the stiff stick can be very easily remedied by taking the base off and either compressing the spring or adding washers to the screws (that attach to the plate) reducing the force applied by the spring. It'll still center to 0-0 x-y but wont pop off your desk when you move it around.
@ essentially, if you take the base plate off, you can unscrew the steel plate that holds the compression screw. As you unscrew r four screws holding the steel plate, the spring will decompress. Once you put the base plate back on, you will notice the stick is way less stiff. You’ll still have to treat the yaw spring but that just requires two pliers. Essentially, you take the actualy stick off by removing the (7?) screw holding the handle together. Once you take half the stick off, you can remove the yaw screw, and use pliers to stretch it past its maximum. Do this very slowly and incrementally so that it does not become too deformed. Once it’s been stretched, you can put it back and the yaw will be less stiff too. I did this to my turtle beach stick and it’s amazing now.
The reason the rudder and throttle axis were mapped differently is because the game uses the old joystick axis layout standard.... And the Turtle Beach... wasn't.
Solid review. I don’t think the tension will be an issue for me. It looks fairly ergonomic. Recently started playing msfs 2020 heavy and have been looking for a solid flight stick. Luckily Black Friday was right around the corner and I found it for $98 on Amazon. I’ll be testing it out tomorrow.
I Wonder if there's a way to adjust the tension.. I really like the look of backlit buttons, scroll wheel, touchpad.. wow! Features are up there! Would think it comes in very handy for wood harvester and forwarder in farming sim!
Can't imagine getting this over the Gladiator NXT, so many bells and whistles, but the basics like the gimbal suck. I guess some of the features may be useful on xbox, but on PC I'd much rather have three high quality hat switches than a screen and a scrollwheel.
That’s why I’ve returned to using the NXT after this review. You really can’t go wrong with those. The VO Flight stick is more versatile for sure but not in must have ways for me personally
I just got my NXT today to replace my V1 stick and it's truly night and day difference. The grip on the V1 is surprisingly comfortable but putting downward pressure on the hand rest also causes it to lift up side by side and force the grip to the side. The NXT has a much more aggressive grip but it's absolutely perfect in its design for the hand you're using it on. Your can make your gripping force firm without tipping the stick over since it's extremely well balanced and weighted by the springs unlike the stiff single center spring and gimbal on the V1. The ministick I almost like more on the V1 because it's circular movement instead of rounded square corner movement on the NXT SCG Premium. But even with the extra unique features on the V1, the playabiliity is completely outclassed by the Gladiator for literally only $5 or $35 (to include ministick) more plus shipping.
I just baught it two days ago and got it deliver maybe 1h before this video, after a few hour I have to say I’m more than please with it. The spring tension isn’t an issue at all to me, the input are pecise, the stick is ergonomical and the build quality is great, overall a great improvement other the Airbus TCA I had before. The only negative for me is the trackpad, It need to be improved with better reliability or replace all togather with a mappable button, hopefully firmware update will improve it
I’m glad you’re finding it to your liking! It’s manageable for sure. It’s also going to come down to what you fly with it too. I certainly got used to it. Just didn’t like how the gimbal functions compared to what I had already. One of those things I think some will like or dislike.
Hello everyone. I just got a Turtle Beach "VelocityOne Figlhstick" to play MSFS 2024 on my Xbox Series X. I can't figure out how to enable the little touchpad on the joystick and use it as a mouse. The touchpad would work fine, from TH-cam videos, on PC (by moving the mouse cursor on the screen), but not on Xbox. Some videos I've seen online show it was possible in MSFS 2020. (Additional info: the firmware on the joystick is 1.1.6). It would be handy for flying and you have to go into cursor mode to change anything on the EFB, but there's no way. Has anyone done this?
I own this great joystick and have a question. Is there a way to mimic a long travel collective with curves in msfs? The left throttle are to sensitive and it is near impossible to hover due to the helicopter (cowansim 500e) going up or down. Can not hold the altitude.
How tough is it to get a smooth landing with the springs being so stiff? I'm considering buying this since I'm pretty limited as an Xbox user, but I also don't want the actual handling to be worse than my HOTAS One. (HOTAS Ones are garbage by the way. They'd be great if they'd last, but they have jitter issue that arises after ~6 months, making flight pretty tough to deal with as your aircraft starts jittering left or right)
This stick has 2 big problems. One is the stiffness, which can be fixed (as others said). The other one is the very small movement angle of the stick. And that can't be fixed. Compared to my old Thrustmaster stick, the Velocity One has almost half the movement. This just feels bad if you are used to a good flight stick with a proper movement angle. It simply can't have the same precision if you need only half the stick movement for the same movement in the sim. I tried the Velocity One stick and returned it immediately. It has very nice features, but unfortunately that's all worthless if the stick fails completely in the most important points: Comfort/ feeling and precision. In my opinion a complete misconstruction.
Only mentioned it for the Xbox user because they only have 2 options. I don't feel that I really recommended it per say, but I wanted people to know they're not just stuck with this for console.
the stiff stick can be very easily remedied by taking the base off and either compressing the spring or adding washers to the screws (that attach to the plate) reducing the force applied by the spring. It'll still center to 0-0 x-y but wont pop off your desk when you move it around.
Could you please elaborate on that? I'm getting this joystick next week and I know it's gonna be too stiff. Thanks!
@ essentially, if you take the base plate off, you can unscrew the steel plate that holds the compression screw. As you unscrew r four screws holding the steel plate, the spring will decompress. Once you put the base plate back on, you will notice the stick is way less stiff. You’ll still have to treat the yaw spring but that just requires two pliers. Essentially, you take the actualy stick off by removing the (7?) screw holding the handle together. Once you take half the stick off, you can remove the yaw screw, and use pliers to stretch it past its maximum. Do this very slowly and incrementally so that it does not become too deformed. Once it’s been stretched, you can put it back and the yaw will be less stiff too. I did this to my turtle beach stick and it’s amazing now.
@@lazarusmagellan2367 Wow! Would you care to make a video showing how to do that?
@@jameslast4420 lol yeah I’ll make a short vid on it
The reason the rudder and throttle axis were mapped differently is because the game uses the old joystick axis layout standard.... And the Turtle Beach... wasn't.
Solid review. I don’t think the tension will be an issue for me. It looks fairly ergonomic. Recently started playing msfs 2020 heavy and have been looking for a solid flight stick. Luckily Black Friday was right around the corner and I found it for $98 on Amazon. I’ll be testing it out tomorrow.
Are you enjoying this? Are you using on Xbox or PC
If you want to see the components, I took the undercarriage of the base off along with the spring. th-cam.com/video/OgHreMWIimg/w-d-xo.html
You can cut the spring to make it as soft as you want it.
I'm not normally impressed simply by a review, but here I am commenting. Excellent video.
I know right?? This was the best review i have ever watched!
08:00 dealbreaker. Most important feature is that it acts as a good joystick...
Yeah I was disappointed by that. This joystick would really be next level if it didn’t have that one flaw.
thats the thing. if i am going to buy a rig or even just desk mounts for a few hundred euros i am not going to mount a 100euro stick on it
I Wonder if there's a way to adjust the tension..
I really like the look of backlit buttons, scroll wheel, touchpad.. wow! Features are up there! Would think it comes in very handy for wood harvester and forwarder in farming sim!
you can cut the spring under the gimble to make it more loose/less tight@@olahaldor
just use thin strap of velcro (you can hide the other one under the mousepad when you not using the stick)
I’m hoping the stick mounts to the extra plate that game with my wheel sim mount, that way I can have everything mounted efficiently 😅
Must be a valid reason for the stiffness.
No doubt it had rigourous testing before release.
Just purchased, thanks for the review
What’s the name of the chair he is using for the joystick ?
A great video didn’t know about app and one issue I messed up my default on msfs deleted something by mistake and don’t know how to reset it back 🤣🤣
Can't imagine getting this over the Gladiator NXT, so many bells and whistles, but the basics like the gimbal suck. I guess some of the features may be useful on xbox, but on PC I'd much rather have three high quality hat switches than a screen and a scrollwheel.
That’s why I’ve returned to using the NXT after this review. You really can’t go wrong with those. The VO Flight stick is more versatile for sure but not in must have ways for me personally
I just got my NXT today to replace my V1 stick and it's truly night and day difference. The grip on the V1 is surprisingly comfortable but putting downward pressure on the hand rest also causes it to lift up side by side and force the grip to the side. The NXT has a much more aggressive grip but it's absolutely perfect in its design for the hand you're using it on. Your can make your gripping force firm without tipping the stick over since it's extremely well balanced and weighted by the springs unlike the stiff single center spring and gimbal on the V1.
The ministick I almost like more on the V1 because it's circular movement instead of rounded square corner movement on the NXT SCG Premium.
But even with the extra unique features on the V1, the playabiliity is completely outclassed by the Gladiator for literally only $5 or $35 (to include ministick) more plus shipping.
I just baught it two days ago and got it deliver maybe 1h before this video, after a few hour I have to say I’m more than please with it. The spring tension isn’t an issue at all to me, the input are pecise, the stick is ergonomical and the build quality is great, overall a great improvement other the Airbus TCA I had before. The only negative for me is the trackpad, It need to be improved with better reliability or replace all togather with a mappable button, hopefully firmware update will improve it
I’m glad you’re finding it to your liking! It’s manageable for sure. It’s also going to come down to what you fly with it too. I certainly got used to it. Just didn’t like how the gimbal functions compared to what I had already. One of those things I think some will like or dislike.
Did u manage calibrate Trust with A320? With PMDG 777 works perfect, but not with any A320
Hi! Would you consider sharing the DCS profile you made for the flightstick?
Do these connect wirelessly like an xbox controller or do they have to be connected with the usb c? Is it the same with the PC?
Hi. Thank you for this excellent video test.
Could you please inform, what is the air-combat game you played in video!
Regards!
Good review! Thanks for posting!
Now thats a review well done
Has forcefeedbacl?
What are the games showed in the video? particularly the one at 9:07
Hello everyone.
I just got a Turtle Beach "VelocityOne Figlhstick" to play MSFS 2024 on my Xbox Series X. I can't figure out how to enable the little touchpad on the joystick and use it as a mouse.
The touchpad would work fine, from TH-cam videos, on PC (by moving the mouse cursor on the screen), but not on Xbox.
Some videos I've seen online show it was possible in MSFS 2020. (Additional info: the firmware on the joystick is 1.1.6).
It would be handy for flying and you have to go into cursor mode to change anything on the EFB, but there's no way.
Has anyone done this?
I own this great joystick and have a question. Is there a way to mimic a long travel collective with curves in msfs? The left throttle are to sensitive and it is near impossible to hover due to the helicopter (cowansim 500e) going up or down. Can not hold the altitude.
Whats the app use in 11:12 ? Anyone please help answer me :/
It's not an app. It's a menu from X Plane 12.
When I put into pc mode my pc sound goes
How tough is it to get a smooth landing with the springs being so stiff? I'm considering buying this since I'm pretty limited as an Xbox user, but I also don't want the actual handling to be worse than my HOTAS One. (HOTAS Ones are garbage by the way. They'd be great if they'd last, but they have jitter issue that arises after ~6 months, making flight pretty tough to deal with as your aircraft starts jittering left or right)
I'm here too. Don't like the throttle on the hotas either, that neutral notch makes me jump a third in either direction.
I have it and it is stiff, but it’s easy with a good hand.
@@goopy999 I've had it for 6 months. I like it, no complaints. It's stiff but I honestly don't notice it.
i have a question. It is possible to play not just simulation games but a fps or something else with that, instead of a keyboard?
Good review..very thorough.
I was between this and a VKB gladiator NXT Evo, I ended up going for the VKB in ww2 version as the stick is the most generic and looks better for GA
@BlowinLoud8799 It's the most generic of the VKB sticks
Hi. Does it good in bf2042?
Please can you review their rudder pedals. They look interesting at the price point.
Why shouldn't you be able to place that stick to your desk? Screw it to a plate, clamp that plate to your desk.
This stick has 2 big problems. One is the stiffness, which can be fixed (as others said). The other one is the very small movement angle of the stick. And that can't be fixed. Compared to my old Thrustmaster stick, the Velocity One has almost half the movement. This just feels bad if you are used to a good flight stick with a proper movement angle. It simply can't have the same precision if you need only half the stick movement for the same movement in the sim. I tried the Velocity One stick and returned it immediately. It has very nice features, but unfortunately that's all worthless if the stick fails completely in the most important points: Comfort/ feeling and precision. In my opinion a complete misconstruction.
Anyone use it fir elite
its a cool platform.
But after using it for 90 seconds my wrist was about to break off. TOO STIFF ! ! !
So glad to see an American doing a review of this product on TH-cam.
"Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it's safe or certain." ---
Never never recommend a product you have never used. Never. That could change a good review into a bad one just like that.
Only mentioned it for the Xbox user because they only have 2 options. I don't feel that I really recommended it per say, but I wanted people to know they're not just stuck with this for console.