Affordable, plug and play, efficient and easily mounted - I enjoyed reviewing these and they are great for somebody building their Home Cockpit.
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Tried the Parking Brake. Not impressed, returned. Very light weight plastic, larger than needs to be, handle that moves 360 degrees and push pull requiring a bit of force but not realistic at all (for me). Good luck to them but I don’t think I’ll be a customer.
i also got almost all their panels. Trim was completely garbage. All cheap plastic and very bulky. Except of Switch Panel - can not recommend anything
yeah I just noticed that on the thumbnail of the video lol the parking brake is extended past straight down. That sucks, there’s some really cheap 3d printed ones that work far better too, I don’t know why they didn’t just reverse engineer the simple designs.
Also a nitpick for me personally, I don’t like how company logos are tattooed onto the main face of the panel, I can understand there being a logo of course but come on, the visual part?
This is feedback you all should submit to them so they can improve their products. It’s a new company on the market and user input is is critical. However, don’t have unrealistic expectations like many consumers who buy these, and expect a full metal panel with laser etching and a nice powder coating finish. Keeping these products at a low competitive price puts you in the plastic/3D Printed category which still works really well for a lot of people. I was able to use all of them with no problems and I can see myself using them to build affordable cockpits for those wanting to get into flight simulation.
Finally, ask them about mounting options. For those who say they are bulky, some of the panels come with extra screws and can be removed from the enclosure they are shipped in and mounted wherever you want.
This is true, and I can also see myself trying to make a series of designs that both are cheap and feel good but overall my main priority is functionality. It needs to function close to the real thing, which makes it difficult getting into a smaller unit, however I don’t like the corners cut here functionality wise.
He also uses 3d printed components but uses acyrlic for the face of the box.
probably the huge upcharge is the cost in labor to assemble everything.
@StarThe2nd1589 most people make a panel at home, save about $40, and then make a false comparison to mass producing these things. Every comparison similar to this one that I have seen does not mention any time invested from start to finish. Very few consider time when they do these comparisons.
@PhillyNJ great job on the panel you made, but here is what you need to understand. To do a fair comparison, try the following:
- Register your company and pay all legal fees
- Get the website going for your consumers to see your products
- Get a sales team to sell your product
- Get a support team to support your products
- Get your facility ready for production, repairs, packing and storage
- Ship globally
Once you have these in place, come back to us and let us know how much you are selling each unit for in order to make a profit.
@lethe47 First I will applaud anyone who has the entrepreneurial spirit and starts up a company. I recognize that creating a product and bringing it to market is no easy task. However, as a consumer I am allowed to draw comparisons. In fact, you did with a review. Did you bring anything to market? Yet you provided a review. So you can provide a review and no else is allowed to unless they or you brought an item to market? Sorry, things do not work that way.
When Desktop Pilot ads started popping up, I took a look. To be honest, for the price they look cheap. The design is very elementary. Every offering in their product line is a rectangle box with switches you can get on Amazon or Ebay. I don’t even think they are modular like Saitek.
I’ll just leave this out there and let anyone reading this decide what is a good buy and what is better quality.
Here a small comparison of what Desktop pilot is competing with:
Look at what you get for a much lesser price.
Good luck.
Absolutely…you are entitled to your own comparisons and reviews, but not your own reality. @PhillyNJ you are ALL over the place. It’s as if you are talking to 3 different people and comparing too many things. Your 1st reply puts the focus on the fact that they are overpriced because you were able to build your own and mention a 3D printer; that’s the part that is 100% incorrect. The rest…yes of course, if you find “renewed/refurbished/used” parts that will probably offer no support, portability and compatibility, well yes, the parts will come down in price. You can spend all day doing this and eventually find somebody dying to get rid of their panels for $20 at a garage sale. You’re not comparing apples to apples. Then you ask if I brought anything to market…as if that is even the topic at hand 
If you say you applaud “the entrepreneurial spirit” then do the right thing. Instead of getting all charged up and making these erroneous comparisons, write them and let them know what you think of their products and how they could be better. That’s really how you help out a community.
@lethe47 my point is that IMO their product is cheap and elementary. I was implying that from my first post. However, that seemed to go over your head.