This is the ultimate HOTAS setup for the price and is recommended by plenty of gamers familiar with the PC accessories. For use in flight-based games, the throttle and stick are excellent, though you may find the actual placement of some buttons to be a little awkward to press while you're using the main control inputs.

The backlit button layout is great for low-light gaming environments and helps brings your virtual cockpit to life. That said, it's still a good-looking piece of kit, and it's designed to last for some time to come, even if you frequently find yourself in heated, tense dog fights. Like the Warthog, this is one sturdy, hefty HOTAS, though Logitech hasn't quite gone as far as to design it after a military jet, nor has metal been used throughout the design. Logitech has since picked up Saitek, and the X56 is the end result, packing some high-quality construction with plenty of programmable buttons. The company made some exceptional HOTAS setups but was purchased by Mad Catz, and some within the communities believed quality to suffer. Saitek was a brand every flight-sim gamer held in high regard.

But if you can overlook these shortcomings, the Warthog really is one of the best HOTAS setups you can buy. It's just a shame about the high price since some owners have complained about quality issues with some of the internal components, and there's no twist (or z-axis rotation) support. The stick has 19 action buttons and a hat, and everything requires the same amount of pressure as in the plane it's modeled after. For features, you're looking at Thrustmaster's HEART system with a 16-bit resolution for impressive precision. It's one fine-looking HOTAS with plenty of metal resulting in a weighted build - this joystick alone weighs in at more than 6 pounds. Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS is as good as it looks, designed after controls in an actual air force aircraft. Looking a the device, it positively screams premium and looks the part in any gaming cockpit. The Warthog is the company's flagship offering, designed and built using the controls inside the U.S.

Thrustmaster makes some high-quality ticks and HOTAS setups.

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