FS2020: Velocity One Flightstick - One Year + Later Review - How Has It Held Up?

[@richavery66]

Another mounting solution: I bought some suction cups with M5 size threads from Amazon. Screwed into the bottom of the Flightstick, I can have it mounted on a lap tray if I'm sitting on the sofa, or on my cockpit setup when I'm using that. With the help of a few drops of water on the cups' bases to aid the suction, they work really well. (A word of warning - if you buy suction cups, the "sourcing map Suction Cup with Screws 30mm Dia. M5 Thread" are the only ones from Amazon I found with M5 size threads - others, which were advertised as having M5 threads, had M4s. I had to return two deliveries before I found some that fitted; it really was third time lucky!)

[@Huddison]

That's sounds ingenious - thanks for sharing 👍

[@richavery66]

@@Huddison I'm really enjoying using the Flightstick; it's made such a difference to me. I don't consider it to be too stiff - with a bit of resistance, I feel I can maintain control over aircraft better than if things felt looser, and with the Flightstick mounted, that extra bit of resistance is no consequence. Of course, since my Flightstick is so new, I can't comment about how it feels now compared when it was brand new but it certainly is a quality item, so I'd be very surprised if my experience over time is different to yours. Thank you once again!

[@karlluinen5034]

Hi pal have you got a link to the correct amazon suction cups to purchase for the stick please ?

[@alanward9521]

I own and use this flightstick and would highly recommend it. Initially used for flying helis and any light aircraft which nativity use a stick. The tension I'd say is no issue as all full size aircraft I've flown, the controls stiffen to a similar feel about 80 knots +. My biggest (pleasent) surprise is that I have flown a commercial full motion sim of an Airbus A320 and the actual Airbus side-stick feels very much the same. Great video and review. Take care everyone.

[@Huddison]

Thanks for sharing your own experiences and insights.

[@TWOKDOK1]

I would add that for use with helicopters, if you don't have rudder pedals, there is actually a twist axis on the V1 which can be used as the anti-torque input. However, this axis, like the other two has pretty strong springs. When hovering for extended periods the spring resistance can cause wrist fatigue which tends to result in unintended cross-talk in pitch and roll axes. Some of this can be reduced by dead zones but with the inevitable introduction of imprecision in those axes at the most critical phase when very precise and direct control is required.

[@Huddison]

Thanks for your great input.

[@eddyg1794]

I simpley push down on the stick slightly when I'm making a control correction. I don't find the stick stiff at all. Works for me.

[@Huddison]

Thanks for sharing.

[@OMGammafox]

I have been using the V1FS for the same amount of time and I have not encountered any kind of problems with it and that includes the RGB lighting. When I first got the stick last year it did seem a bit stiff but now it's kind of "broken in" and feels absolutely perfect. I have the same setup as you, the Turtle Beach stand with Turtle Beach rudder pedals and I can say with great enthusiasm that buying the stand really makes using the V1FS so much more enjoyable. I mostly play War Thunder, so I have put my V1FS through the rigors of battle the past year and it's still performing perfectly.

[@Huddison]

Wonderful feedback.

[@Diamondblade2008]

I have the V1FS. Please can you tell me how long it took for your joystick to 'break in'. I've had mine since February and it still feels a bit on the stiff side. Im just wondering if I should get used to the stiffness because I am concerned if I buy another joystick; I am worried that it may feel too floppy in comparison. Apart from that it is indeed an excellent stick.

[@baardk2]

A great and honest review. Thank you for sharing this 🙂

[@Huddison]

My pleasure 😊

[@shaun2748]

I got mine 3 days ago and it's a huge difference over xbox controller. Personally I would be annoyed if it was loose like most joysticks and kinda toylike. As I am new to MSFS I thought I would start the lessons from the beginning as I have only done a few of them. My problems is the controller works great and shows up in controller options, but in the lessons it shows up blank when I want to see what control bindings I have during a lesson, unlike xbox controller which shows all the controls. So I have to use the keyboard to continue with a lesson as I don't know what button to press, then MSFS thinks I'm using a keyboard to fly and only gives me keyboard commands instead of the flightstick commands which it does for parts of the lesson. So I think I will have to do the lessons with xbox controller and use the flightstick for well flying. I am still very happy I bought it. Thanks for all your helpful videos they have made a huge difference to the learning curve in MSFS2020.

[@Huddison]

That's great to hear - enjoy your great new flight controller.

[@mcsherlocks]

Another great video as always very little to no dilly-dallying. For me its a solid 8 or 9. If it had force feedback It'd be 10.

[@norbertwenkel9139]

Thanks for your one year review. I´m using the stick since summer 23 and agree mainly with your comments. The high stiffness of the stick is one of my complains but mainly the sudden and erratic loss of the trimwheel in analog and/or digital use is the major one. When the trim wheel does not work correctly sometimes a new calibration and/or setting to digital and back to analog again helps. But it is erratic and the reasons for that behavior is not known to me. And whats about the rumbler motor inside the stick. No action/function is known for that. Take care and kind regards out of germany.

[@Huddison]

I may do a dedicated video on why analogue trim wheels behave in such a way in MSFS. They seem to work as intended in other sims.

[@norbertwenkel9139]

@@Huddisonthank for your response. The behavior of an analog trim wheel in MSFS is quite known. what I try to explain is that when e.g. trimming down even in the digital mode the indicators on the stick switch erratic up and down. That is confirmed by showing the response in the windows joy.cpl. So for some reasons the sensor inside the stick does some strange things. As I wrote earlier when doing a recalibration of the stick and switching from digital to analog a few times the trimwheel seems to work but just for a while.

[@spirit2212]

Thank you for the review, I buy it tomorrow morning 🤓👍

[@Huddison]

Enjoy it 😉

[@davidrenton]

a solution for the trim and i'm just spitballing here, is to use something like SPAD , which is payware, but allows you to program any controller,hotas and it sends the results to Flightsim. There is a free 14 day trial, it's much more powerful what you can do with each input, and might be worth a try

[@peterjohnson350]

I have one and whilst the flight stick is stiff it has remained smooth since i have had it. On others the movement has become gravelly in time. I do have a problem with the trim wheel I do sometimes hit the B17 key which makes the plane go crazy. BTW I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

[@Huddison]

Check if you have another setting for B17 already in controls Options (it sounds like you have). I prefer B16 & B17 for trim nose up/down nowadays.

[@flatulentphil]

I find the tension very good for GA flying. I was lucky enough to spend a few days flying around in a Diamond DA20 (real world) last year, and the stiffness feel of the real stick during flight isn't a million miles away from the velocity stick. On the ground its a totally different kettle of fish however, but thats not surprising. The stick is a keeper for me 👍

[@Huddison]

Great feedback. Must've been fun to fly a DA62.

[@flatulentphil]

@@Huddison It was just the DA20, so a bit like a smaller / simplified DA40. Partial glass cockpit but no autopilot, so hands on stick at all times. It definately keeps you focused 😅

[@Huddison]

@@flatulentphil My mistake. Still sounds like quite the experience.

[@edwardpiroska9757]

I’m still not able to get the trim wheel to function as I would like. Rather than using the wheel to adjust trim, I’ve had to assign the trim up and down functions to buttons

[@Huddison]

That's a good method.

[@shubi3010]

It's a matter of preference, but for me the stick was always too stiff. I DIY'd it by cutting the tension spring in half (instructions can be found here on YT). Much better now! TB could easily have made it possible to adjust the tension without taking the stick apart, but for some reason they didn't.

[@michaelzeidler6446]

Thanks for this Video it is helpfull for me, nice Day and sorry for my English nice weekend from Germany

[@Huddison]

Glad it helped and have a great Easter 🥚

[@GumperVanLier]

I hate that out of synch elevator trim on my Velocity One. Didn't know MSFS was the problem. What is the video you did that addresses this issue? I can't find it. Thank you.

[@Huddison]

This video changes the trim wheel to digital inputs (not quite as good as analogue though): kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3TCd6amZtJ8kK8

[@peppbegaming]

You can adjust stiffness with the app, its electronic

[@Diamondblade2008]

You cannot adjust the stiffness with the app. You can adjust the 'RESPONSE' which means how quickly the flight controls react to the stick. They are not the same thing. The stiffness is a hardware issue.

[@peppbegaming]

@@Diamondblade2008 i was going off someone elses word. mine came a few days ago and your right

[@Swedish-VR-Pilot]

Great vid! Thanks! Quick question: do you know if its possible to bind a key combination on the keyboard (ie Ctrl N to toggle Navigraph charts) to a button on the flight stick?

[@Huddison]

Interesting question - I'll have to look into it.

[@thatdutchguy89]

I just bought this stick , i hope it's good, i like the RGB lighting. i'm going to make both sides blue like the blue light from my MSI cyborg laptop keyboard.

[@Huddison]

The RGB lighting can be a bit flaky on it (sometimes it works for me - other times it doesn't). Fantastic FS all the same!

[@DarkWatcher-Gaming]

Hi well for elite dangerous i have to configure all buttons 😢 well done only a few needs more care. Im loving it, i think is a way better than the hotas one.

[@Huddison]

I've testes it in Elite Dangerous a while ago and it performed really well and felt great.

[@DarkWatcher-Gaming]

@@Huddison you tested in pc right? I playing on xbox

[@marcusrafaelsousabastos6445]

Hello, I can't use the b11 and b12 buttons for the flaps on the xbox, I can't add them to use

[@Huddison]

Remind me: those are the detents on the Left hand lever?

[@marcusrafaelsousabastos6445]

@ right to left lever use for engine power

[@marcusrafaelsousabastos6445]

and something else that happens Without me moving the joystick, the plane rolls to the right

[@Huddison]

@@marcusrafaelsousabastos6445 That's not clear: the left hand or right hand lever?

[@marcusrafaelsousabastos6445]

@@Huddison right hand

[@bulletstee9118]

Im going to have to buy one now 😂😂

[@Huddison]

Still very much worth it.

[@edreeder9743]

The trackpad fails to operate correctly. I hoped they would release a software update which would make it useable - year on still not usable! I want to use only the stick - not have use a mouse or keyboard- use it on the xbox only.

[@Huddison]

The trackpad is a wee bit too small to be useful; it was a nice idea though.

[@shj92922]

i have a problem at Xbox MFS 2024, at ckckpit view camera keep rotating to right also zooming any solution

[@Huddison]

The Camera rotates without touching any controller?

[@Utube2Itube]

Do you know if this stick can be connected with the throttle unit from the VelocityOne yoke to work on Xbox?

[@Huddison]

You'll also need the V1 yoke connect to get that to work and there may be conflicts.

[@DarkWatcher-Gaming]

Hi buyed this today, they fixed the trim issue you have talked about in another your video?

[@Huddison]

I'm afraid the analogue trim is an inherent issue with the sim rather than the stick.

[@DarkWatcher-Gaming]

@@Huddison yes i was talking about if ms fixed that.

[@mikeward369gamingnet]

I got it to work on warthunder and star wars squadron's on xbox series X even though they say its not supported only on pc 😂

[@Huddison]

I believe they are supported via 'compatibility mode' on Xbox.

[@thomas1988de1]

Also a big fan of the device but I wish they'd release a updated revision which addresses some of the minor issues: - Touchpad is horrible - Buttons beside the trim wheel lack any feedback - Stiffness can be too much depending on how it is positioned. Also a standalone throttle in a similar style / price range without fancy things like the touchpad would be awesome.

[@Huddison]

That would be a dream come true for V1 FS owners.