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Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog: to buy or not buy, info wanted pls

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If it were me, I'd have had it winging its way back to Amazon about an hour after getting off the phone. No way I'd be trying to patch together a brand-new $500 controller with a hot glue gun.

 

Not a very good showing for Guillemot/Thrustmaster. That's going to temper my usually enthusiastic recommendations for their stuff.

 

Regards


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Howard / Bob

 

I don't blame Thrustmaster or Amazon at all....

I bought it "Used, in excellent condition" from an Amazon seller, and got it for £240.. Was ready to send it back to the seller but I soooo desperately wanted to keep it and get it working...

 

Good news is, it was just the silver bracket that holds the DIN plug up, the bracket had let go of the din plug and I managed to super-glue the bracket back onto the din plug, give it a squeeze with pliers and its rock solid, plugged it in and bingo, all working perfectly!

 

So I saved £120 on a new one, and got to keep it, so I'm chuffed really..

Thrustmaster were VERY quick to help me, so don't let this be a bad reflection on them guys, if anything, without their quick help, it would be on its way back to Amazon tomorrow :-)

 

Now to figure out how to configure the thing in FSUIPC..

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Richard;

 

OK, thanks for "the rest of the story." It sure sounded harsh that TM wouldn't offer to fix it, but given it was a used unit, it all makes sense now.

 

Anyway, glad you've finally got it working--you're really going to like flying with it. After I got it put in I spent the rest of the day and evening flying patterns and carrier traps in the T-38 and VRS Superbug. The tricked-out TM Cougar I've been using since 2005 has been a good stick, but the Warthog really is a step up. And FSUIPC setup is very easy.

 

Cheers


Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc
ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V

System1 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS @ 6.0GHz, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090
Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@30Hz,
3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU, 1.2Gbps internet
Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro
PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box

Sys2 (MSFS/XPlane): i9-10900K @ 5.1GHz, 32GB 3600/15, nVidia RTX4090FE, Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, EVGA 1000P2
Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, 2x TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case

Portable Sys3 (P3Dv4/FSX/DCS): i9-9900K @ 5.0 Ghz, Noctua NH-D15, 32GB 3200/16, EVGA RTX3090, Dell S2417DG 24" GSync
Corsair RM850x PSU, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog HOTAS, Coolermaster HAF XB case

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We can expect a used item to have some sort of malfunction and your stick was one of the unfortunate ones, but we are glad it got sorted out now. The problem you posted here may even help others in the future.

 

We hope to get your feedback as a warty user as well, good luck.

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Welcome to the Hog club Richard :Party: BTW, what a low life to sell something in 'excellent condition' that was obviously faulty.


Howard
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To be honest I think its designed to push in just in case someone tries to force the joystick onto the base the wrong way around, at least it stops them completely ruining the plug and socket.


Cheers, Andy.

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you got very good service considering your a second owner. Most support tickets require original purchase details.


ZORAN

 

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Welcome to the Hog club Richard :Party:

Thanks mate :lol:

 

To be honest I think its designed to push in just in case someone tries to force the joystick onto the base the wrong way around, at least it stops them completely ruining the plug and socket.
That's an excellent point, I could easily see some folk doing that...

 

You got very good service considering your a second owner. Most support tickets require original purchase details.

 

Indeed, that's why I wanted to make sure I came back to let you know... Sadly people are quick to bash and slow to praise, so my hats off to Guillemot or whatever they are called, and I wrote to the ebay seller yesterday to ask them "How much of a refund are they going to give me for the hassle I've had" and was offer a 20% refund for my troubles...

 

I would say, that, my friends, is a bloomin RESULT! :P:P:P

 

A working Warthog, which is immaculately clean, it really doesn't look used at all, for £192! WOW

 

They said they do have other units available too if anybody is thinking about getting one and wants to save a load of dosh.. Mine was £240

 

So, tonight is hopefully FSUIPC night and Accufeel 2 :-)

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Does anybody have a diagram of the Warthog, something like a Powerpoint black and white diagram at all?

Been looking for one for hours but no luck...

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I have some "blank" diagrams adapted from the Thrustmaster manual. Will post a link when home this evening.

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i am on buying a desktop now but will def. buy the warty as well.

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Here are some shots from the Thrustmaster manual without any annotations. I print these out for taking notes, design, and testing. When finalized, use Paint or similar to label a set with desired assignments. The Thrustmaster manual has these drawings with the switch numbers on them.

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Thanks Henry, I managed to find some nice colour photos to use and have stuck them together into a Powerpoint labelling all the controls with the FSUIPC identifiers..

Going to start a new thread for Hotas config queries...

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