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    Yoke question

    I was wondering, has anybody ever tried removing the Saitek yoke from it's housing and mounting a realistic one instead ? I was thinking of the Open Cockpits yoke, quite realistic and affordable. It would be great to have a realistic yoke but i don't have room for the whole column. Don't know if this is feasible, though.

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    That sounds like a good project to me. You should go for it. It is possible to do. You might have to make some bits and pieces, but thats part of the deal

    Many people have used real piper/cessna yokes on the CH-yoke with success. Bet it is just as simple to do it on a saitek.

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    I'm a bit anxious about that. The Saitek was 150 euro's, the yoke is another 150, I was hoping somebody already had tried it so I could benefit from his/her experience.
    have to finish my 737-ish throttle and pedestal first.

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    I personally wouldnt do it unless the yoke was out of warranty, I have had 3 yokes now as they developed a fault and all were replaced by saitek, if you take it apart though then be wary of the amount of electronics you will have to disconnect / move, it may be cheaper buying a second hand yoke from ebay.

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