Cockpit Components

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Prices

Yoke

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Logitech Flight Yoke System	$260
Honeycomb Aeronautical Alpha Flight Controls	$370
Turtle Beach VelocityOne	$480	Vernier throttle/mixture/prop, 4 x throttles, 10 buttons, trim wheel etc.	Yoke: excessive play, not smooth when operated with one hand or when using roll and pitch simultaneously. All plastic Throttles move in a motion rig
Cirrus Cessna Desktop Yoke	$2,857	Metal. Ball bearings on shaft Hall effect sensors 4 switches
Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke	$700
VirtualFly Yoko+	$1271	Metal Precise

Throttle Quadrant

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Honeycomb Aeronautical Bravo Throttle Quadrant	$400
Logitech Flight Throttle Quadrant	$120	3 axes 3 toggle switches
PFC Digital Throttle Quadrant Console	$923	Metal Avail. in many throttle configurations. Gear, flap, rudder trim
PFC Single Engine Throttle/Prop/Mixture Vernier Controls	$852		Not stand-alone, requires connection to another PFC unit.
Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant Boeing	$190	Autopilot controls, flaps
VPC Sharka 50 Control Panel	$410	4 x Digital Axis Levers 10 x Customisable RGB Push Buttons 3 x Push Buttons 7 x 2-Way Toggles 3 x 3-Way Toggles 2 x Infinite Scroll Encoder Dials (+ Push) 1 x 5-Way Mode Dial
WINWING Cessna 172 Throttle panel		Metal Throttle, mixture, flaps Accurate to 172 Backlit

Rudder

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Thrustmaster Pendular	$800	Metal Adjustable angle and tension Analogue Toe Brakes (axis)
PFC Cirrus Rudder Pedals	$995	Powder coated aluminium and steel Toe brakes
Thrustmaster T.Flight Rudder Pedals	$200 (Offered as a bundle with the TCA Yoke and Throttle for $769 from Gamesmen) Toe brakes	Good for the money.	Not the smoothest action

Switch Panels

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Elgato Stream Deck XL	$400	Plastic Each key is a screen Runs key presses & macros Infinite nesting
Logitech Flight Switch Panel	$150	Plastic Electrics Gear
Logitech Flight Multi Panel	$180	Plastic Trim Flaps Autopilot
Logitech Flight Radio Panel	$230	Plastic LED x 4 COM1/2, NAV1/2, DME, ADF, XPDR
VirtualFly Switcho
VirtualFly Switcho Radio	$1,300	Radio Autopilot
VPC Control Panel #1	$380	Metal 12 x Customisable RGB Momentary Buttons 6 x Momentary Toggle Switches 2 x Latched Toggle Switches 2 x Flip Cover Toggle Switches 3 x Encoder Dials (+ Push) 2 x Axis Dials
VPC Control Panel #2	$400	Metal Landing Gear Lever 6 x Momentary Toggle Switches 2 x Latched Toggle Switches 2 x Flip Cover Toggle Switches 10 x Customisable RGB Momentary Buttons 3 x Encoder Dials (+ Push)
VPC Sharka 50 Control Panel	$410	Metal 4 x Digital Axis Levers 10 x Customisable RGB Push Buttons 3 x Push Buttons 7 x 2-Way Toggles 3 x 3-Way Toggles 2 x Infinite Scroll Encoder Dials (+ Push) 1 x 5-Way Mode Dial
WINWING Cessna 172 Switch Panel	POA	Metal Accurate to 172 Backlit
WINWING Takeoff Panel	$204	Metal Switches are good quality Gear, Flaps, Parking Brake 2 axes: use for Trim / Throttle / Mixture / Pitch ? 4 toggle switches: use for Electric, lights?
WINWING Combat Ready Panel	$204	Metal Good quality switches Rotary encoders with push-to-switch for COMM1 and COMM2 HDG and CRS toggle Other swiches more ordnance oriented Adjustable illumination

HOTAS

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Thrustmaster Warthog	$800	Metal, mostly Many toggle switches, axes, hats. Fully programmable.	Left to right slackness on throttle grips. Doesn't affect tracking.
WINWING HOTAS Orion 2	$714	Metal

Instruments

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Air Manager by Sim Innovations		1,000 instruments Runs on networked PC and Android Can be totally customised with lua
Sim Dashboard by Stryder IT		GUI for limited customisation of instruments Can display a range of sim vars

Device Config

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Simulation Panel Advanced Drivers: neXt Generation		SPAD.neXt was started as a replacement software for Saitek (now Logitech) panels. Now many other hardware devices are supported.

Head Tracking

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Naturalpoint TrackIR	$400	The most long established head tracking system sensors	Interference from ambient light

Voice Control

Item	~ cost AUD	Pros	Cons
Voice Attack Voice Attack software		Global commands Macros Flawless voice communication with the ATC in your sim and to control any aspect of the aircraft.