Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Flightstick - Joystick for Windows

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Experience realistic flight with the IDLE detent and AFTERBURNER with "Pull & Push" systems, the latter of which is disengageable. Fly like a true pilot with realistic pressure on buttons and switches. There are 17 action buttons in total, with additional mouse hat switches. Replica Control Panel Controls: 17 | Dimensions: 9.6 x 8.3 x 8 inches | Weight: 2.6 pounds | Good for games like: Elite: Dangerous To accompany your HTC Vive or Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset, a realistic game controller provides enhanced immersion in your favourite VR Games. Flight Simulator enthusiasts worldwide have been eagerly anticipating the advent of Virtual Reality. Realistic HOTAS controllers provide the deepest virtual reality experiences possible in a huge range of flight simulators such as XPlane, Microsoft Flight Simulator X and War Thunder as well as other worldly experiences made possible in space flight games like Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous and EVE: Valkyrie. Mounting the yoke itself is as simple as slipping it over the edge of your desk and doing it up, no drilling necessary, and the throttle quadrant doesn't even require mounting at all if you don't feel like it, though the process is also pretty straightforward.Not only are there detailed instructions on how to set the whole thing up—with control mapping charts and diagrams—there's even a little instruction leaflet for adjusting the yoke tension with an included spring. That part does require a little faffing, but isn't too scary.

Controls: 11 | Dimensions: 4.3 x 2.8 x 3 inches | Weight: 7.8 ounces | Good for games like: Counter-strike Finally there are two push buttons, a three-way switch labelled for flaps and a rotatable dial. There is also a dial for adjusting the resistance on the throttle. The throttle body has LEDs on it, which of course can be programmed. Of course. It also works really well in VR. You should be able to do everything without taking your hands off the controls or removing the headset. Occasionally it’s possible to flip the wrong switch in the middle of a fight, but that’s more user error that a design problem. A bit more practice will solve that. The unit is weighty so you’ll have no issues with it sliding about as you use it, and like everything else ,there are mounting points if you want to attach it to something. There is the potential that all this can get confusing, but once you've got yourself all mapped out and are used to it, the Raptor Mach 2 is a dream. It's a really smooth, sturdy piece of kit despite not being as heavy as its sister, the Raptor Mach 1.Controls: 20 | Dimensions: 18.1 x 9.8 x 12.6 inches | Weight: 12.2 pounds | Good for games like: IL-2 Sturmovik Controls: 13 | Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.8 x 8.4 inches | Weight: 2.7 pounds | Good for games like: Star Citizen It's great to see cross-compatibility with the Xbox Series X/S, although the Xbox branding does pull away from the authentic look a little. It's an easy thing to overlook, but it would be better if it was optional to have your switches marked X, Y, A, and B. Flight controllers are not compatible with games in CLOUD GAMING or STREAMING mode (in particular those in GAME PASS, Xbox Remote Play, PlayStation®Plus, GeForce NOW, Luna, …). In CLOUD GAMING or STREAMING mode, only standard gamepads are compatible.

So there's not a huge number of handy buttons, but on the base, there is not only a great deal to make up for it (including ones dedicated to flaps and throttle), but there's also the option to mode switch up to two levels with two functional modes and button shift. This gives the Raptor Mach 2 an edge, despite the buttons being a little awkward to get to if you've got your hands full, achieve 29 programmable actions The HOTAS WARTHOG Dual Throttles’ deadly weapon is known as T.A.R.G.E.T (Thrustmaster Advanced pRogramming Graphical EdiTor). T.A.R.G.E.T is a software suite allowing users to test, configure and program Thrustmaster controllers. Thanks to the programmable T.A.R.G.E.T. software, if a game is out there someone has already spent hours working out a good control method for it. Or you can make your own. I like to put the more vital functions on the buttons under fingers and leave the base unit for controls that I shouldn’t need in an emergency.

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Controls: 8 | Dimensions: 5.63 x 9.72 x 3.16 inches | Weight: 6.08 pounds | Good for games like: Mortal Kombat None of that takes away from the professional, satisfying feel of the whole setup. Sure, there are some oddities with the reverse thrust levers being not the most intuitive, but otherwise, there's hardly a thing about this yoke that feels out of place. Most actual pilots I've spotted reviewing this yoke are really impressed with how accurate the design is compared to the real deal. You have to do a little bit of set-up when they arrive, attaching the pedals and setting them up. The angle of the pedals can be set but the range of off settings isn’t vast. The level of resistance to push them can be adjusted – it’s controlled by a mixture of springs and pistons. All the buttons feel extremely sturdy and each hat switch has a different texture on the top to help you select the right one without looking at your hand. Extremely useful when in VR or concentrating on something else. Controls: 32 | Dimensions: 2.5 x 7.96 x 5.95 inches | Weight: 12.8 ounces | Good for games like: Overwatch