New X-56 HOTAS from Saitek

[Wolf Lord Caldersson]

Curious that they would reveal this ahead of the Star Citizen branded stick.

Odds are every person buying this one, is NOT buying the Star Citizen one in a few months.

Test bed launch?

 

[mromutt]

hmm only costs $250

 

[Blind Owl]

I'm happy with my x55 as she is. Those micro sticks entice me though. I do love my strafing...

 

[Serious Table]

If this was yellow instead of blue, I would have preordered and been happy about it!

It's RGB; you can make it yellow.

 

[Major Templar]

Designed for space, but still a heavy split throttle holdover from multi engine flight sims. Seems like old, painted blue.

Except there will be multi-engine ships in SC that will have the ability to make use of dual throttles. Ben/Chris have both said that the Freelancer and Sabre for example will have the ability to disable one engine that might be damaged and divert power to the other one. Of course this is always subject to change but we are likely to see this in the future.

 

[Doozie]

I'm really digging the dual analog joys on it, this will be great so long as they force a high build quality.

 

[Texelis]

Except there will be multi-engine ships in SC that will have the ability to make use of dual throttles. Ben/Chris have both said that the Freelancer and Sabre for example will have the ability to disable one engine that might be damaged and divert power to the other one. Of course this is always subject to change but we are likely to see this in the future.

Ya, I should stipulate that I'm talking personal preference. I sold a Warthog for the same reason. I don't like heavy throttles, and I'm sure they're not going to punish those without duals. For space games, for SC, I really think light is right. I'm using the CH which is smooth, light, and crams in a lot of features. Still looking for the best joystick to pair with it though. Currently using a Thrustmaster T16000M which is ok.

 

[WarrenPeace]

My first thought when I saw this was actually "April Fools!" I looks like a nice stick though, I'm very interested to see when people start reviewing it.

 

[Riekopo]

This looks like an improved X55. I was reading on Reddit about it and a Saitek rep was posting. He said it's been rebuilt from the ground up. So the build quality should be a lot better. I'm really not a fan of the blue colors though. If you make a RGB lighting product then you shouldn't put colors all over it. That completely defeats the purpose. It should be all black or at least have neutral colors. I don't think it has a dual stage trigger.