Review: The VelocityOne Flightstick | Turtle Beach

Under their VelocityOne brand, TurtleBeach continues to release flight simulator peripherals for both PC and Xbox. One of their most recent products is a joystick they call the, “Flightstick.” It's advertised for air, combat, and space simulators. I’ve been using this stick exclusively for the past couple of months and I want to share my thoughts on what you should know before buying.
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[@KayoMichiels]

The reason the rudder and throttle axis were mapped differently is because the game uses the old joystick axis layout standard.... And the Turtle Beach... wasn't.

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

the stiff stick can be very easily remedied by taking the base off and either compressing the spring or adding washers to the screws (that attach to the plate) reducing the force applied by the spring. It'll still center to 0-0 x-y but wont pop off your desk when you move it around.

[@shoku2725]

Solid review. I don’t think the tension will be an issue for me. It looks fairly ergonomic. Recently started playing msfs 2020 heavy and have been looking for a solid flight stick. Luckily Black Friday was right around the corner and I found it for $98 on Amazon. I’ll be testing it out tomorrow.

[@lacrossed55]

Are you enjoying this? Are you using on Xbox or PC

[@friendlygiant2502]

Good review! Thanks for posting!

[@cyrildu972]

I just baught it two days ago and got it deliver maybe 1h before this video, after a few hour I have to say I’m more than please with it. The spring tension isn’t an issue at all to me, the input are pecise, the stick is ergonomical and the build quality is great, overall a great improvement other the Airbus TCA I had before. The only negative for me is the trackpad, It need to be improved with better reliability or replace all togather with a mappable button, hopefully firmware update will improve it

[@FSElite]

I’m glad you’re finding it to your liking! It’s manageable for sure. It’s also going to come down to what you fly with it too. I certainly got used to it. Just didn’t like how the gimbal functions compared to what I had already. One of those things I think some will like or dislike.

[@spider0804]

You can cut the spring to make it as soft as you want it.

[@a.nelprober4971]

08:00 dealbreaker. Most important feature is that it acts as a good joystick...

[@FSElite]

Yeah I was disappointed by that. This joystick would really be next level if it didn’t have that one flaw.

[@NakedSnake-4ofClubs]

thats the thing. if i am going to buy a rig or even just desk mounts for a few hundred euros i am not going to mount a 100euro stick on it

[@olahaldor]

I Wonder if there's a way to adjust the tension.. I really like the look of backlit buttons, scroll wheel, touchpad.. wow! Features are up there! Would think it comes in very handy for wood harvester and forwarder in farming sim!

[@Someoneudk890]

you can cut the spring under the gimble to make it more loose/less tight@@olahaldor

[@fearless_ambassador_ambo]

Hi! Would you consider sharing the DCS profile you made for the flightstick?

[@karlbeard29]

A great video didn’t know about app and one issue I messed up my default on msfs deleted something by mistake and don’t know how to reset it back 🤣🤣

[@justinfeatherstone9617]

I’m hoping the stick mounts to the extra plate that game with my wheel sim mount, that way I can have everything mounted efficiently 😅

[@rogermorse_]

What are the games showed in the video? particularly the one at 9:07

[@tri0xin]

Do these connect wirelessly like an xbox controller or do they have to be connected with the usb c? Is it the same with the PC?

[@mullcrumthesage6303]

Good review..very thorough.

[@MagnusThornberg]

I own this great joystick and have a question. Is there a way to mimic a long travel collective with curves in msfs? The left throttle are to sensitive and it is near impossible to hover due to the helicopter (cowansim 500e) going up or down. Can not hold the altitude.

[@pomaranc747]

Can't imagine getting this over the Gladiator NXT, so many bells and whistles, but the basics like the gimbal suck. I guess some of the features may be useful on xbox, but on PC I'd much rather have three high quality hat switches than a screen and a scrollwheel.

[@FSElite]

That’s why I’ve returned to using the NXT after this review. You really can’t go wrong with those. The VO Flight stick is more versatile for sure but not in must have ways for me personally

[@BluFrost8888]

I just got my NXT today to replace my V1 stick and it's truly night and day difference. The grip on the V1 is surprisingly comfortable but putting downward pressure on the hand rest also causes it to lift up side by side and force the grip to the side. The NXT has a much more aggressive grip but it's absolutely perfect in its design for the hand you're using it on. Your can make your gripping force firm without tipping the stick over since it's extremely well balanced and weighted by the springs unlike the stiff single center spring and gimbal on the V1. The ministick I almost like more on the V1 because it's circular movement instead of rounded square corner movement on the NXT SCG Premium. But even with the extra unique features on the V1, the playabiliity is completely outclassed by the Gladiator for literally only $5 or $35 (to include ministick) more plus shipping.

[@zurriburi]

Hi. Does it good in bf2042?

[@a.nelprober4971]

Please can you review their rudder pedals. They look interesting at the price point.

[@apachebcn]

Has forcefeedbacl?

[@Kreemerz]

So glad to see an American doing a review of this product on KZbin.

[@jeffqseid2169]

Whats the app use in 11:12 ? Anyone please help answer me :/

[@JBAlternate]

How tough is it to get a smooth landing with the springs being so stiff? I'm considering buying this since I'm pretty limited as an Xbox user, but I also don't want the actual handling to be worse than my HOTAS One. (HOTAS Ones are garbage by the way. They'd be great if they'd last, but they have jitter issue that arises after ~6 months, making flight pretty tough to deal with as your aircraft starts jittering left or right)

[@andrew2272kag]

I'm here too. Don't like the throttle on the hotas either, that neutral notch makes me jump a third in either direction.

[@goopy999]

I have it and it is stiff, but it’s easy with a good hand.

[@JBAlternate]

@@goopy999 I've had it for 6 months. I like it, no complaints. It's stiff but I honestly don't notice it.

[@_alienblood]

When I put into pc mode my pc sound goes

[@EmberTheFoxyFox]

I was between this and a VKB gladiator NXT Evo, I ended up going for the VKB in ww2 version as the stick is the most generic and looks better for GA

[@BlowinLoud8799]

The most generic? Well obviously you haven't used many sticks.

[@EmberTheFoxyFox]

@@BlowinLoud8799 It's the most generic of the VKB sticks

[@BlowinLoud8799]

@EmberTheFoxyFox Oh lol. I was like no way, that's a good stick.

[@juschu85]

Why shouldn't you be able to place that stick to your desk? Screw it to a plate, clamp that plate to your desk.

[@Thunderbird1337]

This stick has 2 big problems. One is the stiffness, which can be fixed (as others said). The other one is the very small movement angle of the stick. And that can't be fixed. Compared to my old Thrustmaster stick, the Velocity One has almost half the movement. This just feels bad if you are used to a good flight stick with a proper movement angle. It simply can't have the same precision if you need only half the stick movement for the same movement in the sim. I tried the Velocity One stick and returned it immediately. It has very nice features, but unfortunately that's all worthless if the stick fails completely in the most important points: Comfort/ feeling and precision. In my opinion a complete misconstruction.

[@FSElite]

If you want to see the components, I took the undercarriage of the base off along with the spring. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZiro5iDjK6co8k

[@Ton369]

its a cool platform. But after using it for 90 seconds my wrist was about to break off. TOO STIFF ! ! !

[@Kreemerz]

Never never recommend a product you have never used. Never. That could change a good review into a bad one just like that.

[@FSElite]

Only mentioned it for the Xbox user because they only have 2 options. I don't feel that I really recommended it per say, but I wanted people to know they're not just stuck with this for console.