http://www.engadget.com/2010/0...s-warthog-flight-co/
Flight sim aficionados tend to be a fanatical bunch. It isn't good enough if it isn't as realistic as humanly possible, and as technology improves more and more things get more and more possible. It's now been 10 years since Thrustmaster released its iconic HOTAS Cougar, a near-perfect replica of the F-16's Hands On Throttle and Stick, and now the company is following up with an even more realistic version for a very different sort of aircraft: the ground-pounding A-10C Warthog. It's as close as you can get to the real thing without getting commissioned, and we took it for a test-flight. Click on through for our impressions and some impressive footage of the thing in action.
wow you can remove the base plate and put the stick between your legs.
http://www.simhq.com/_commentary/all_101b.html
and
http://www.simhq.com/_technolo...technology_175a.html
for me its a MUST HAVE
First its not plastic. Its metal.Originally posted by Friendly_flyer:
Why, oh why do they always make these boring just-like-every-other-joystick designs? What is wrong with a descent spade grip? Brass firing button?
Plastic, pah! I'll get exited and all spendy when they start making stiks topped with something like this:
Second you are to late for the party...
There was a UK 2 person company who made these:
http://spitfiresite.com/2010/0...-product-review.html
But one of them died, i think the other one did not go on with the company.
Try to contact him if its your dream to have a full metal replica that works.
update to make guys drool:
Spitsim controls + 3 big screens vertical + track-ir
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com.../topic,272318.0.html
He i see that Tarmac aces are taking orders again.
And they have a new version of their rudder pedals
http://www.tarmac-aces.com/html/en/hangar.php
They got the stick for Messerschmitt 109, 110 and 262, the Focke-Wulf 190 lovers.
That universal base looks ... interesting.Originally posted by Black_Ops7:
http://www.tarmac-aces.com/html/en/hangar.php