
Even if there is not (yet) the focus on a realistic flight physics, so you can still get an idea of what it’s like to fly helicopter missions and survive. Now we come to the second test candidate, the military simulation ArmA 3 from Bohemia Interactive. It is hard to image another solution for the problem so the user needs to deal with it. Are the buttons on the back yet easily accessible, the operation of the Pinky switch or the China Hats made more difficult. It is the same with the throttle control. The buttons have a hard pressure point and are initially unfamiliar to use, but the user is getting used to it more and more with time. However, a slightly shorter stick would have been more conducive to the operation. By grasping the small stick these can also be accessed and operated. The positions of the gray hat switch, and the red bombing knob on top of the stick, are somewhat inconvenient and require a long thumb. All functions like target marking, weapon selection, orientation sensor and shedding / firing could be mapped to the Hotas, without ever having to use the mouse or keyboard! Only deeper system settings like hazardous reactions (fire in the turbines) still had to be adjusted with the mouse and keyboard.Īlso it should be noted that the stick is more suitable for large hands. Now it also became clear how it feels with his hands on the stick and thrust lever to play. Maximum precision and realism increased the fun again enormously. Here are rudder pedals required because you dont really want to continue to control the nose wheel with the keyboard. At the start you can recognize clearly then absence of the Z-axis. The main functions are mapped to the Hotas Warthog and so the boot process was easy to accomplish. Only the small gray trim wheel on the side of the thrust unit had no function and was subsequently occupied by the elevator trim. Since the Hotas was developed specifically for this gameno further settings need to be done inside the game.
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Practice test with Combat Simulator A-10C Warthog …įirst, we started the Combat Simulator A-10C Warthog DCS series of Eagle Dynamics.
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After software installation, then followed a calibration that was not strictly necessary because everything was perfectly set. When we first plugged the joystick in, it was immediately recognized.

Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Tested Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Setup and Test Results …
