Logitech Saitek Pro Flight Instrument Panel

My rating is a 5 If either Saitek or Microsoft had the ability to utilize seperate magnetos. Ex: flying a C-130 type aircraft only one throttle controls all 4 engines. I have dual quads. I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated. I will probably get in touch with Microsoft or Saitek. I am a student pilot and this has been a great help in my training and upgrade to IFR flight. I also have X-plane and it has been a real treat, still learning it. Thanx Mac

Saitek has developed a series of panels to increase flight simulation realism. While added realism is definately achieved, basically they do nothing more than bring some of a plane's controls and gauges outside of the virtual cockpit onto your desk, freeing your screen. This saves a lot of view-changing and mousing around. However, since they do not bring all of those controls and gauges onto your desk, not even if you got several of all of them, view-changing is still essential. To avoid view-changing, something like Track-IR would be more useful. Also, the view changing now takes place on these controls and gauges, for instance, unless you have 6 FIPs, you'd probably need to change the instrument you want to display on the FIP itself by pressing the buttons at the bottom of the FIP. Also, on the left side of the FIP you can press any of 6 'quick view' buttons which opens directly the associated view. To display GPS for instance, one of these buttons can be pressed rather than shift+3 on the keyboard. These panels are made to be screwed on the yoke which is meant to be screwed to your desk, but if you do not have a yoke, pressing the buttons on the panel will just move the panel backwards. The panels are rather smoothly made so they slide easily. Saitek supplies velcro patches to stick on your desk and the panels so they won't move, but I would not want to stick those velcro patches directly on my desk.The supplied USB cable is kind of tough, not easily bendable. Some USB…