Reply To: Opinion on the CLE-rudder

[jalexb88]

So here is my initial impressions of the CLS-E rudder pedals:

I just received them yesterday and its my 1st time using a Brunner product, my initial reaction upon taking it out of the box is wow, this thing feels solid! Everything I could see is made of metal and looks like something you would expect in a professional training device…built to last. Based on my 1st tests, the feel of the pedals is very good, there is a slight mechanical feel (even when un-powered and no force) to them when you move them which is different from what you feel in a spring-loaded device, but despite this the movement is very smooth and fluid. What I really like about them is they can be made to be VERY strong. At the max force, they are very hard to move and you must have something holding your chair in place or else you will slide backwards. Having many hours experience flying real airplanes, I can say that most mainstream devices come nowhere close to replicating the forces you feel in reality, Brunner is the closest I’ve seen. The pedals have very good travel range and precision, this means keeping the plane coordinated is much more natural due to the better travel distance of the pedals (finer control) and higher forces (you aren’t prone to over-correct) I also want to say that the 1st time you set it up you might get frustrated because you have to follow the steps carefully to get it up and running and you might think that initially the feeling is not to your liking on your 1st try. The thing to note is that the software is very powerful and once you take the time and patience to setup a profile and tweak it, you will get desired results. The software can literally make the thing give any feel you want and its fun to play around with different settings. Now I am just waiting for my CLS-E MKII yoke to ship, looking forward for that one!

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