As I've posted elsewhere, my Warthog throttle has been borked for awhile, and nothing I do (or TM support has suggested) has helped. My warranty is out, TM won't sell a new throttle separately, and I don't want to wait weeks and pay big bucks for repair. So I'll probably switch over to a CH throttle to go with my CH pedals.

In the meantime: I do want to get the most out of my Warthog joystick. It certainly cost enough. ;(

Rather than learn AutoHotKey to reprogram my mousewheel, on a lark I simply deleted from my in-game Il2 BoS settings the three default standalone assignments for my mousewheel. Then I assigned mousewheel to the throttle.

Works like a charm. Just FYI for anyone else out there ready to throw his Warthog throttle against a brick wall.

According to their site, they are now going to sell the throttle as a separate unit as they do with the stick.

Thanks for the heads up Magic Man. It's a smart move on their part, because as you can tell from these forums, lots of people have problems with defective Warthog throttles. Trouble is, Thrustmaster will retail the separate throttle at $269. That's just nuts. For that money, I can buy a full Saitek set or two CH throttles and still have change for coffee.

My Warthog stick works fine, and it's a quality product. But no way I'm spending that kind of cash on another throttle.