{"id":4820,"date":"2010-01-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/saitek-x65f-stick-requires-only-the-subtlest-of-touches-for-a-smooth-flight-joysticks\/"},"modified":"2010-01-10T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T17:00:00","slug":"saitek-x65f-stick-requires-only-the-subtlest-of-touches-for-a-smooth-flight-joysticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/saitek-x65f-stick-requires-only-the-subtlest-of-touches-for-a-smooth-flight-joysticks.php","title":{"rendered":"Saitek X65F ‘stick Requires Only the Subtlest of Touches for a Smooth Flight [Joysticks]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much like the multi-million dollar jet systems that inspired it, the Saitek Pro Flight X65F joystick\/throttle system for PCs doesn't move at all. That's right, not an inch, and yet the controls were compared to mind control. [ars technica<\/a>]<\/p>

The X65F uses \"force sensing\" tech, just like military planes today. In layman's terms, that means no moving parts.<\/p>

Apply subtle pressure to the 'stick, and your plane banks and turns on a dime.<\/p>

Twist the controller for precise rudder control, writes ars technica, and then before you know it the joystick is performing almost like an extension of your hand.<\/p>

Dual engine control for games that support it, or lock them together for games that don't.<\/p>

Saitek claims that with the X65F there are 608 possible commands a player can issue without ever taking their hands off the controls.<\/p>

And while the X65F won't cost you millions, it certainly isn't cheap at $400. This is not including the optional \"Saitek Pro Flight Instrument Panels\" that you can bolt on the back for a crazy amount of realism. [Saitek<\/a> via ars technica<\/a>]<\/p>

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Much like the multi-million dollar jet systems that inspired it, the Saitek Pro Flight X65F joystick\/throttle system for PCs doesn't move at all. That's right, not an inch, and yet the controls were compared to mind control. [ars technica]The X65F … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurist"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}