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What happens to the Thrustmaster F-18 stick ?

 

June 10th huh? It’s strange that Thrustmaster has been awfully quiet about this.

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So it's 30 Euros more expensive than VKB and Virpil's counterpart. You can't really use that low $201 Warthog joystick price since the retail price is $299, plus it's not a brand new product. If the TM F/A-18 grip $199 on Amazon US with free 2-day Prime shipping, I might bite, it would actually be cheaper than what I paid for VKB and Virpil's grips with expensive shipping from oversea.

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It said it was new. Used were cheaper.

 

No I meant the Warthog has been out for years (a decade?), so you will see discount like this sometimes compared to a fresh new product which won't see the price reduction anytime soon. During last Thanksgiving, the whole setup was just $350 which was really a steal.

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Throttles: TMW, Winwing Super Taurus, Logitech Throttle Quadrant, Realsimulator Throttle (soon)

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If this really is the value, it is as I feared, more expensive than the line of racing steering wheels.:(

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Interesting, but rather expensive for only a grip, though at least it's metal.

 

Is this small rotary wheel functioning like an encoder or what?

 

I might consider it when I see how it functions with the Cougar base, since that VKB MCG-TM grip never came about and I need another grip as I have two different bases.

 

Also keeping an eye on that WingWin development, as that package looks rather promising (especially the modular throttle grips and plates) if they can offer it from a Euro located store or something without super inflating the price.


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Maybe Thrustmaster is trusting that they have dominant fan base among a HOTAS users, and they can want higher price as how many wants to get new HOTAS just to avoid paying extra for one new grip?

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The price is not far from the virpil (217 euros including taxes and shipping) and vkb grips...why you say it is so high?

The stick will also be metal and not plastic...probably rising the cost..but for me is 204 euros including taxes and shipping. I don’t see any scandal here.

Also because you won’t need a warthog base to use it...but if you have a virpil, fssb r3, or brunner cls-e you will be able to use it as well.

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Totally buying this. It’s not cheap, but yeah, not far off from VPC grips.

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Interesting, but rather expensive for only a grip, though at least it's metal.

 

Which is funny because I understand the real ones are Plastic?

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The price is not far from the virpil (217 euros including taxes and shipping) and vkb grips...why you say it is so high?

The stick will also be metal and not plastic...probably rising the cost..but for me is 204 euros including taxes and shipping. I don’t see any scandal here.

Also because you won’t need a warthog base to use it...but if you have a virpil, fssb r3, or brunner cls-e you will be able to use it as well.

 

Do you realize what you're saying? Since when has TM been more expensive than Virpil?

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From Facebook TM page. Get ready folks!4d4ce1028898532328c946ff1dda2f10.jpg

 

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From Facebook TM page. Get ready folks!4d4ce1028898532328c946ff1dda2f10.jpg

 

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Considering this pic has been retweeted by TM sponsored racing sim players, I doubt this is related to the Hornet stick.

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That looks like a HUD frame behind the box .. :unsure:

 

.. then there's this pic ..

 

Look at the box below the stick .. :joystick:

 

So, I believe it's the new F-18 HOTAS.

 

.. pity about the pricing .. :(

 

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Now I slightly regret the recent T50CM2 purchase. Oh well, there is no such thing as having too many sticks anyway :)

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Joystick bases: TMW, VPC WarBRD, MT50CM2, VKB GFII, FSSB R3L

Joystick grips: TM (Warthog, F/A-18C), Realsimulator (F-16SGRH, F-18CGRH), VKB (Kosmosima LH, MCG, MCG Pro), VPC MongoosT50-CM2

Throttles: TMW, Winwing Super Taurus, Logitech Throttle Quadrant, Realsimulator Throttle (soon)

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