CDT-AEROMAX [R] Flightstick

A great first flight stick for mil sims and elite dangerous. Also bought with 2 throttle modules. All are great, responsive and steady when flying.

A solid stick with a very good gimbal at a reasonable price!
only the plastic of the grip is a little creaky...

Very happy with the joystick, excellent build quality, no daft gimmicks that you'll never use, arrived two weeks earlier than expected I would certainly recommend this joystick.

This was my 1st ever stick, and I wanted something that would feel premium and last a long time, and it's perfect for my needs.

Fabulous stick, smooth as silk making delicate control possible. Well made, wel packaged and plug and play once the virpil software installed. Great price and quick delivery.

The quality is there and the value is great for a stick with metal guts. I'm only knocking a star off because the "pinky" button on the grip is not easily accessible by any finger in any comfortable position. It would be really handy to have proper easy to reach button there. The software is not newbie friendly at all, and simple things like saving and loading config files is awkward. In BF6 you need to disable some axis or the game will not recognise the stick is not a controller and in Wardogs I need everything turned on.

A great first flight stick for mil sims and elite dangerous. Also bought with 2 throttle modules. All are great, responsive and steady when flying.

I am beyond pleased with every penny of my purchase.

Great controller, super smooth movement. My only complaint is the trigger pull is very hard and I jerk the controller sometimes when I pull it-I get that it is my own reflex though

Stick came sooner than expected. Was easy to set up and is really smooth. It feels premium and something that will last a long time. Super happy with it.

This replaced a twenty year old CH Combatstick. Purchased along with throttle and I have to say, I wish I would have bought this years ago. Great feel and button choices. Right now dialing in the button functions to go with DCS, IL2 series of flight sims. Well made quality stick. I would not hesitate recommending this to anybody into flight simming.

The sheer quality and feel of this joystick is fantastic. The wait for the backorder was entirely worth it. In addition, Virpil has managed to create a great software for their products, which is quite user-friendly and has a lot of useful features.

Very impressed. Leagues above the competition.

Its a great product had rubble getting the calibration all set up but all great product

Fantastically well made. Quality materials.
Easy to set up.
My only gripe is the guy they modelled the stick on had giant hands

I'm playing mostly Nuclear Option with this Flightstick + the throttle module. The software works fine and the flightstick is doing great. There are enough buttons for every function a aircraft or helicopter offers. Some people mention the springs are too stiff but maybe you guys should hit the gym once or twice.

Coming from a CH Products Fighterstick that has been a reliable and much loved desktop stick, I have been blown away by the quality, feel and precision of the Cadet Aeromax. Although the calibration and setup software isn't the most intuitive I've used, once calibrated the stick is a joy to use (IL-2 and DCS); desktop mounted I find it comfortable and stable, even unser quite vigorous use! Mine also arrived within a week of ordering (UK Store) so I may have been lucky and was fully expecting several months of waiting (happily). Either way glad I took the plunge and ordered...it's a great stick at a decent price, given the quality.

Was looking to try out a flight stick setup for Elite Dangerous and saw this was recommended online as a surprising metal gimbal option. And surprising it was. The movement is smooth with plenty of bindable buttons thanks to the mode switch that adds programmable logic buttons. My only regret was buying just one optional throttle module when I should've gone for two.

Coming from the TM16k HOTAS the Aeromax stick is an incredible stick upgrade. The gimbal feels fantastic and the software is relatively easy to use for basic needs. It seems like sky is the limit with customization and shift functions to really layer a lot of nuance into your control setup. I was on the fence between this and other sticks using different types of gimbals but ultimately i wanted to have a desktop piece that is easy to use as I get used to sims and would have good resale value if I decided i wanted or needed to upgrade in the future if I get more into it. I got exactly what i needed. The stick is amazing, couldn't be happier. Can't wait to add the VMAX throttle module soon (worth saving up a little extra to buy the high quality peripherals you actually deserve and never regret it)

Absolute peak

I’ve been going cheap on controls for years, but I made no mistake with the aeromax all in one joystick. More buttons and axes than you can wish for, flawless performance, and priced just right. If you’re looking to get into better helicopter controls, this is definitely a good starting spot. The online manuals and downloadable software is easy to use and comes with easy instructions.

Love this. It was worth the wait. Easy to set up with their software and flawlessly works in SC, Elite, flight simulators.

I am very happy with the product for the price. But some people, including me, found the stock springs too strong. I replaced mine with aftermarket extension springs of dimension 1.2x10x35mm. I would say the weight with these springs is about 40% less than stock. But to each their own.

Just like the vmax throttle, this is very well built, smooth and sturdy. Plenty of buttons, and specially buttons like a dedicated brake handle, 2 stage trigger, and a mode switch that allows a second key bind for some of the buttons.

Purchased to get away from periodic potentiometer replacements on my ancient CH stick. Aeromax axis control is nice and smooth. Pushbuttons are a bit clunky and don't have a crisp action. Seems sturdy.

I absolutely love how well it is made, how good the software is, the feedback from the buttons, it is really top of the line in those terms, nothing else even comes close. VKB is the same price range and though I like it, it isn't close quality wise.

The ONLY thing I would say, is that it is VERY large and distances from the hats and buttons are significant. I wear L size gloves and I kind of feel like a child using an adult equipment. I would imagine in flight suit gloves it would be the right size, but well, I'm not using with with gloves on obviously. So, keep that in mind. If you have smaller hands, this may be a bit much. I surely need to shift my hand position to access top buttons. I don't think I would change my buying decision based on the above, it is still an absolute top of quality - and I'll take slight ergonomic issues over quality concerns any day.

First of all, I made the purchase seeing the "Backorder status", I imagined this would take months to arrive and I was greately surprised by the fact the order was fulfilled within a week or two tops, that alone threw green flags with their service. Once I got it and was hands on with the flight stick, it was beyond all my expectations, everything feels great, having jumped from a modest Logitech 3D Pro to this, was quite the upgrade and perhaps more than I can handle at the moment, but I can tell this will last me a very long time.
Installation was quick and very straight-forward, the only thing I struggled with was the software and keybinds, I will say the lack of profiles for DCS made it way harder to make it work than I expected, this is compared to the throttle I bought alongside this from a different company, they had both base profiles and community made ones. I would've loved to see this too.
That being said, once the two programs were synced and updated, everything worked flawless and has kept working flawless, to the point now I'm the weak spot in the hardware, lol.

TLDR; amazing product with an outstanding quality for the price, great shipping time and order completion time. Awkward software updating and lack of base profiles for games. 10/10 would recommend.

I received this flight stick a few weeks ago. The stick and software are outstanding in quality and ease of use in DCS flight sim. I also wanted to purchase your throttle base, but it was not in stock and lengthy delays prompted me to purchase Winwing Orion 2 F-18. I should have waited for your product. The Orion 2 is a piece of junk, and the software is even worse. I have spent over a week working with Winctrl to fix the Axis, and circuit problems, and they refuse to replace the unit. It won't even pass it's on internal software checks, and it smells like burning wires. Unfortunately, I have to throw it away and buy another throttle base for fear it will burn my house down. Thank you for the CDT, and your commitment to quality.

Great product. Just to clarify some misinformation I've seen circulating. The springs are very very stiff, way too stiff at least to my liking. And no, unlike some argue, you cannot in any way decrease the spring tension with the adjustable clutch dampeners (you can only add some more stiffness by adding dampening).

However, with the right tools, it is relatively easy to change the springs without disassembling the stick. The key is to device some kind of relatively thin push rod that has a detent or cut big enough to grab hold of the hooks at the end of the springs. With this tool, the springs can be dislodged quite easily, since there is space along the cams to reach the springs. This tool also helps to push the new springs to place once the first hook is in place. Maybe some pliers would work also but there is very little space.

The standard steel springs are 35mm long x 10mm wide and the wire diameter is about 1.4mm. Spring length ranging 30-35mm should be fine. I've found that 30mm springs with wire diameter of 1mm were perfect for me (the shorter spring length ensures that the minimum tension is enough for proper centering force around the middle). However, with these the tension is quite low even at the extremeties. If you find the standard stick only a bit too stiff, probably 30/35mm springs with 1.2mm wire are fine.

Huge upgrade from my MS Sidewinder FFB Pro. Works well in Dosbox-staging on my M4 Mac Mini, where I play old DOS flight sims like Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, and more modern sims like XPlane 12. Build quality is top notch. And maybe I got lucky, but I received it 7 days after ordering it (ordered from the US site, and I live in Canada).