Perfect stick for A-10C from Thrustmaster?

[Feuerfalke]

+1 :D

[Tbag]

And yet it moves!

[159th_Viper]

Bring.......It.....On!

 

 

The Competition Weeps........:D

[Axion]

I'm a CH Fan, but it's got my interest!

[kaiserb_uk]

I just had a trouser accident.

[Gadroc]

Has anyone seen anything on cost for this? I'm very tempted.

[digital_steve]

This is DEFINATELY the stick i'm buying

I wish i knew where i could pre-order one in Australia!

[Chibawang]

"New replica handle shape, with realistic pressure on buttons and trigger."

-YEEESSS!

 

I'm so very glad they redesigned the grip, the Cougar was pretty inaccurate. It even looks powder coated, no more gloss black shite@!!

 

I want it and I want it now.

[Pilotasso]

So much for the FFB pipe dream, bring it on.

 

X65 is also a premium HOTAS wich will put it in direct competition with thrusmasters offer.

X65 is tempting but if this one is what it apears to be saitek was beaten to the race.

Edited January 7, 2010 by Pilotasso

[jocko417]

I'm kind of wondering what your doing prancing about claiming my bad screen-capping of the Thrustmaster flash-ad is yours? Or am I misunderstanding your post?

None-the-less it looks like a smacking nice hotas coming out this year =D:joystick:

 

Never said it was mine, although I could have clarified that. I only used your screen cap with the DCS throttle quadrant shots to compare the two in order to illustrate what we are probably looking at in future. And I don't prance, I'm not that graceful ;)

Edited January 8, 2010 by jocko417

[Boulund]

Never said it was mine, although I could have clarified that. I only used your screen cap with the DCS throttle quadrant shots to compare the two in order to illustrate what we are probably looking at in future. And I don't prance, I'm not that graceful ;)

 

no hard feelings :thumbup:

 

regarding the new ad:

this is looking Suh-WEEET! Gonna be costly I tell ya.

Aren't Thrustmaster at CES showing off this thing???

 

Edit: I've upped my picture extracting skills, voilá!

Edit2: I've resnatched the pictures from the first ad as well. Anyone notice anything familiar with the A-10 picture? Also on another note; why does the close-up of the throttle say "LAPS" in the latest ad and not FLAPS as in the first?

Edited January 8, 2010 by Boulund

[Feuerfalke]

Come on, TM! Give us some high resolution pictures or some videos from the CES! :crazy:

[Eddie]

Come on, TM! Give us some high resolution pictures or some videos from the CES! :crazy:

 

+1. And a full spec list would be nice as well. I hope it has a decent idle detent on each throttle and DCS:A-10C supports having the idle detents on the throttle axis rather than having to use a key combination.

 

But even with the small snippets of information we've had so far it looks to me like TM have learnt from the mistakes they made with the cougar and really are turning out a premium product this time. Here's hoping they don't charge too much of a premium price.

[Chibawang]

Call me crazy, but I strongly suspect the throttle of having gated detents...

[Deadman]

There is only one between OFF and Idle. To move the throttles forward form the off position both throttle handles need to be pulled up or raised to be moved.

[Sokol1_br]

What means "slew control" (axis)in TM banner? This stick have twist rudder?

 

Sokol1

Edited January 8, 2010 by Sokol1_br

[hannibal]

WOWOWOWOWOWOWO

 

let me say something,

if this new A-10C WARTHOG HOTAS From Thrustmaster feels anything like the T.16000M in terms of the joystick deflection,

 

IT WILL BE AWESOME...

 

as much as i love the CH Products joysticks, i found that the Thrustmaster T.16000M joystick was the most comfortable, not too loose, not to stiff... the only thing that sux about the T.16000M is it lacks programming software...

[jocko417]

Nice job Boulund :thumbup: Very exciting! Ok, here's a shot in the dark: TM has already spent time and effort making MFDs for flight simmers, I think they should take the next step and continue their idea of ancillary control panels ala Saitek's switch panels for MSFS. I love the idea of actually using a real flap lever and autopilot control panel on the HOTAS Warthog, why not give us something for controlling the landing gear and maybe weapon selection too.

 

I vote for this panel section:

 

 

:D Just like the switches on the throttle base, these could be programmed to do anything the user wants, regardless of the placarding. Why are we still using the 'G' key to raise and lower the gear in this day and age? :) Saitek did it, TM should too, not just for DCS's A-10C sim, but for all flight sim fans.

 

I know, I know, get the HOTAS Warthog out first. But a man can dream, can't he?

[kaiserb_uk]

What means "slew control" (axis)in TM banner? This stick have twist rudder?

 

Sokol1

Slew Control = Mini Stick (mouse hat)

[Feuerfalke]

I sure hope that TM hears you jocko417!

 

Replace the flaps-indicator by additional switches or some rotaries to make it easier to build and more flexible for other simulations and you will earn loads of easy money.

[Boulund]

I'd love to have this thing on my desktop but I've a feeling it's not going to happend in several years. When will the pricing be revealed? And why isn't thrustmaster showing this in their booth at CES? It says on their homepage that they're there anyway.

 

@Sokol: I'm not sure whether it will have twist rudder - probably not considering that they're going for "as real as it gets". That's a shame because now I'd have to buy some pedals as well - sum going in the wrong way =D

Edited January 9, 2010 by Boulund

[Feuerfalke]

Good question. I waited for some pictures released during the CES, but apparently that won't happen unless they keep their new stick as the big bang on tomorrows final presentations.

 

At least they coordinated a new add with the beginning of the CES, so there still might be some news ahead for us.

 

Btw: You noticed that the A-10 in the banner is actually an A-10C? :)

[Boulund]

Btw: You noticed that the A-10 in the banner is actually an A-10C? :)

 

I was more thinking it looks like it could very well be from DCS... ?

[Feuerfalke]

I was more thinking it looks like it could very well be from DCS... ?

 

You mean DCS: BlackShark?

 

Could be, but behind the cockpit you can see a T-shaped antenna, which at least I only saw on A-10Cs. I don't know if the C-Version is modeled in BlackShark, so options are limited - if my observations are right ;)

[Eddie]

Am I the only person thinking it's possible that ED gave them a screenshot from A-10C for that ad and we have in fact totally missed it until now? It certainly looks like the case to me.