Birddog1 Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) I do believe the Prometheus research vessel in the movie Prometheus uses a modified Thrustmaster A-10 throttle. You can see it briefly at the end around when they throttle up to liftoff before ramming the alien ship. It's good to know remnants from the A-10 will still be with us in 2089! :joystick: It's clearly a Warthog throttle, while the top friction dial and right side slider also remain intact! If they hadn't switched its position to the right hand exposing the buttons lining the right hand side, you would never know. I'm curious if anyone else noticed this? For bragging rights of course! :music_whistling: Edited October 21, 2012 by Birddog1
Witchking Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 oh yea! :D its like a warthog throttle with the switches removed on the base. But the stick looks different....kinda like one of the madcatz sticks. Nice eye. ;) WHISPR | Intel I7 5930K | Nvidia GTX980 4GB GDDR5 | 16GB DDR4 | Intel 730 series 512GB SSD | Thrustmaster WARTHOG | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR4 pro | |A-10C|BS2 |CA|P-51 MUSTANG|UH-1H HUEY|MI-8 MTV2 |FC3|F5E|M2000C|AJS-37|FW190|BF 109K|Mig21|A-10:SSC,EWC|L-39|NEVADA|
Marklar Posted November 7, 2012 Posted November 7, 2012 Apparently the film industry likes our toys. See below screenshot from T3 movie. i9 13900K; RTX 4090, 64GB RAM. Reverb G2; VPC MongoosT-50CM3, VPC WarBRD Base with VPC Constellation ALPHA stick, MFG Crosswind V3
MTFDarkEagle Posted November 7, 2012 Posted November 7, 2012 X52 pro featured in Avatar :) Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Dustoff74 Posted November 7, 2012 Posted November 7, 2012 Yes and the engine starter of Anakin Skywalker´s Podracer, in Episode I, is the light switch of a Fiat Uno, early 90s model. 1 Rock 'n' Roll! Henning
hokie17 Posted November 7, 2012 Posted November 7, 2012 Episode of 24 when Bauer had to land the UAV carrying a dirty bomb... he controlled it with a HOTAS Cougar.
mmaruda Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 This just got serious: http://9gag.com/gag/5841566
PFunk1606688187 Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 X52 pro featured in Avatar :) All the money they spent and THATS the one they use? :doh: This just got serious: http://9gag.com/gag/5841566 Thats so funny. If I enrolled in an air force, sat down in the cockpit, and looked down to see THAT stick in front of me I'd look my instructer straight in the eye and say "I want to mop floors". Warning: Nothing I say is automatically correct, even if I think it is.
mmaruda Posted November 16, 2012 Posted November 16, 2012 I have the non-pro and cannot complain. I was thinking about an upgrade but the Warthog is too expensive (+pedals) and lack some rotaries and buttons I need for my sims, the X-65f is also problematic as is the G940 and CH line also feels too expensive in my country... (full set costs more than Warthog). Maybe I just expect too much for the price, but the X-52 fulfils my needs for the cost. Maybe it's a question of perspective, or maybe it's just Suncom is dead. :)
BHawthorne Posted November 17, 2012 Posted November 17, 2012 I have a few friends that do movie and tv series flight sets. Heck one has an account on here. Their budgets suck, so they use what they can. :)
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