Dedicated flight controls like yokes, rudder pedals, and throttle quadrants are essential for achieving a realistic and immersive flight simulation experience, enhancing precision and tactile feedback ...

One of the great things about working from home is that you have a lot of freedom to set your home office up just the way you like it, whether you're perfecting your PC setup to make it more ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. With Microsoft Flight Simulator coming up on its 25th year as a franchise, it's amazing that a series with no guns or missiles has proved to be so ...

Classes are over at Cornell, and that means one thing: the students in [Bruce Land]’s microcontroller design course have submitted their final projects, many of which, like this flight control system ...

If you want to experience what it's like to fly a Boeing 747 or Dreamliner, you'll want to use yoke controls rather than a side stick. Unlike Airbus, Boeing doesn't go in for all that stick malarkey, ...

Thrustmaster is celebrating 30 years in the PC games controls business by launching a premium TCA (Thrustmaster Civil Aviation) product range, which is officially licensed by Airbus. It says given ...

Lately, gaming peripheral companies are expanding into other markets. A few are adding lifestyle audio brands to their gaming-oriented audio. When I sat down with Turtle Beach last week, I ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, or MSFS 2024 for the sanity of my fingers, was initially a surprise announcement to much of the flight sim community. MSFS 2020 was expected to stick around for a ...

Like so many of us, [pgsanchez] has been bitten by the flight simulator bug. It’s a malady that can only be treated, but never cured — and like so many hobbies, it has a nasty tendency to spawn more ...

Flight simulators, specifically FAA-approved Aviation Training Devices (BATDs and AATDs), are recognized as valuable tools that extend beyond personal practice into formal flight school environments.

A creative flight sim enthusiast has made a full cockpit setup that folds neatly away, transforming into an unassuming piece of furniture. Posting details of the build on Reddit, James ‘Maverick’ ...

When piloting a video game airplane, the right hardware leads to happier landings. Take to the virtual skies just like the pros with these gaming flight sticks. My PCMag career began in 2013 as an ...