I know one thing for sure, if the gimbals look even remotely like the old ones - no sale.

Seriously, with all their resouces they should AT LEAST be able to match the quality and design of the modded gimbals that have been produced for the cougar by the community.

If they are using the Heart sensor, then they don't even need to worry about mounting pots or hall sensors to each axis and they can use a vastly better gimbal. If they come out with the same gimbal and just rip out the pots and stick the hall sensor under the shaft - that will be a clear sign they don't give a damn about giving us a quality product.

Already got a G940 to replace my wobbly mess of a Coguar.
So no sale for me.

I agree. The Gimbals better be better than the Crappy Coguar ones.
Big dead zone and enough wobble to make accurate gunnery next to impossible.
Any joystick in that price range that requires an expensive mod just to get it to work right is a farce.

I hope as well it has the twin throttles of a A10, not a single F-16 type one.
I also hope it's for an A10-C not the old A model. More butons and such like then.

A prototype image would be nice.
As would a projected release time.
We talking 'out for this Christmas' or 'spring 2020' ?

Interesting for the real life A-10C cockpit shot - since the SFS Throttle was originally replicated after the F-15, does that mean the real A-10 uses the same throttle and the stick design from a F-16 now? Certainly seems like it.

Thrustmaster are either lucky or clever given that DCS Warthog will be the most high-fidelity Jet sim built so far, and they are matching their unit to that sim.

A-10C stick reminder F-16 ones:



http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/u...it20A10_650.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a299/u...ck20a10_650.jpg

http://www.thewarthogpen.com/a-10c_files/pic3.JPG

http://www.thewarthogpen.com/a-10c_files/pic4.JPG

Sokol1

Once again; great information/pics from sokol1. Thanks for sharing these!
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MudPuppy

Looks like an F-15E Throttle combined with a F-16 stick.

Well the Warthog HOTAS is already halfway there if it is an F-16 stick.

Pretty much the F-15E throttle minus the antenna elevation wheel on the outboard side. In place of the CMD switch below the wheel on the F-15E there is a typical toggle switch which controls the master exterior lights/missile polarity. I don't believe that part has changed on the -C. Oh, and of course the afterburner finger-lifts are gone too from the -E throttle

Interesting, I'm sure it's not the first time it's ever been done, but the first time I notice an aircraft getting "off the shelf" controls from previous airframes.

Oh, and the one with Afterburners will be the A-10X

If those pictures are indicative of the final product other than in gimbals then count me out on this one. I can do better with my IJ upgraded Cougar and still be happy.