Thrustmaster T-16000M FCS HOTAS reviews

Love it great rig took ages to decide and I made the right choice!

Amazing product, comfortable and durable. I used the X-56 rhino's and they were horrible in comparison to this puppy the prices should be reversed. Highly recommended as your best choice for flight controls.

My HOTAS came with a known defect where the z axis of the joystick develops slop and becomes unusable. It happened to me in about a year. Would recommend something at a slightly higher price point as they are sturdier and have more buttons.

Throttle is very smooth in its travel, and the sheer number of mappable buttons & toggle switches are amazing. The joystick however leaves a little to be desired – Out of the box there was jitter in the roll and pitch axis, requiring quite a bit of time adjusting the deadzone to eliminate it. The thrustmaster “TARGET” software is somewhat difficult to use, and would continuously misidentify my cpu cooler water pump, instead of to the joystick when trying to map custom button features and adjust the deadzone calibration and expo curves.

Would also have been nice to have a few more buttons/toggles on the joystick itself instead of on the base. However for this price point, it's hard to complain. Both the throttle and stick feel solid, and have a nice weight to them so they don't slide around all over your desk. Solid 3.5/5

The throttle was quite sticky but with the redistribution of grease and easing off the clamp this improved the motion. Still tends to stutter slightly. Will readdresss this later. Found it difficult to program to represent Flight Sims P3d operation but will spend more time on it. Nice movement with the joystick.

Came well packaged and was quick and easy to set up. Works great with dcs and arma 3 and I could imagine many others. Loads of buttons and feels great. Has a reasonable price point for Australia and the best choice for a first hotas system.

Switches could be a bit better as far as build quality, they all work brilliantly but feel a little meh. Still all considered for the price it is brilliant.