New Saitek Throttle Unit (TPM)

Hi All,

Just to let you know that price range for the Saitek Pro Flight TPM is £109.00 / $149.99 which can be purchased from here:

http://www.flightstore.co.uk/saitek-...tion/throttles

http://store.gameshark.com/viewItem....idCategory=173

Not bad for the money at all, works out at around £35 a lever interfaced! Not bad considering the interfacing is already done for you! + free togles (rip em out)....

I can see this unit being hacked to pieces with the throttles literally being taken out and remounted, lets see how this thing works out!

This is what the hot looking throttle unit looks like as a modelled pc image:

http://www.saitek.com/uk/imgs/product/tpm_product.png

And heres the reality :(

http://store.gameshark.com/catalog/enlarge/PZ78.01.jpg

http://store.gameshark.com/catalog/enlarge/PZ78.03.jpg

The actual unit looks as plastic as the rest of the family!

It looks pretty good to me. Knobs look a toyish? That can easily be fixed though. There is no lock or perhaps the knobs don't have the fine adjust. As you were talking about in another thread. I would take the toggles and use the same interface 'no need to replace what works already' and swap out the knobs. As you say hack it to pieces. To bad they didn't sell it as a kit too then you could mount as you see fit. I'll be looking for it 'Christmas time' at the stores. When they bring out all that stuff. I do think they are working hard to bridge the gap between what's available for flightsim and what should be available (ie controls that replicate the real thing). For that you have to give them credit.

I'll keep my eye open (yep just the one) but I'm thinking just from a markup standpoint and so far it appears it's not yet available in Canada. It could be over priced for us do it yourselfers out there. Still I'm not going to pass up a chance to check it out should I see it about when at my local BB consumer electronics shop.

Cheers
Ron

Hi folks, my thoughts exactly ,,, taking advantage of the interfacing, dismanteling [it's such a nicer way of saying it] and re building my own configuration.


Thanks Alex for the pictures and information.

Question, what is the range of the T P M rods in the box as standard ...

Regards all

jack