know how to fix this issue?

[hoodio]

i just paired an x56 with the pendular rudders😅

[mazenakos]

Great video, good for starters. Question for you though: if you were to choose between Boeing or Airbus setups, which one would you choose with the Microsoft flight simulator?

[Mr.Martini]

I've had the $129 "budget" Thrustmaster rudder pedals for 3 years. I'm ready to upgrade them. Any suggestions on a mid-level model?

[larrysmith]

Which controller is best for a dea sea diving submersible? I don't want to spend too much.