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    Your other option is to physically connect the two yokes together.
    Not very difficult, but it will void your warranty on them. That way you only need to connect one of them.
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    Dual control yokes

    I know it's not totally authentic, but I have a USB switch labelled "pilot"/"Co pilot" which is situated front and centre. I can select the active yoke in the time it takes to throw a switch! There is no delay, and there is only ever ONE pilot hands on at a time anyway! When one pilot hands over to the other, he mentions flap and trim settings at the same time (if the other pilot does not already know!!). FSUIPC not needed using this method, and the inactive yolk is TRULY inactive! No accidents - no problems with the wife using it like a steering wheel and saying "what does this do then?"

    Just a thought?

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    Out of curiosity, would you happen to have a picture of how you did this, Ie. did you just insert a switch in the power wire of the usb Device? where did you get the USB Switch from?

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    Dual saitek yokes

    Hi.

    I had a multi wafer switch normally used to re-direct monitor feeds. They have many connections, and after cutting off the usb plugs from the end of the yolk cables, I soldered the bare ends into connections on the switch wafers so that the switch would direct either pilot or co-pilots yolk to a third connection that has a usb cable going to the PC. I had to use a meter to check what the switch was directing from/to and then do a drawing to keep me right with the soldering. The whole thing is housed in a metal box behind the instrument panel, with only the switch knob showing. Switching all the leads inside the usb sheath, and not just the power, causes total connection/dis-connection and is instant.
    Switches like this, can be picked up fairly cheaply as there is no circuitry involved, and they are pretty basic.

    TONY

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