Flight stick recommendations

[Baguette]

I have a budget of £75 GBP and would love a flight stick with a thrust controller. would be a lot of help to see what other people have got on well with.

[wolfast805]

Ebay and look for a thrustmaster Warthog. I know its more than your budget, But you may be able to find the stick and throttle separately. Its worth a look. I used tons of sticks
and HOTAS in over 30 years sim-flying, and the Warthog HOTAS is so beyond others (in the price point...others I have for my civilian sims are in the 1000s) Thats being said, I enjoyed the Logitech X55 and 56. (I believe logitech owns those now?)

[SSerponi76]

Given that budget I dare say Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS.

[SSerponi76]

Originally posted by wolfast805:

Ebay and look for a thrustmaster Warthog.

Well, with 85£ he can just buy the box of the Warthog :-P

[1prelude]

+1 for Warthog or Winwing HOTAS. However for your budget, the best product you can get is a Thrustmaster t16000. It uses the same sensors as a Warthog and everyone loves theirs.

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

Around that price range, T.16000 or VKB Gladiator.

[Heru Ra Ha]

Honestly try to get Warthog, i started to play with Logitech 3d xtreme pro or whatever and was just annoyed. Now it feels awesome, i do have to learn how to fly and do not have to worry about throttle or the stick. Diffrence of day and night.

But if you do not want to wait T.16000 might be worth looking into. Also i recommend to get some headtracking or eyetracking ( might be able to give some feedback once my tobii 4c arrives [while i do patiently wait for my index]). Because when you can finally fly with a good stick you will come to see that being able to control the camera is as important as the stick/throttle. It will start at overhead landing patterns and continue in keeping visual contact of a bandit in dogfight..

Even with warthog i can not enjoy it completely until i am able to do that (tracking).

[Emme]

Don't try to get the Warthog if your budget is low. The stick itself has no rudder axis so it's completely useless if you do not also own a throttle and pedals. The Warthog is a high value stick that costs a lot money because of it and probably the best gear that's on the market atm. But for someone new to a flight sim with low budget this stick alone is not worth the money!

The T.Flight hotas X is a cheap setup but it will offer you everything you need to play the game decently. And it's in your budget. Use 2 modifier keys and you'll be fine with any module.

Next and probably best step would be the T16000M FCS HOTAS system which is around 150 bucks but absolutely worth the money. Anything above this setup is just pure purism and not needed!

So don't listen to those guys here talking about the Warthog! The stick itself won't help you playing DCS and besides that you'll probably never get one for 75 bucks anyways.

[Impaler]

I bought the TM Warthog pack 6 years ago, everything is still working. Its a good buy!

[Emme]

Originally posted by Impaler:

I bought the TM Warthog pack 6 years ago, everything is still working. Its a good buy!

Yeah sure but read the OP as he has 75 bucks to invest. He'll not get a 500€ setup for that.

[[ATP]Flo]

I've got this one:

www.thrustmaster.com/de_DE/produkte/t16000m-fcs-hotas

Great precision, many buttons, TARGET-software for superb button mapping.
Can fly the F/A:18-C Hornet without any problems with that one. You don't even need rudder pedals because the throttle has some finger pedals.

Can 100% recommend it.
I paid 124,99€ on Amazon.

[[ATP]Flo]

Here you go:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01H6KXGDY/

Price: £96.67

Don't buy cheaper.
The T16000 has the optimal balance of price and performance.

[SSerponi76]

Originally posted by ATPFlo:

Here you go:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01H6KXGDY/

Price: £96.67

Don't buy cheaper.
The T16000 has the optimal balance of price and performance.

@OP: Thake This NOW before price rise again.

[stephen51]

I have the T16000 joystick and it works really well, even without the throttle! I might pick up the throttle in the future though, and maybe a head tracking setup :)

[kalnaren]

The T-Flight HOTAS X is one of the worst setups on the market. Not only is it a poor quality HOTAS, it's also a poor quality stick. It's literal only redeeming feature is that it's cheap. You get what you pay for.

[Havish]

T16000M is the best bang for your buck.