Many ways to setup it. A better construct of the joystick eleminate little flays of the Cougar. Many trigger to put all your need on the HOTAS and forget mouse and keyboard. The price is higher, but the tough build is amazing: it will survive you.

The toughter and best hotas ever made

I have to seperate two weld on the cursor

I purchased this on a whim and ended up getting drawn into the flight sim world. This throttle/stick combo has a very solid feel, very heavy, metal, and comes with TARGET software to configure just about anything. I've used it thus far with DCS World and Prepar3d. Excellent.

Best price for this joystick/throttle combo I've found. Ordering was easy and shipping was donemquickly. Very satisfied.

This joystick set up is amazing. A prefect companion for DCS and flexible enough to suit any flight sim or space sim game. For the helicopter simmers out there you can even get extensions. Build quality is excellent. Can't comment on software as its basically already set up in DCS world which is what I use mine for. Overall a 10/10

This is a very high quality and awesome piece of equipment if you're wanting to do simulators. If you have the money then this is great. The one downside to this for me is the lack of twisting joystick. Soon I will get some pedals but would have been nice to have the twist for being at such a high price. But it's very sturdy (and heavy) and mostly made of metal.

Emphatically YES!! The stick is of a quality I would expect from the aircraft industry. It is cold steel and will probably last longer than me. The throttle control is like something out of Darth Vaders bathroom and when the green LED's light up, it is an attractive sight. I was a bit surprised by the amount of play in the throttles though. I expected the same quality and precision that went into the stick, but it is still within acceptable parameters. Now all I need is the DCS A10c game and I suspect the wife will be asking for a divorce (presuming I am not so engrossed that I even know she is home). Give it a try if you are serious about simming, it is worth your while.

I've been using this for a month now with DCS F18 and love every moment of it. It cost a bit more but purchasing through Mighty Ape saved me the hassle of going through Amazon or AliExpress. I saved me about $100 compared to other NZ outfits who charged a bit more. Setting up was a breeze plugged both usb ports into the computer and DCS picked it up right away. I downloaded Spud knockers profile and had to reference the chart a lot for which buttons and switches were mapped too. I'm also using this with TrackIR and on a curved widescreen and has added to a wonderful flight experience.

Thrustmaster has built a top notch flight stick called the HOTAS Warthog. Let us take a look at this flight stick, and see how well it performs.

Five star feel and function, one star reliability. Great joystick and throttle, when it works. I have just returned my HOTAS Warthog Joystick for repairs for the SECOND time. - There is some sort of short causing all the joystick buttons to cycle on and off.

I decided to replace a 14 year old HOTAS system that really worked just fine but I wanted to upgrade my flight rig. I split my time between flight sims and racing sims depending on my current whims.