Opinions about Monza AY90 and the BS Caravan.
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Hi
I’ve been thinking about getting an FFB yoke for a while. Given my budget, the Monza AY90 is pretty much the only option I can afford. I mainly fly the Caravan in the sim, so I wanted to ask if anyone has experience using this yoke with it, and what you think. Is it worth the investment? Is it easy to set up? Are there any profiles specifically for this add-on?I’m currently using an MS FFB2 with the sim, and one thing I’ve noticed is that the ailerons feel much lighter than the pitch. Is it the same with this yoke?
Thanks, and cheers!
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I cannot talk about the AY90. I am using AY210 in combination with FFB-Bridge and it does a perfect job for me. I do not know how realistic the feeling is, since I am not a RL Pilot.
Setup was pretty easy, just did the initial setup for the Yoke with Moza software, made sure all buttons and axis are working.
After that I switched to FFB-Bridge and never touched the Moza Software anymore.
FFB-Bridge does include over 1700 profiles for different planes, including the Caravan.
Just be aware they are mostly AI generated. Again not sure how realistic they are.
I love the FFB feeling, and it will be hard to go back.
Again, this is related to the AY210 and not the AY90. -
I use the Flitesim CLS 60 and it is a fine tool, coming from the Logitech G940 FFB stick and after two years would just like to offer an offbeat thought or two. To start with, FFB can't be left once you have sampled it. It is around 30 years for me now. The big difference with the yoke rather surprised me in the way it can ruin your ergonomics and this applies to any yoke really. Not only does it take over your desk and make it hard to use your PC for anything else, but it alters where you have to sit, screen positions and seating height, etc. God help you if a significant other likes neat and tidy surroundings or you actually have to do anything productive, even work on that PC. I still have that old G940. Two of them in fact and look at them now thinking not only how much simpler, but even better how life could be. Thankfully, I have space in my man cave or kennel and my better half would kill me if I tried to move my rig within 5 yards of the house.
Do I think now that my yoke is worth it? Absolutely, but a better FFB stick would now get a LOT of interest from me.
PS. I did get around the issue of not being able to use the PC for anything else. I got a mini PC which lets me use another screen to do the boring stuu of life.at 90 degrees left but turns out to be even better in that using Glassout, I can network flightsim panels onto this too and has led to me going over to the dark side for the first time since FSX and fly Glass. I would never have guessed that. Just don't tell Nick...