Guys, I have heard all the good things about ch joysticks. Ther are a few game port edition fighters ticks on eBay. How do these stack up when used with a game port to USB converters? Is it worth it since the sticks seem very cheap as they are old connectivity?

USB gameport adapter are usually crappy, You could consider to perform a USB conversion by gutting the stick an placing a new board in it.

I'd just avoid the hassle of a converter and just get a USB model.

I tried an ancient CH flightstick with the gameport->USB converter that came with my Logitech stick. Didn't work at all; no buttons, no directions, nothing.

That said, the converter works perfectly fine with the Logitech stick and the 15+ years old CH stick worked perfectly fine when tested on an old PC with soundcard gameport.


Best place for such questiopns is certainly CH Hangar:
http://www.ch-hangar.com/forum/forum.php?s=7b540b151bbad747b9081e4e596fd0f9

Old Logitech dual format (usb gameport) had a dummy converter but the actual USB circuitry was housed in the joystick.
There are commercial gameport to USB adapter but most of the are very poor when it comes to precision i had one that was 8 bit per axis but actually give out less than 120 discrete positions.

i'll leave it in that case then. Cheers for hte input guys.

That makes alot of sense; thanks for the insight.

the first x36 USB was the same (if i remember correctly)

Some itens, like rudder pedals, throttle... maybe worth, see these tests:

http://www.ch-hangar.com/forum/showthread.php?5821-Gameport-Analog-in-WinXP-amp-USB-Adapters-Tested



That kind of MOD only worth if a one new cost >$ 280,00 - like in this corner of the world. And no, buy a new in eBay dont help, due ~100% taxes, also charged over the shipping cost..

Sokol1

With your (and the other guys on the forum) help I fitted USB modded my F16FLCS and TQS using a bu0836a and hall sensors. and it worth every minute i spent working on it (I bought a cougar later but only to fit the FCC3 in it), CH prducts have excellent mechanical parts some work and you can have an impressive Hotas