Joy Stick Warnings!

The following information on joysticks is provided by our customers:

• CH Game Port Flight Yoke and CH Flight Stick analog (IBM Game Port) versions both work with Jeppesen's FlitePro and ASA's On Top. The new CH Basic USB Yoke and the CH USB Yoke with Prop & Mixture is designed for FlitePro, On Top v7, and MS FlightSim 2000 only. IFT-Pro is the only remaining DOS-based flight sim; IFT-Pro requires a Game Port Yoke.
• Microsoft Sidewinder and CH Flight Stick units say on the box that they will work with DOS flight sims. Some advanced flight sims (such as 74/4 and and IFT-Pro) are still DOS products, so this is an important consideration. With the MS joystick, you have a switch-selected choice of emulations (CH Flight Stick mode or ThrustMaster FCS mode). This is a choice between analog and digital modes. Digital mode requires loading a driver and running through a newer model game card. IFT Pro, for example, uses analog mode (no driver required), and will work with older analog game cards.
• High-end Control Yokes (full-motion yokes and realistic throttle assemblies such as Cirrus Yoke), and the the new CH Yokes, are generally interchangeable and will work OK with On Top, and MS FlightSim 2000. FlitePro with a Cirrus Yoke must be purchased as a package because FlitePro requires a different version of the Cirrus Yoke. The radio stacks, such as the Jeppesen Consoles and ASA's Avionics Panel, only work their respective simulators. Jeppesen avionics won't work with the ASA simulator, and vice versa. If you are inclined to switch from one brand of sim to another, the control yokes are interchangeable to a limited extent only, but the radios are not.