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 | Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick (Silver/Black) |
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Product Description
When the pressure is on, your stick performance is the difference between victory and total oblivion. The Extreme 3D Pro twist handle joystick will never let you down. The 12 programmable buttons and 8-way rubber hat switch give you optimum control, personalized to your taste. Whether youre dropping bombs at a distance or firing guns in a dog fight, the stable and precise Extreme 3D Pro will have you dominating the enemy in no time.Product Details
- Color: Black/Silver
- Brand: Logitech
- Model: 963290-0403
- Released on: 2005-10-10
- ESRB Rating: Everyone
- Platform: Not Machine Specific
- Format: CD
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x 9.25" w x 10.50" l, 2.85 pounds
Features
- Product Type - Joystick
- Quick and easy access to fire weapons
- Product Type - Replacement Lamp
- Rapid-fire trigger allows shots in quick succession
- Shipping Weight: 1.50 lbs
Editorial Reviews
From
the Manufacturer
When the pressure is on, your stick
performance is the difference between victory and total oblivion. The
Extreme 3D Pro twist handle joystick will never let you down. The 12
programmable buttons and eight-way rubber hat switch give you optimum
control, personalized to your taste. Whether you're dropping bombs at a
distance or firing guns in a dog fight, the stable and precise Extreme
3D Pro will have you dominating the enemy in no time.
- Dominate the skies or the ground with the control of 12 well-placed, fully programmable buttons and a rapid-fire trigger
- Home in on your target with the deadly accurate direction control of the twist handle
- Smooth and accurate throttle settings are a major bonus whether you're entering the fray or bugging out
Customer Reviews
A very good joystick: well made and comfortable to use
The Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
Joystick is a good all-around stick. For those wanting to use, say,
Flight Simulator for educational purposes, the Extreme 3D is a good
choice.
In fact, this type of stick is much more realistic than
models with "Force Feedback": the stick movement on a genuine modern
helicopter in flight feels smooth and fluid, like power steering on your
car. Force Feedback may be fun, but I don't think it's very realistic
for many of the scenarios it's currently used in.
Specifically,
here's what I rated it by:
* Quality of components and assembly: The
action of the stick is smooth. No flimsy play in the controls. The hat
switch and trigger pull have a positive feel with close tolerances.
*
Comfortable handgrip: like the overall product, the design and
machining of the grip is off high-quality, without any annoying seems or
sharp ridges.
* Smooth throttle control: this is a small detail, but
compared with some of the other models out there, it's notable.
*
Stable base that allows you to either rest it firmly on a table or in
your lap.
* Subtle movements are reflected in the game.
* Overall
appearance - it looks as good as it performs.
Things to NOTE:
*
This is definitely a right-handed joystick.
* It plugs into a USB
port
* I used it with Microsoft Flight Sim 2002 running on an XP Pro
system: Installing the software that came with the joystick was
effortless and when I opened Flight Sim, all of the buttons were already
mapped to the appropriate functions.
Great
joystick at a decent price.
I bought this joystick for
gaming on my Mac and was a bit disappointed when the box arrived and it
said PC only... However, I plugged it in to my iBook and it worked just
great on Battlefield 1942 even without installing any drivers (I'm using
OSX). I also can use it on my PC without any problem. It comes with a
drivers CD for Windows.
It improved my game 100% when flying
planes in Battlefield, I would definitely recommend this to anybody who
plays games in which flying is involved. It's pretty sturdy and quite
large, and very comfortable to hold, though it's definitely for
right-handed gamers only.
It has a separate throttle control (a
lever that you push forward or backward) that's quite sensitive, and the
handle twists left and right to control the rudder (as well as moving
360 degrees like any other joystick). There are 13 buttons so plenty of
choice when mapping your controls.
Personally I much prefer this
joystick over one that comes with force feedback - the vibration works
against what you're trying to do and makes playing harder. You can't
beat this joystick for the price.
After this I could never go
back to just using a mouse and keyboard. Takes the gaming experience to
the next level.
No way to calibrate....
I've used this joystick for
about a year now. Originally, the joystick worked perfectly with
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. But after about 9 months of moderate
use (4-6 hours/wk), the joystick began to lose its calibration,
especially in the twist portion. Having owned 3 joysticks previously, I
was expecting this to occur because of typical fatigue on the spring.
What I did not expect was that Logitech does not provide any software to
calibrate the joystick, which is necessary to compensate for the
inaccuracies caused by the fatigued spring. I tried to search online for
any calibration utility, but to no luck. I don't know; maybe Logitech
does have calibration software associated with the stick and I just
missed it. But at this point, the stick has becoming annoyingly
unaccurate that I'm almost ready to purchase a new stick...and I'll make
sure ahead of time that it can be calibrated.
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