TH warthog in a real plane?

[Havner]

http://info-aviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ELEC_F-CK-1C-D_Cockpit_Chang-Song_Wang_GFD1-2_lg.jpg

 

Did the Chinese put a TM warthog in a real plane? It looks like to me. Not even the real warthog stick has the pinky switch visible here.

[SkateZilla]

TM Warthog is Based off a Real stick, which is a design used in several aircraft...

[Havner]

TM Warthog is Based off a Real stick, which is a design used in several aircraft...

 

Yes, A-10C, I'm well aware. And i don't see it making its way to a Chinese plane. Besides like I said the A-10C stick doesn't have the pinky switch that TM does. And it's clearly visible here.

[cichlidfan]

The TM Warthog is a metal stick with switches inside it. The real thing is a metal stick with switches inside it. Aside from some quality issues it is basically the same thing except one has some additional USB interface circuitry

[SkateZilla]

Yes, A-10C, I'm well aware. And i don't see it making its way to a Chinese plane. Besides like I said the A-10C stick doesn't have the pinky switch that TM does. And it's clearly visible here.

 

Like I said, the actual stick design is used in several airframes...

 

Higher Res:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/F-CK-1_cockpit.jpg

[Cool-Hand]

Wonder what the throttle looks like....hope they don't forget the lock on the left and right quadrants =P

[tsumikae]

Here's the wiki page for that plane:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDC_F-CK-1_Ching-kuo

 

It has quite a bunch of US contractors. The cockpit layout is very similar to the F16:

[SkateZilla]

it was designed to substitute the F-16 and F-20.

[Flagrum]

That seems to be a mock-up, maybe a simulator. Look at the MFDs, those are Thrustmaster MFDs (see the cut out edges at the bottom - where they are normally connected to their base stand? And the two LEDs at the top ...). And the stick, yes, I would say, too, that is a TM Warthog.

 

edit: Lol, zoom in on that last pic and look close at the MFDs - there is even the USB cable visible at the bottom... :o)

Edited May 23, 2014 by Flagrum

[SkateZilla]

that bottom pic is an F-16 Sim Pit.

[Flagrum]

that bottom pic is an F-16 Sim Pit.

Oh.

That explains ... a lot.:doh:

[tsumikae]

Yes, it's a sim pit. Here is an actual F16 pit:

 

http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/360/aircraft/F16-Cockpit/F16_swf.html

 

Besides, to answer the OP question, it is not a TM stick. The TM one has a screw hole on the bottom-left part of the handle. Neither the original F16, nor the stick in the first pic have such a feat. So even if it's a mock-up, it's not TM.

Edited May 23, 2014 by tsumikae