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[Napoleon_Blownapart]

i am a joystick user and have been using the thrustmaster tflight hotas. today i purchased the thrustmaster t16000m with hall effect sensors.both are on sale this month from microcenter for $19.99

http://www.microcent...otas_X_Joystick
http://www.microcent..._Stick_Joystick

so now i have to figure out do i 2 joystick or use it with the throttle.)

Edited by Gorantir, 07 December 2013 - 10:39 AM.

[Catamount]

The T16000m's construction leaves something to be desired, and the throttle is lousy, however, it's still widely regarded at the best sub-$100 joystick on the market. It's absurdly accurate/sensitive, and seems to be very reliable, despite build quality on things like the buttons leaving a lot to be desired.

I intend to combine one with a separate throttle myself, probably a Saitek X52 throttle (Ebay's got them for about $40), for a budget HOTAS setup.

[Egomane]

I love the precision of my t16000m. First joystick I managed not to damage within the first 25 hours of usage. Every other joystick I had before, had problems to be accuratly calibrated by that time, as I really put some force on it. I tend to destroy pots like nobody else.

I went through three Logitech Wingman Extreme (the original version, without a throttle) just by playing X-Wing (without the expansion packs, those caused the loss of two more). Four more were lost on various Wing Commander games and TIE-Fighter. Luckily, I only bought two and the rest were guaranty replacements. A Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas is also on my list of Victims, together with a CH Products FlightstickPro, a Suncom FCS Hotas set (which came in a nice wooden box), and literally dozens of cheaper sticks and throttles over the years. The t16000m seems to be the first stick that can actually deal with me.

If there was a space-sim that supported joysticks between 1990 and today, I played it and killed at least one joystick or throttle by doing so.

I'll probably combine the t16000m with a CH Products Pro-Throttle sometime in the future. I had the old version of that throttle, more then 10 years ago, when it still had a gameport connector and when the mini-joystick was still a 4-way hat switch. But even then I liked the programming software and how it felt in the hand.

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

i just figure for the price its a great deal

[Gremlich Johns]

Gorantir, on 07 December 2013 - 10:37 AM, said:

i am a joystick user and have been using the thrustmaster tflight hotas. today i purchased the thrustmaster t16000m with hall effect sensors.both are on sale this month from microcenter for $19.99

http://www.microcent...otas_X_Joystick
http://www.microcent..._Stick_Joystick

so now i have to figure out do i 2 joystick or use it with the throttle.)

Can you make one of the hatswitches function as the throttle?

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

i was just able to set hat up to throttle up and, down to down.ive tried using the t.a.r.g.e.t. software with the stick but when i do the hat doesnt work right.my hat up is target enemy.
target software isnt needed but helps you program buttons to keys and joy axis reaction curves