Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Official Replica Dual Throttle & Flight Stick – Full Metal Flight Simulation Controller – H.E.A.R.T Magnetic Precision – PC Compatible

Just the best Hotas you can buy, I keep seeing the price being refered to as one of the "cons" with this kit but believe me, you are getting a heck of a lot of HOTAS for your money. My last HOTAS was also a Thrustmaster, the F22pro with TQS throttle, cost way more than the Warthog and was all (very high quality) plastic. BUT that stick and throttle was in daily use for 23 years! I never needed to buy another setup, when gameports were abolished, I converted it to USB and I fully expect it to last another 23 years too if it wasn't for my need to replace it with the Warthog. Like many others I have fallen in love with the A10-C simulation by DCS, probably the most detailed and accurate sim outside of the commercial market (and probably better than most of them). The Warthog stick is detected by the sim and "just works". Must say I am not a fan of the red china hat switch top or the flap switch top, may need to get a chunkier set 3d printed but I'm not going top mark it down for that, it's still better than any of the competition. The feel of the stick is much lighter than I am used to, the F22 had springs from a Sherman Tank and this is a revelation, so much easier to control the ship with. Buttons are nicely placed and weighted and feel very professional, solid and smooth action. The throttles move smoothly and have adjustable damping, an off/idle detent and a switchable afterburner detent (allen key supplied). As everybody else has said, these are HEAVY bits of kit and they need to be so they don't move around when in use (which they don't). All in all the best stick and throttle I have ever used, even better than my F22pro and TQS. I know the price looks steep but my last TM cost a lot more than this but ended up being the cheapest HOTAS I ever bought, 23 years before it got replaced, I fully expect the Warthog to rival it for quality and longevity, I have no doubt, this will be the LAST, CHEAPEST HOTAS I will ever buy :)

Having owned this for a few months now i will give my opinion. It is a heavy beefy piece of kit, sit it on the desk, and be prepared to work out when you want to move it! It is very fluid in it movement, no jerky movements, it is great, and very well put together. I have owned various other HOTAS, and they were ok, or even good- right up to the point of breaking- in some cases it was broken out of the box - Saitek/madcats- Never again! pros and cons ++ it is solid metal, Solid- OH YES - the joystick part that you hold on to with your right hand weighs more than my old X55(which was good, but cak build quality) and that is not even including the base- it is solid. ++ it is heavy, and will not slide about your desk like a lot of the other ones. ++ it is great for Elite Dangerous - No twist yar, which is not that big of a deal, as i simply use the secondary trigger to move left/ right (it has a 5 was switch - l/r, up, down and press to fire). Once you get used to doing it, it feels natural. - It is quite a price, BUT you get what you pair for- having killed 5 X55 rhinos in under 1 year, due to the utter inferior build quality, this beats them hands down! Overall i`d say if you are a serious game, and want a quality piece of kit VS as expensive piece of plastic(Saitek) then get this one, if you cant afford it, then wait for the Thrustmaster thruster block (estimated £100) and get a t1600 flight stick with it. Basically this is the dogs dodads of the HOTAS world- just buy it, and you wont regret it- only your bank manager(or wife) will...

Having owned or tried almost every more or less serious HOTAS available in PC Gaming market, I can confidently state that HOTAS Warthog is among the best money can buy today. More than enough has been said and written already about this wonderful controller, so I am not going to throw in yet another bunch of relatively meaningless "WOW"s, "IT'S JUST FANTASTIC!"s etc. Let's talk about some picky details, and some practical considerations, that are less often reported in user reviews, but are equally as important BEFORE you buy the product, as reading the WOWs of happy owners LOL! 1) It IS BIG and HEAVY! Especially the throttle part. So make sure you know how you plant the two devices. No flimsy shelves here! The stick is tall, meaning that if you place it on your desk, it will be in an even more acqward position relative to your body. This stick almost REQUIRES lower-level installation somewhere between your legs. Remember, unlike the COUGAR, which was modelled after F-16 Block 50 - a side-stick type of cockpit, the Warthog replicats the stick of A10, which has a centrally located stick. 2) Stick stiffness is very comfortable: it's softer than the original HOTAS Cougar, the older TM F22Pro/TQS combo, and muuuuch smoother than the ancient TM X-Fighter. Much less of a workout gear than previous TM's top controllers :) And, because of this, it's a lot more stable free-standing on the desk, especially given a much larger (and heavier) base plate. 3) Throttles are trickier. While the movement itself is smoother than HOTAS Throttle (even with tightenend tension adjustment mechanism), however, detents are where all the fun starts. As you can read from reviews, Warthog throttle allows you to have one or two detents: Cut-Off and WEP, or just the Cut-Off. You can remove the WEP detent, but there's nothing you could to with Idle Detent. Both detents require handles to be pulled up a little to come over the detent. They're spring-returned down once past the detend point. There's no user-friendly way to adjust the spring force for the "pull-up" function, and unfortunately, the spring is IMO way too stiff. The result is immediate: this heavy beast jumps up every time you pull the handles to go over detents. The only way to avoid it is to somehow fix the throtte base on a surface. 4) The new programming interface (T.A.R.G.E.T.) in my view is worse than the original FOXY application, it's a lot less obvious. However, it's powerful, flexible and does the job. Just takes time for us old-school Cougar users to get used to it :-) 5) Connection and DX functionality. There's one thing I would like to note here. Unlike Cougar, the stick and the throttle each have a separate USB cable that plugs into the PC. For the users, it means two things: first, you will need more ports than with almost any other HOTAS on the market (Cougar, Saitek X52/X52Pro/X65F etc). Second, by default DX will see two separate controllers. It's not a problem for most modern titles, because they can interface with multiple DirectInput controllers. However, if you want to run a REALLY ANCIENT title, which only knows how to work with one DX controller, you'll not be able to use it in default mode. To fix this, T.A.R.G.E.T. can COMBINE the two into a single virtual HOTAS WARTHOG controller, which is a fantastic feature. The only downside is that you'll lose some of the DX buttons as the total number of physical buttons/switches on the two is beyond 32, which is the current DirectInput limit per single controller ID. That's about it, folks, hope some of you will find this review useful. Clear skies! SV_huMMer out.

Qualità costruttiva incredibile, di hotas ne ho provati molti, dall’X52 all’X56, fino al Thrustmaster Airbus per l’uso con simulatori di volo civili, tuttavia cercavo una manetta per i motori che si adattasse sia al volo civile che a simulatori militari come DCS. Nulla si avvicina neanche lontanamente al livello dell’Hotas Warthog. Come indicato dal nome, replica la manetta del caccia da attacco al suolo A-10, e com’è ovvio che sia se utilizzata su DCS insieme a suddetto modulo, da il massimo del suo potenziale. Pesantissima, costruita in metallo pieno, forte illuminazione, ogni switch è bello tosto e preciso al millimetro, una solidità generale unica. Si adatta alla grande a qualsiasi modulo, ma naturalmente l’elevato numero di switch e controlli rende questa manetta principalmente indicata per i simulatori di combattimento. L’esperienza in gioco non perde un colpo, i comandi rispondono alla perfezione e calibrare ogni singolo aspetto è semplicissimo, il software TARGET è funzionante e abbastanza intuitivo. La differenza tra questo HOTAS e una controparte economica è evidentissima anche solo dal feeling restituito dalle manette quando le si muovono, precise e solide al punto giusto. Purtroppo ho preso solo la manetta per i motori, ma vista l’altissima qualità valuterò senz’altro anche l’acquisto dello stick. Se amate la simulazione di volo è un investimento meritevole che vi saprà ripagare in pieno. Il prezzo non è basso, ma merita fino all’ultimo centesimo. Tipica nota di merito per Amazon che non sbaglia mai un colpo.

So when I finally bit the bullet and decided to buy this thing I thought for sure I'd regret it later. I'll admit I still kinda do but the more I used it the more I fell in love with it. My biggest surprise when it finally got to my door was just the pure weight of the thing, I mean both units together weigh nearly 14 pounds. But, if you think of it other then maybe several buttons and the handle part of the throttle it is a complete metal construction so I guess that's to be expected. Personally I really wanted this for all the buttons and mini joysticks which may sound like a waste but how many setups do you know of that have a total of 51 mappable buttons/actions. Now some of you might think that's a bit Overkill but in Elite: Dangerous I'm using all but 9 of those options. Given most of them don't get used a lot but I've found I hardly need to use my keyboard at all anymore. As for using it, it definitely requires some getting used to. I've probably had this for about a month now and still haven't fully mastered it yet. But it does allow for some very precise adjustments in times when that's very important. And really its just a lot of fun to use. Everything moves so smoothly with almost no bumps due to the joystick having a very slight one when in it's upright position. But other then that it definitely makes me feel like I'm flying a real spacecraft/plane. Plus all the toggle switches give a very satisfying click that I just can't seem to get enough of. Now some disadvantages/cons that I've so far encountered with this setup is a lack of yaw (z axis left and right) on the joystick, the amount of USB slots it takes up, and really the weight of it. The lack of yaw isn't really that big of an issue since the throttle does have a mouse hat that I can rebind it to without it acting like a full left to right button press. Of course this could also be fixed by buying some flight pedals but this type of immersion isn't for everyone plus I don't really have the space/setup for it. The USB usage probably isn't that big of a deal for some people but I game on a laptop so losing two slots is a big deal for me. Mostly because two of the four slots mine has are already occupied by my mouse and RGB mousepad. I mean I could go out and buy a USB hub or something to make up for it but then that's more money down the drain. And my last con I've encountered so far is pretty much the weight of it. Yes it's nice cause its very stable and definitely wont move around unless you want it to, but again I game on a laptop while might I add mostly laying on my bed. So whenever I need/have to get up it requires me to move it around a lot. But this is really just a personal issue since I don't have an actual desk/desktop setup yet. Would I recommend this to anyone? Well yes and no. Honestly if you want one of, if not thee best joystick-throttle setup's out there then look no further. But if you still can't get past that heffty price tag then I'm sure you can find something for a much cheaper price, I'll be it a much cheaper feeling one but still. And really this setup is targeted at people that want the best immersion in their games. I mean the joystick can literally be taken off it's mount and used in a real cockpit for crying out loud. Nevertheless this is still a great setup and if you do decide to buy it I can almost guarantee that you won't be disappointed.

Es el mejor joystick que puedes adquirir, tiene una precisión envidiable (de -32767 a +32767, 16 bits de precisión, no 8), tacto sólido y robusto, bien construido, simplemente espectacular. El momento de compra también es óptimo, está actualmente a 134 euros (habitualmente suele rondar entre 160 y 200). El movimiento del joystick es muy preciso y se siente ligeramente duro, eso implica que si tienes pensado utilizarlo para juegos arcade (donde haya que moverlo a toda leche de punta a punta) probablemente no sea el más adecuado. El software TARGET de Thrustmaster es muy potente, pero es un coñazo para configurarlo. Es totalmente opcional, pero es útil si se quieren unir varios dispositivos en uno sólo (oculta los dispositivos reales y muestra al sistema operativo uno virtual). En linux pude mapearlo sin problemas al ratón y/o teclado para usarlo fuera de juegos utilizando la aplicación qjoypad.

Great Throttle quadrant. The build is Great. Especially Good for DCS right out of the box But if you want to use it for Xplane or MSFS2020 you might need time to configure it properly. The 3kg weight is extremely helpful while reversing the throttle. Enough Switches to modify any flightsim according to your need. All in all great purchase... A bit expensive but are considering Airbus add-ons from Thrustmaster then I would suggest paying 6k more and buying this as this has much more customizable switches and the Build quality is superb.

Feels so good and heavy. Like flying a real plane.