Logitech X56 PRO

[Werewolf13]

My T16000M with TWCS throttle bit the dust thru no fault of its own. New kitten chewed thru the throttle cable. Repairing it is no big deal, wires are all color coded. Put heat shrink over one end of the broken cable, match up the wires and do a solder splice. 10 minutes work max and way cheaper than getting a new HOTAS setup.

Don't tell my wife though - that broken wire is my excuse to upgrade.

I'm thinking the upgrade will be to a logitech X56. I've heard that since logitech took over Saitek/Madcat that the quality has gone up significantly which is my issue. I used a Saitek X52 PRO and the throttle gave up the ghost after 2 years. I took it apart and the failure was mostly due to poor quality, the throttle detents had become non-existent and sloppy which jacked with hall effect sensor alignment, etc etc etc.

The joystick part never failed and I liked it's layout a lot. The X56 joystick appears to be the same stick as used by the X-52.

The throttle is what has the main differences with toggle switches and a different layout of most everything else from that of the X-52. And it has dual throttles which is a big plus for my DCS planes and X-Plane 11 commercial jets.

So my question really boils down to two things:

1) Quality - is the 56 gonna croak in 2 years or 1 or has logitech fixed that issue.
2) How does it work with ED?

Thoughts, comments, recommendations?

 

[Aashenfox]

The X56 is a very accurate, well sprung joystick, which unfortunately lacks a convenient secondary fire button for the thumb (pinky is best for me), and the blue versions have major quality issues. It will creak requiring the choice of voiding the warranty (extremely unwise) to grease, or living with it. The yaw spring is very strong and while not a problem for me, is for many. The throttle is singularly inconvenient for Elite for me, due tot he positioning of the joystick one is expected to use for thruster control on the left thumb. It is positioned in such a way that you cannot use it effectively and maintain a proper grip on the throttle such as to comfortably apply the extreme force required to defeat the clutch. This throttle's innate stiffness is by far the single worst feature. The x52 is a better joystick 'for elite' even vs a fully working properly x56. my opinion...