Product Description

Make the in-flight experience even morerealistic with the Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel for theFlight Simulator X and 2004! The Pro Flight Radio Panel is fullycompatible with the Pro Flight Yoke System, so you can add the Radio Stack easilyto your virtual cockpit. You'll be able to adjust radio frequencies withextreme precision so you don't have to display the radio function on yourcomputer screen. Real-time coordination with the Microsoft simulator makes fora breathtakingly realistic flying experience! Connections: USB 1.1/2.0 Compatible: Windows XP, XP64 & Vista (all versions)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10447 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Saitek
• Model: PZ69
• Released on: 2009-07-03
• Platform: No Operating System
• Format: Unknown format
• Subtitled in: German
• Dimensions: 5.43" h x 5.20" w x 12.44" l, 1.74 pounds

Features

• Make the in-flight experience even morerealistic with the Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel for theFlight Simulator X and 2004! The Pro Flight Radio Panel is fullycompatible with the Pro Flight Yoke System, so you can add the Radio Stack easilyto your virtual cockpit. You'll be able to adjust radio frequencies withextreme precision so you don't have to display the radio function on yourcomputer screen. Real-time coordination with the Microsoft simulator makes fora breathtakingly realistic flying e
• xperience! Connections: USB 1.1/2.0 Compatible: Windows XP, XP64 & Vista (all versions)
• SAITEK Pro Flight Radio Panel For Pro Flight Yoke Joystick and gamepad Peripheral
• Joystick and gamepad

Manufacturer's Description

Works with Microsoft Flight Simulator X and 2004

LED displays work fully in real time with Flight Simulator X and 2004, removing the need to bring the radio stack up on screen

Standby switch - set your standby frequencies and then set to active at the touch of a button

Twin concentric adjustment dials adjust frequency units incrementally for quicker selection of your required frequency

Mounts onto the Pro Flight Yoke System (sold separately) or into your own home cockpit setup

Multiple Radio Panels will allow simultaneous display of the various radio stack functions

Compatible: Windows XP/XP64 and Vista

Customer Reviews

all good in theory...
Feedback is quick, i.e. changes on panel reflected in the virtual cockpit.

The black dials are extremely tight. Very hard to turn, and if you dont have this mounted to your desk - the panel will probably just slide around rather than let you turn the dial. Ive sat in front of the tv turning them back and forth for a long time, in an attempt to loosen them...to no avail. I seriously think some senior sim flyers might have trouble with these black dials.

Mounting it on top of yoke just ends up being too high, blocking computer screen...hence why i mentioned it being on the desk.

Speaking of mounting, Saitek issued an allen key AGAIN that is useless. Its diameter is far too small to remove the screws on the Saitek yoke top. Saitek sent similar 'too small' allen key with the Switch panel. So you will need to get your own allen key if u want to mount on the yoke.

What really irritates me about this product, is the silver dials. They are very loose and imprecise (both of them). Sometimes you will turn them one notch, and the freq will change by value of 10, other times it will jump by 20. It seems to skip in some places,i.e. there isnt consistent physical feedback with the indents around the dial. You'll need to turn it left and right (repeat) to eventually get it where you want it. This means you must be watching it carefully when tuning...cant just reach out and turn it around whilst keeping eyes on the sky.
I've read other reviews on the internet which suggest this could be a common problem.

Therefore i've marked this product down due to its build quality, which does affect its usability majorly.

Doesn't seem happy connected to a usb hub (powered), so make sure you've got a mainboard usb slot free. Wasn't happy connected to the Saitek Yoke usb port either.

Need to run a Saitek Panel application prior to kicking off FSX, otherwise they wont be recognised in game. The Saitek Switch panel didnt need this.

It's also important to note, that you're paying a lot of money for something that is only changing the freqs of the radios/transponder etc. You will still have to press keyboard/cockpit button with mouse, to select the radio(s) you are communicating on. I havent marked down for that, as the device doesnt claim to let u choose this, but I think Saitek missed a trick by not incuding those buttons on here too.

I personally wouldn't recommend this to anyone, not with the silver dials as inaccurate as they are.

Cheap and cheerless? One out of two ain't bad...
Given that this device's sole purpose is to provide an interface to Microsoft Flight Simulator's radio functions, for £120 it ought to do so flawlessly. It doesn't, and the rickety knobs provide nothing other than endless frustration as you try to select the frequency you want. The knobs have reassuring mechanical clicks, but unfortunately these bear no relation to what they actually do. Sometimes a click increments by one step, sometimes two, and sometimes none. The result is that trying to select a particular frequency is an exercise in frustration, requiring jiggling of the knobs until, if you're lucky, the right numbers appear. What is barely tolerable for tuning the radios is totally unacceptable for setting the transponder (four times the pain). At this price it's almost criminal.