 So you may have seen Linus's video on the SciTech X55, but I think it's time for me to have a little me time with the large and in charge Warthog A10 Hotas from Thrustmaster. If I'm lucky, I may even get to take this Hotas joystick setup to play with in a cockpit. Fractal Design listens, and the Define R5 case was made with feedback from you, the PC community, so click here to learn more. After spending extensive time with an arrangement of joysticks, the main difference I've found with the Warthog A10 is that it lacks any and all toy-like feeling. Every other joystick or Hotas combo setup I tried either felt too light, resulting in it flopping around, or I could easily feel the cheap plastic construction, neither of which were true with the A10, which is probably as it should be considering this thing is $550 CAD. Let's start with the joystick itself. The sheer weight of this thing is phenomenal at 3kg, and in combination with the 4 rubber pads at the bottom, even without bolting it to your desk through the included screw holes, you'll have a hard time actually making this thing flop around under proper use, which is really good. In terms of buttons, it's got you covered. Two pinky push buttons, one with a lever, one exposed, one metal dual trigger, two standard push buttons, one 4-way hat that has push functionality, two 8-way hats, and one 8-way point of view hat. It has a 16-bit resolution for joystick positions, and a 5-coil spring system which they claim will deliver firm, linear, and fluid tension with no dead zones, and I'd have to agree with them. Moving this joystick around is notably more fluid than any other ones I had used. The spring system has just enough tension to help you in making precise movements without overshooting your target, and will also help you keep steady through the firmness I mentioned earlier. The buttons and the trigger feel real, but this may or may not be a good thing for you. If you want to get the closest experience to being an actual pilot while in the safety of your own home, this is probably for you, but if you're just looking to play arcade shooters with fast-activating twitch buttons and triggers and whatnot, then maybe not. The metal trigger feels great, but it's heavy and has long travel distance, which may be good for you, but it's a little slow compared to something like the Aviator 01, which has short travel time and light trigger overall. Same deal with the buttons. Other joysticks felt more like toys with short travel times and very low force required to press them down, resulting in very quick inputs where with the A10 it takes a lot more intention. If you shoot someone with the A10, you meant it. I get this. As its namesake suggests, the US Air Force approved the Hotas as a replica for an actual A10 Warthog. For military applications, it's probably beneficial to not have hair triggers all over the place for diplomatic reasons, and while squeezing the metal trigger of the A10 may make you feel like a god, it will take a little bit more effort than the others. Next up we have the dual throttles. You have one three-position switch, one position being momentary while the other two are permanent, two three-position switches with all buttons being permanent, one three-position switch with two being momentary and one being permanent, one standard push button, one four-way hat with push button functionality, one eight-way hat and one mouse hat with push button and three magnetic sensor, which basically covers what's on the throttle itself, not even just the control panel around it, which has a metric ton of included switches and knobs as well. The throttles have the option to separate if you want independent engine control and even afterburner support if you want to go that route, not that the A10 has that. The throttle has 14-bit resolution on each throttle as well, and if you missed any of the buttons you can find a list on their website, which also happens to include the line realistic pressure on buttons and switches, which is essentially reiterating what I brought up before. Just like the joystick, this thing doesn't feel like a toy. Switches are made of high quality, heavy material, and take some force to move. They feel amazingly real, but again they can be a little slow when compared to their arcade style competition. Even the throttle fell under this umbrella. It isn't fast and it won't really cater to twitch movements even with the friction dial turned down, but it feels smooth. It feels real. It makes you want to put on a flight jacket, some aviators, listen to Danger Zone, and drive to the airbase on a motorcycle. Basically it's Top Gun badass. That leaves us with one thing left. The software. The hardware included is an incredible work of art, and Thrustmaster's Target Command software is like an unfortunately abandoned back road McDonald's, which has been mostly reclaimed by the earth. It's terrible. Manipulating this software is tedious, and while they do have downloadable profiles, many of them still require further input and customization on your own. If you're set on buying this Hotas, please note that it will take some serious time to get it properly set up, but the software does seem to be stable, so if you have an iron will, and are willing to fight with key binding for potentially hours while you kind of learn the ropes, you'll have a stable setup in the end. I spent the time. It sucked, but in the end it was definitely worth it. Playing Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous on this thing filled me with the true and pure excitement that I haven't felt in a while. It feels real, and a small part of you feels like you're actually there. Once I'm able to properly combine these with a VR setup, I hope someone will feed me because I don't know if I'll ever be able to come back out. In conclusion, if you're looking for a replica, if you're looking for something that will make you feel like you're really flying a fighter jet or a spaceship, or if you're just a fan of quality construction, the Thrustmaster A-10 Warthog Hotas may be for you, although you may have to save up for a while to afford the hefty, but probably deserved, $550 Canadian price tag. This thing is incredibly configurable if you're willing to struggle with it. It feels great in hand and has a wonderful hefty weight and tactile feedback. The solid build quality and weight will keep it on the table even in a nasty dog fight, and hey, in a zombie apocalypse you could probably use it as a melee weapon, but it is crazy expensive and you may have a hard time keeping up with the little guys with their twitch-tastic hair trigger setups. What do you guys think? Let me know down below or over on the forum, preferably. Are you looking for something that feels real and has some crazy build quality to it, or are you looking for more hair triggers and arcade style setups? I won't judge, don't worry. I like this one, but I won't judge. Anyways, while you're down below, subscribe, follow, like, dislike, favorite, share, all that kind of stuff. Don't forget to jump over to the forum and check out the support us links. Changing your Amazon affiliate code will help us a ton, and jumping on any of our sponsors will help us as well. 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