The pedals are well built and look great. They feel sturdy and look like they will easily hold up to use. The pedals connect via USB and Vista 64 recognized them and installed drivers automatically. Plug and play.
I wasn't happy with the angle of the pedals. It looked like an unnatural vertical seating position would be required to rest my feet flat on the pedals which is how they were designed. It was hard to get into a comfortable seating position where my feet were flat on the pedals.
I also wasn't happy with the pedal feel when pushed. They offer no resistance which is needed to accurately model an aircrafts pedals. The Saitek pedals have adjustable resistance. These have none. The brakes have no feel to them either and are very light. In a real aircraft as in a car as you apply the brakes the pedal meets hydraulic resistance so you can gauge where you are in the pedal travel by the amount of resistance felt. Due to the lack of resistance the brakes are difficult to modulate.
When flying an airplane you put your heels on the floor and control the rudders with the balls of your feet. CH designed the pedal with a heel cup which doesn't allow you to rest your heels on the floor or use the balls of your feet. I will be looking into modifying the pedals by cutting the heel cups off with a Dremel so I can rest my heels on the ground. Without your heels on the floor it is hard to be accurate with the rudder.
These pedals were not designed by anyone with any time flying airplanes. They are disappointing but the disappointment doesn't hurt that bad for the $92 they sell for on Amazon. For the casual simmer who never flew a plane they will be fine but for a simmer looking for realism I would look elsewhere for a set of rudder pedals but expect to pay a lot more money.
