Booger Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 I was having a side discussion with a friend concerning HOTAS (mainly the X-65). We both have the Saitek X52 & to be honest, there really isn't anything else needed. It does everything one would need with the exception of having split throttles. Otherwise, it's really perfect. So if we have (in our mind) the perfect controller, what would we spend money on to 'upgrade'? We both would drop bucks on a HOTAS that would mimic the aircraft controls of our favorite aircraft (plural). Thrustmaster Cougar ring a bell? Honestly, it amazes me how Saitek & these other companies don't capitalize on more themed HOTAS along with their general 'latest & greatest'. Seriously, I would dump bucks for a Ka-50 HOTAS, and dump again for an A-10 set. I -love- Saitek, but I would drop them in an instant if a competitor came out with a decent 'themed' HOTAS.
LawnDart Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 You do know that both CH and Thrustmaster are releasing A-10C replica HOTAS soon, right?! The 'next gen'. ;) [sigpic]http://www.virtualthunderbirds.com/Signatures/sig_LD.jpg[/sigpic] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Corsair 750D Case | Corsair RM850i PSU | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X CODE | 32GB Corsair DDR4 3200 | Intel i7-8086K | Corsair Hydro H100i v2 Cooler | EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW | Oculus Rift | X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB NVMe | Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB | WD Caviar Black 2 x 1TB | TM HOTAS Warthog | TM Pendular Rudder | TM MFD Cougar Pack | 40" LG 1080p LED | Win10 |
Lightning Posted April 3, 2010 Posted April 3, 2010 (edited) Information about the high end HOTAS Joysticks are already posted here : http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=45964 As far as i know, there is no Company that offers a Ka-50 HOTAS replica at this time ( i think so ) As you might already know, the only 1:1 replica of the F-16 HOTAS is Thrustmaster Cougar. And also for the A-10C there will be a 1:1 replica the Thrustmaster Warthog. Edited April 3, 2010 by Lightning best regards, GSG_9_LIGHTNING [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
531-Ghost Posted April 4, 2010 Posted April 4, 2010 You do know that both CH and Thrustmaster are releasing A-10C replica HOTAS soon, right?! The 'next gen'. ;) CH? Really? You know something the rest of the HOTAS world doesn't? :joystick:
M31 Posted April 4, 2010 Posted April 4, 2010 CH? Really? You know something the rest of the HOTAS world doesn't? There is a rumour CH is working on a controller set up for the military and it might go on to be a public release is what I've heard, never heard anything about it being an A-10 set-up, that's Chinese whispers in effect I think.
Slayer Posted April 4, 2010 Posted April 4, 2010 (edited) I saw something about that CH stick quite a while ago...seems to me it was a A-10C stick for military simulators....everyone went nuts because it had a USB connector on it but the stick setup was thousands of dollars. I highly doubt they would release it as a PC gaming product. Edit: Found the link.....ED is working on this lol..... http://simhq.com/_air13/air_440a.html Edited April 4, 2010 by Slayer [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] System Specs Intel I7-3930K, Asrock EXTREME9, EVGA TITAN, Mushkin Chronos SSD, 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z series 2133, TM Warthog and MFD's, Saitek Proflight Combat pedals, TrackIR 5 + TrackClip PRO, Windows 7 x64, 3-Asus VS2248H-P monitors, Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Obutto cockpit
531-Ghost Posted April 5, 2010 Posted April 5, 2010 Yes, and I've had that controller/HOTAS in my hand/s at CH Products. IF you can afford it, I'm sure they'd sell it to you. At the moment, and in the forseeable future I'm doubting it'll be on the retail market. That's NOT to say it couldn't be available to the retail market at some point. Just not MIL SPEC. IMO :joystick:
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