SimHQ Review: Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog - Throttle Lock

[tommyzDad]

Please take "review" out of the title. It's more of a demo of moving parts. LOL.

[sayopubl]

@tommyzDad Please, read the description... LOL.

[GigglingGirI]

a lot of nerds play flight sims cant speak english that's why non of the warthog flight stick video you wont hear them talk.

[CaptainKorhonen]

@GigglingGirI FYI This guy is either english or american. And he does speak in some videos.

[GigglingGirI]

@CaptainKorhonen it's not just him it's all the idiots doing these sort of videos they never talk about the flight stick so we could learn from it.

[nuttex]

@GigglingGirI Read the bloody description - there is a nice shiny link to the actual review, which all these videos just support. No need to be bitchy.

[GigglingGirI]

@CaptainKorhonen i am trying to buy my husband this flight stick but i have just watched 56 videos and none of them talk in the video it's so annoying. It seems a lot of foreigners love to play flight sims :(

[NielsShoe]

I've got the X52 Pro and it dont have enough buttons and hat switches. With the Hotas Warthog I just know it will be a lot easier to fly and work the weapons. With the Hotas Warthog you will have all the controls already mapped soon as you plug it in instead of days changing the mapping till you get what suits you.

[lowfiwhiteguy]

I'm torn on whether to get a Saitek X-52 pro, some halfways decent pedals and TrackIR 5 for like 150 less than this HOTAS alone would cost. Or should I buy the Hog and slowly upgrade to everything else?

[smeghead666]

@lowfiwhiteguy GET THIS... however you cannot live without head tracking so use freetrack instead, there's already been a petition to get it working with the x64 release which has succeeded and you can use freetrack already with x86 & trackir fixer.

Rudder pedals certainly arent essential but a nice final touch.

This is the tits

[slipcurve]

I got this for 300€ and the price is almost too cheap. With all the cheap Chinese crap out there (I know this is assembled in China too probably) It's nice to see something very solid and well made. The feel is excellent and the accuracy amazing. Definitely worth the money, especially if it lasts as long at it's build quality suggests. Time will tell.

[NielsShoe]

Its made of metal and a replica of the A-10C controls of course its going to cost a lot. You get what you pay for.

[TearsOfWar1]

Thrustmaster needs to get the fuck over themselves. That shit is way too expensive and Thrustmaster has and had many quality issues with their products.

[element1108]

@TearsOfWar1 I somewhat agree, but in a world full of outrageous collectors (look at some of the crap star wars replicas sells) for often WAY more money. It has no mechanical function, it's just a prop. This is a working prop and in some ways needs to be treated as such.

I do agree it is expensive, but flight simming (like golf) isn't cheap. :) Wait a few years and maybe she'll come down in price. It's not like it's a overexposed market..it's niche within a niche.

[flyingbob5]

Eh ill just go to college in denver and become a real A-10C pilot.

[RogueBrit]

Nice but waaaay too pricey

[toonsis]

brilliant !

[espritlibre73]

it's possible to know the base's dimensions?