Xbox 360 - Cyborg F.L.Y. 9 Wireless Flight Stick

Product Review

Rule the skies with the all-new F.L.Y. 9 Wireless Flight Stick. Appearing for the first time for Xbox 360, the F.L.Y. 9 follows in the footsteps of the Cyborg line of PC flight sticks offering gamers a stunningly realistic control method for flight sim or flight combat software. Product Features: Customize your flight experience and tweak until you get the perfect fit. The F.L.Y 9 ships with an integrated adjustment tool allowing you to alter the following: Handle Length; Handle Rake Angle ; Head Angle; Button Position; When your stick fits your hand perfectly, the adjustment tool locks in the base for future use! Throttle and twist rudder controls for complete maneuverability; Unique base design features removable feet, allowing you to fly from the comfort of your desk or in front of the TV thanks to integrated lap mount. Wireless connection syncs quickly and easily with your console providing a rock solid connection during flight – play from the comfort of your sofa without worrying about being disconnected during a critical combat maneuver. Superior control for your flight games - Nothing beats a stick when engaging in air combat! Grab the F.L.Y. and harness the accuracy that your gamepad using competitors can only dream of! Fully compatible with the latest Xbox 360 flight games: IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey; Heroes Over Europe; Tom Clancy: H.A.W.X.; Ace Combat 6; Blazing Angels 1&2; future flight sim or flight action games

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful

Great looking, fun to use, well built stick, April 28, 2010

The Badboy "Badboy Studios Inc." (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

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This is a great stick for playing pretty much any flight combat game on the 360. It uses Microsofts own wireless technology, so just like the controllers... you just hit the guide button and you are ready to play. It has two settings via a switch for different games. Most everything uses the A setting and only a game or two use B. The stick comes with a little plastic wrench that allows you to adjust stick height and button placement, which is really nice if you hands are bigger or smaller than the default setting.

The aesthetics(look)of the stick is slick. Better than the other two out there(Ace Edge and Madcatz older stick). The acceleration is handled by a slider towards the back of the stick, which offers a perfect amount of tension so you dont overshoot your target speed. Button placement is perfect and allows you to easily maneuver through the most difficult of tasks. The stick twists for rudder control.

Battery life is the same as Microsofts gamepads,...Read more

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful

Good concept, but some major flaws, August 17, 2010

Beau Braunberger - See all my reviews

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This flight stick has a great design. Most of the important fit paramaters (height, rake angle, head angle) are adjustable to make it quite comfortable to use. The button placement is great for the games that it is compatible with. My complaint is that there is too much of a dead-zone when moving the stick. If you are trying to make minor adjustments, the stick has to be pushed well outside of the center position before any movement registers. This makes fine control during these games difficult.
Overall, this is an awesome product idea; it would be much more user friendly if the movement tracking was more sensitive when making small motions.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

Cyborg F.L.Y. 9, September 29, 2010

David Stone - See all my reviews

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If you want a flight stick for your games, this is the one to get. Set up is a little difficult, since it tells you to hit the connect button on the Xbox and the controller, but it doesn't show where the connect button is (on the bottom with 3 little white arcs above it). Once connected it is a pleasure to use, and adjustable to fit any size hand. Be sure to get a battery charger and some rechargeable AA batteries because it does not use a charger or a cord.