Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals
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Found a Set of pedals (Saitek) there 5years old, supposedly haven’t seen much use.
Original Add:
**"In good condition. Some very light marks and fading.They work exactly as they did when I bought them with only one exception - the tension adjuster (round dial in the middle) does its job but doesn’t have any stops i.e. it can be rotated past the lowest and highest setting and will de-seat from the underlying mechanism until you rotate it back the other way."**
Additional info:
“bought them in early 2014. I have not used them properly since about 2016, only bringing them out every couple of months. Affirm I am the original owner. Majority of time was spent in FSX and X-Plane mainly flying airliners (no aggressive use with combat sims)”Asking $80us $115au What do you think. What should I look at/for on the unit ?
Thanks
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My experience of the Saitek pedals was simply they are far too light, even at max tension. As a result, it was very easy to induce an unintended input when my feet were resting on them and I got no “feedback” from them when I did push a pedal. YMMV.
Edit - actually, if you can hold tight for a couple weeks, I will send them to you gratis. I have no use for them.
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Shipping might be prohibitive, I’m at the end of the world.
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Shipping might be prohibitive, I’m at the end of the world.
I’m in Crete on holiday right now, back in UK Sunday 14th July - I’ll find out how much it’ll cost and we can take it from there.
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Shadow, these are the only pedals I’ve ever used (as in about 15 years), so I can completely recommend them for longevity. Malc is right about them being touchy, but you can bump up the deadzone in the Saitek control panel, and that helps.
BTW, I believe you find drivers here…http://www.saitek.com/uk/down/drivers.php -
Mine broke on me some years back, needed some replacement parts made up. After 15 years the plastic is perhaps not as strong as it was at release - or perhaps its just that built in obsolescence rearing its head.
The pedals rotate about an axis for the toe brakes. The axle that makes up that axis rests against the base of the pedals, and there are a set of fasteners across the top of the axle that hold it in place. So resting weight from your feet is all held by 4 pieces of plastic inside the pedal.
A few of mine have been replaced with wooden parts reinforced with a metal plate now. The entire rest of the pedals is going to break before those fasteners do again!
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Mine broke on me some years back, needed some replacement parts made up. After 15 years the plastic is perhaps not as strong as it was at release - or perhaps its just that built in obsolescence rearing its head.
The pedals rotate about an axis for the toe brakes. The axle that makes up that axis rests against the base of the pedals, and there are a set of fasteners across the top of the axle that hold it in place. So resting weight from your feet is all held by 4 pieces of plastic inside the pedal.
A few of mine have been replaced with wooden parts reinforced with a metal plate now. The entire rest of the pedals is going to break before those fasteners do again!
Thx, for the tip, Blu. It’s kind of funny- I remember buying these then because I got a good price.It was a “use them until they break, then get better” type thing. I didn’t expect long life , especially as I have big feet They just never broke!
Shadow, I also thought of something that might help you. I noticed when I was flying BMS last night that I’m light on the petals, precisely because of Malc’s aforementioned petal sensitivity. I kind of hold my weight off the petals, and don’t even think about it anymore. I wonder if that contributes to mine’s longevity. -
I use CH pedals and to allow my feet to rest on the pedals, I set the dead zone to 90% in DCS. Not sure how to do that in BMS.