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CH Pedals - Urgent opinion sought

7 posts by 5 people · 09 Nov 1995 - 23 Nov 1995

I have 'em. They're excellent. I use them in both of those games and many flight sims. An early complaint was that you would get some plane horizontal motion when in car mode (though that motion doesn't send a signal due to the selector switch position). They now sell them with a couple of little plastic chock inserts to prevent this. Solid construction, not too huge, reasonably styled, so far CH reliability (very good). Best price of any pedals, except for their own CH Pedals (not pro) which only have the car-type motion and sell for less than $50. Recommended wholeheartedly. ------------------- David Masten
David Spark 09 Nov 1995#307156
Quoted text (22 lines)>Hi All >I've got the chance to buy some CH Pro Pedals for Flight Sims. Are these >okay for brake/accelerator control on IC and F1GP? I have to let the >guy know soon so any opinions/advice would be welcome. Are these the >best (resonably priced) pedals? >Many thanks >Alan >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Dr Alan D. Pengelly, Software Engineering Laboratory >B81 161 27, BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, >Ipswich IP5 7RE. >tel : +44 1473 646652 >The views/opinions expressed here are my own and do not >in any way reflect the views/opinions of my employer. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I just bought a set a couple of months ago and I love 'em. My lap times in NASCAR went up significantly after a few days of getting accustomed to them. I briefly tried them with IndyCar and they were great, but after running NASCAR in hi-res, I rarely play IndyCar anymore (anxiously waiting for IndyCar II). Dave
Hi All I've got the chance to buy some CH Pro Pedals for Flight Sims. Are these okay for brake/accelerator control on IC and F1GP? I have to let the guy know soon so any opinions/advice would be welcome. Are these the best (resonably priced) pedals? Many thanks Alan -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Alan D. Pengelly, Software Engineering Laboratory B81 161 27, BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 7RE. tel : +44 1473 646652 The views/opinions expressed here are my own and do not in any way reflect the views/opinions of my employer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hmmm, two Dave's responded responded to your query. I previously mentioned I did use them for flight sims too. Email bounced so, to elaborate... Yes, I use them for both flight sims and ICR/F1GP. They work great for both. On the CH Pro Pedals, there's a switch on the base to choose from the two modes. In car sims, the left pedal is on the stick2 x-axis, the right is the y-axis (I might have that backwards), so the game has to support it as such (which the above games do. Thus I assume all future Papyrus/Crammonds sims will too). In flight mode, the control is the more traditional stick2 x-axis only. Swinging the pedals one way gives minimum signal, the other max. This frees the x-axis for throttles, etc (like on the CH Pro stick, which I also have, or a CH/TM throttle). I understand the cheaper, non-pro, CH Pedals have closer spacing, and just the car-motion. But still have the selector for either type of functional operation. ------------------- David Masten
David Spark 10 Nov 1995#307186
>Thanks Dave, I think I'll get them. BTW, do you use them for flight sims as >well? Is there a switch on the pedals which makes them operate >dependently (for flight sims) and independently ( for auto sim The Pro pedals do have a switch for flight sims that switches the pedals to a single axis. The new ones also have a pair of plastic inserts that stop the slide motion for use in racing sims. There's also an auxilliary port for flight sim mode that routes the pedal "push" motion to another joystick port which could be used to control toe brakes. I don't think anyone supports this yet, but as sims come out for Win'95, you might see some of them take advantage of this. Dave
Clive Parso 22 Nov 1995#307895
> I've got the chance to buy some CH Pro Pedals for Flight Sims. Are these > okay for brake/accelerator control on IC and F1GP? I have to let the > guy know soon so any opinions/advice would be welcome. Are these the > best (resonably priced) pedals? If you buy a Thrustmaster Formula T1 or T2, you will be able to use the pedals as rudders in flight sims as well as throttle/brakes. So not only will you get the best wheel/pedal combo around for driving sims, you'll realize your flight sim potential options too. Shop around for the best deal you can get. -- ~~_______~~ _______________[__]=[_(-)_]=[__]_______________ V I S O R --
Uwe Kle 23 Nov 1995#307962
>Hi All >I've got the chance to buy some CH Pro Pedals for Flight Sims. Are these >okay for brake/accelerator control on IC and F1GP? I have to let the >guy know soon so any opinions/advice would be welcome. Are these the >best (resonably priced) pedals? HI, I got the CH Pro Pedals and I use them in F1GP ! With theVirtual Pilot pro Flightstick its a great feeling in F1GP. Ok, its normally suggested for Flight Sims, but its okay for F1GP ! One thing I have to mention : You cannot brake and accelerate at the same time. That means, you have to go down from the accelerator and than you can brake. But I think thats not so interesting. You 'll like this great Driving Feeling !! I can't wait for Formula One Grand Prix II ! Have a nice day Greetings from Germany

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