Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant Airbus Edition Flight Sim Throttle - PC

This is a good starter flight stick. I am a weekend warrior when it comes to flight sims and do not want a large sim setup. I play MFS24. This flight stick works real well. I was using an Xbox conroller on PC at first and the flight stick has made it easier to land and take off. When in bad weather landing situations, I find the extra amount of play that the flight stick has compared to the controller, gives me a much better experience and more accuracy. I have not crashed a plane since switching. I started with the Thrustmaster HOTAS one and really didn't care for the throttle. It also took up alot of space on the desk when this one barely takes up any. This also has a much better gimble system then the "ball and joint' system that the HOTA one had. The throttle switch is very sensitive, but I got used to it quickly. It was basically plug and play. The game recognized it and many of the actions were pre-assigned to the stick. It was easy to remap everything that I wanted to. It feels good in the hand and has just the right amount of resistance. Even when messing around with the F18 and really pushing the stick, it stays planted on the desk without lifting or sliding. Seems to be a good value for the money.

Excelent! .. just perfect ❤️

I got MSFS in August 2020 and I had been using the keyboard for flying, but trying to control an aircraft with just a few controls on a keyboard can be very frustrating, indeed! Now that I have it, I really enjoy it, and it has really made a difference in my flying and landing performance. I really like it! This joystick has been for sale at highly inflated prices for months, sometimes even approaching twice the retail price. If you are interested in buying this, but you refuse to pay an exorbitant price, I suggest you keep checking Amazon's price every day. When I bought it, It was being sold by third party vendors through Amazon, but very few of those vendors had positive ratings, so I kept on waiting. My patience was finally rewarded when I found a vendor with 95% positive ratings, who was selling the product for under $100.00. I bought it right away. About a month after I bought it, I once saw it for sale by Amazon directly, and at the original retail price, too! So, my advice is, if you see a good price from a reliable vendor purchase it immediately, because that price won't last very long. I hope this helps. Happy flying. UPDATE: As of 2/20/21, Amazon is selling it for less than $70.00, but won't deliver until early April. If you're willing to wait, this is the best price ever. UPDATE#2: As of Oct. 2021, The joystick locks up after a minute or so into the flight. Then nothing works! It came with a one-year warranty, and I have submitted my information to the manufacturer for a replacement. It has been over three weeks, and I am still waiting to hear when the item will ship to me. i like the product, but their customer service needs to be improved. UPDATE#3: I received the replacement joystick in November 2021. Unfortunately, it totally quit functioning in less than a month. However, it is still under the original one-year warranty and Thrustmaster has agreed to send me a second replacement at no charge, for which I am grateful. I am waiting for that. UPDATE#4: It turns out that the second sidestick did not need to be replaced. The problem was a misunderstanding on my part. Initially, the second sidestick started exhibiting the same problems as the first one, but eventually, all of those problem went away. I have no idea why, but it is really working well now, so I am very happy about that. It a lot of fun to fly again, not having to worry about the sidestick malfunctioning. Also, I want to thank Thrustmaster for their support. While they weren't the fastest, they certainly knew what they were doing, and they were very helpful and patient with me. I am very pleased. UPDATE #5 1-21-23. After using this sidestick for over two years, I bought a new one. The reason: Over the last few months, I have noticed problems with the aircraft whenever I tried to take off. The plane would veer to the left on the runway, often so severely that sometimes I was unable to keep it on the runway at all. I would try to counteract this by steering heavily to the right. A week or so ago, I read that the problem could be resolved by disassembling the sidestick, but I decided that was too complicated for me to go, so I ordered another one, instead. All in all, this has been a great product, even ignoring the initial problems I had experienced.

A product with nice quality and great adjustabilty wether you need it for and FO or a CPT, works awesome with xplane12

I love the Airbus flight stick. So, it was a no-brainer to get the TCA quadrant. I will admit that my digital experience with flying the Airbus is extremely limited, and I mostly fly single-engine aircraft. So how will this quadrant compliment the already-great performance of the stick? Well, as I found out, it really varies depending on what you fly most. The quadrant itself is made of some durable plastic and is rather light. I wished it had a heavier base though. The buttons are clicky and responsive for the most part. The switches are plastic but seem that they will take some heavy use. The throttle has resistance options, although I would've liked to see a bit more resistance since the sensitivity can be off most of the time. The dual throttle levers can also be linked so that they can be used as a single-engine lever. The quadrant is connected via a USB-C to USB-A cord that has some good length, separately from the stick. I like that it’s a plug-and-play device as Windows and MS Flight Simulator recognized it immediately. Since I mostly like taking sight-seeing trips in a C152 or C172, I honestly think that the throttle control on the flight stick works better. Even after extensive tinkering with the sensitivity, button assignments, and throttle control on the quadrant, I found it cumbersome and inaccurate. Again, I am focusing on basic aircraft. However, now that I am dabbling in more complex aircraft such as the Airbus, this quadrant has become extremely valuable. Although I still had to mess around with the options (physically and in-game), it seemed to me that it was more natural, and the quadrant felt like a necessity after a couple of flights. Still, I would’ve liked for the quadrant to have more stability as raising the throttle can tip it. I ended up using a board and taped the base to it. In the end, if you fly the smaller, single-engine planes, this may be a pass, especially if you already have a good stick with throttle (or don’t mind doing it with the keyboard/mouse). However, if you fly anything with a throttle lever or dual engine planes, specifically the Airbus, this is a must-have accessory. I might even consider completing the entire quadrant with the other components.

Great controls for ToLiss products. Works effortlessly with macOS snd X-Plane 12!

Just got my Sidestick yesterday 10/6/20 and have already flown with it in MSFS2020 and the new Star Wars Rouge Squadrons game and I can say this is one of the best "Joysticks" I have ever bought. It does not feel cheap and in MSFS202 it was very precise in every way. The only negative thing I can say about the stick is that the buttons are laid out in a weird way. On the base the numbering goes Left to right top to bottom, so on the left it is 5,6,7, then below those you have reversed 10,9,8, then on the right top it is still reversed and you have 13,12,11, then below those you have in order 14,15,16. Not sure why they didn't just keep the ordering in logical order with 5,6,7 then 8,9,10 below those and then on right side have 11, 12, 13 and below those have 14, 15,16 all in order? Maybe its a typing thing I don't know as I'm self taught when it comes to typing? However the way it is now, its a little confusing when trying to memorize the buttons. Just something I have to get used to I guess? The only other negative thing and this is not really the joysticks fault is that it cost me twice the price as it is supposed to be like $69 but I had to pay almost double that as everywhere was out of stock due to all the games that need a flight stick being released close together, so that's more of a supply and demand thing and not truly a negative on the product. Hopefully they will come back down in price soon. All in All a very good joystick and I am very pleased I got it!

Buttery landings and smooth other game performance

Throttle Quadrant was faulty and didn’t work

Malgré que c’est du plastique il est de bonne qualité et tien très bien en main et il est très agréable pour voler avec par contre la molette sur le bas pour contrôler la vitesse est un peu cheap donc je recommande de vous acheter le throttle quadrant avec.

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Speedy delivery and Received in good condition. Works well.