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PRO Flight Radio Panel by Saitek | 
| Brand: Mad Catz
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $110.09
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Rating:  9 reviews
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Media: Electronics
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Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 12 x 0.5 x 0.5
MPN: PZ69
Model: PZ69
UPC: 021165110717
EAN: 0021165110717
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | A set of switches and LED displays for use in controlling various aspects of flight | | • | 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 |
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Product Description
Item #: Y68849. Device Type: Flight simulator instrument panel
Connectivity Technology: Wired
System Requirements: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
 Good unit! March 12, 2010
R. A. Head (Laplata, Mo United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is one of the more important items for flight simulation. Essential if you're flying IFR.These units are well built, work well, and are relatively inexpensive. They're light, though. As I mentioned on the review of the autopilot unit, I had to install them into a small wooden box so they wouldn't move around.
I'm running them through a really cheap USB hub. It works but a better hub would provide more stable power. Don't cheese on a USB hub. Buy a good one. Don't try to run these off the Saitek yoke hub ports unless you have a power supply for the yoke.
Bottom line: Great unit. I wish I had three of these! That way, I could leave the radios dedicated to Communications, Navs, and ADF/DME without switching the knobs on the left.
A great addition January 20, 2010
J. Stewart (Spokane WA, Siberia of North America)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Flight simmers,
While I completely agree with the other two reviews regarding the knob turning force and sensitivity, I have to say that I am "5 star" happy with this product. Why? The price is right through Amazon, the LED displays are bright and stable, when the unit is mounted in a home cockpit the "turning force" issues are lessened and finally, it works as well as advertised.
I like the bigger "footprint" of the unit as the knobs are bigger than the competition. Also, the larger LED's make use easier for those of us who have vision issues.
For the price, you cannot beat this unit. In fact, I am getting ready to order two more to round out my radio stack. Excellent product!!
Great addition to a flight sim setup June 26, 2010
Andrew Ellsom (Atlanta, GA)
I bought this because I wanted to be able to navigate and use the ATC functions in FSX without having to use the click spots in the virtual cockpit which can be really fiddly to use whilst maintaining control of the plane.
The radio panel arrived and was well packaged, the face of the panel screws to a stand that supports it so if you were buildling a cockpit you could just use the panel without the stand. Installation was simple and FSX recognised it straight away.
The other review comments about the controls are spot on, but shouldn't detract from this product. The selector for the different radio types is quite stiff to use, but you quickly get used to the right amount of effort required and the tuning dials are a bit imprecise as the 'clicks' don't correspond with the increments on the radio (it's about a 2:1 ratio of frequency to clicks). However given that this tunes both COM and NAV this is perfectly understandable - they have different increments, so something was going to be wrong.
My favourite feature is the DME readout which updates with your speed and distance to a DME equiped nav aid, I also like that when you use the 'Nearest Aiport' option in FSX you can then tune the radio manually and it recognises that you've selected an airport frequency and shows you the options to talk to that frequency.
If you want to navigate and communicate in FSX I think this is a must have, you don't have to want a full cockpit setup, but this one controller makes it so much easier to fly a flight plan than using the mouse and the VC. Well worth the price.
Saitek radio stack review August 24, 2010
Ed Rhodes (Albany, OR, US)
Having had a chance now to use the Saitek radio panel, I am most happy with it. I love the realism of this panel as I am using Microsoft Flight Simulator X as a pilot training tool. I really love the bright red leds which makes dialing and reading the frequencies much easier and makes it look like I am in a real cockpit, as it compliments the other Saitek products I have. It was shipped to me on time and at a very reasonalble price.
You Get what you pay for February 24, 2010
Daniel Prunier (Boston, Ma USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall, the product is great! I am an ex cockpit builder (long ago) and have spent over $900 for the part to do what this does. That said, you get what you pay for and in most ways more than you paid for in my opinion. The function knobs on the left I like. They are more sturdy and some say touch to turn, but not me. I think it may be because the knobs on the right are so incredibly cheap that the other knobs feel so much harder to turn. The only reason I gave this 4 stars and not 5 is because of those knobs. I wanted this to speed up the freq setting part of my sim time, but I spend more time because of how sensitive they are and you'll over shoot the desired freq setting countless times even though you only moved it one "knub". Personally I'm going to spend the $.29 cents at radio shack and replace them with a generic potentiometer or similar. I had to speak the truth here, but I'm sure 99% of people will be more than satisfied with this unit.
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