First, at least on the Mac, it too often is not recognized by XPlanes on startup necessitating a restart of the application. Upgrade your flight simulation experience for Microsoft Flight Simulator X with the Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel. Will make your sim experience MUCH more realistic so you can focus on the flight rather than pausing the sim to try to find the key to press.

A quick installation of a small plug-in from the support page adds compatibility with your favorite flight simulation software for PCs including Microsoft Flight Simulator, FSX - Flight Simulator X, X-Plane 10, and Prepar3D. No finicky onscreen controls to deal with, it’s ready for installation into your Logitech G Flight Yoke System or custom cockpit rig. It needs to be stopped via task mananger or you will get a Logitech warning message when you try to restart MSFS. I have dealt with this type of dial before - I just "rock it" back and forth and the number will come up correct.operationally, the tuning control detents are not accurate and changing frequencies is often difficult; very annoying. The complete license is just “the complete package” (everything that’s there featurewise and will ever be there in future). For more precise control of pitch, a built-in trim wheel—offering just the right amount of resistance—enables you to maintain your desired attitude. The only issue was the Aerosoft Piper Cheyenne, I could not set the transponder, everything else worked. Well worth the (relatively) low cost for me as it’s the absolute core of my home cockpit setup, but not everyone will be willing to spend the money or the ongoing annual upgrade costs.

But everyone’s mileage may vary and as you point out, there are plenty of other ways to get the job done. As a student I am used to having knobs that will not over shoot my desired freq, this panel seems to give a bit of difficulty when tuning. Your panel may be working fine, but Windows has decided to shut it down - you can test if this is the case by using the Panel Test Software. You more or less have two choices, The " Microsoft Flight Simulator Plug-in" from Logitech, or "Spad.

If you are like me, the radio comms on the computer screen can be hard to read, and using the mouse or keyboard take extra time. The one thing I would note is that the dial is very sensitive and will skip numbers you are trying to land on. Pros: If you have the full stack of Saitek add-ons,the internal hub of the yoke may not have enough power to drive all of the devices. Subscribe to our Specials Newsletter Keep up-to-date on the latest pilot and aircraft supplies to hit the market and find out about our great monthly specials by subscribing to our newsletter.

SCS Global Services is a global leader in third-party environmental and sustainability verification, certification, auditing, testing and standards development. Thanks tot he seamless integration with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, X-Plane and Prepar3D you never have to zoom in on your radiostack tob e able to read the frequencies. And the process even works both ways, giving you the option to make real-time, incremental adjustments within the sim or on the Radio Panel. Used this with X-Plane - just a heads up to anyone else who uses windows 8 you may encounter an issue with USB3 ports that causes this display to be blank text.The Flight Velocity Logo and "Gear For Every Mission" are ® registered trademarks of Flight Velocity. The product is what I wanted, but being a new Flight Simulator user, this product came with little or now install instructions.