Hi All

I Currently using the TM A320 throttle but I’m finding it’s starting to wear out a bit… any suggestions for alternative's?

Thanks

Matt

Wait for WinWings. 

I’m curious what’s wearing out?  Isn’t it all Hall sensors, which in theory shouldn’t wear out?

Edited May 2, 20251 yr by regis9

Wear? How often do you use them? I bought them when they were released and they still work exactly the same.

As they should as they are not even 4 years old at this point.

I bought the MOD 3D plastic for these TM AIRBUS some years ago which in theory would extend the axis from idle to climb but in reality its still a pain.

Small adjustment still has a very large input in terms of %. So small correction without AT is impossible. Hopefully the wing wings version is better in this regards.

Michael Moe 

Edited May 2, 20251 yr by Michael Moe

I use honeycomb with the A320 mod - very nice for me.

10 hours ago, regis9 said:

I’m curious what’s wearing out?  Isn’t it all Hall sensors, which in theory shouldn’t wear out?

Nope .. The twist axis is a pot. Have the 1600M which the TM airbus  is based off and i have had to partially disassemble and clean it up.

On 5/2/2025 at 2:50 PM, Maxis said:

Nope .. The twist axis is a pot. Have the 1600M which the TM airbus  is based off and i have had to partially disassemble and clean it up.

This is absolutely incorrect. The TM airbus contains only hall effect sensors.

On 5/1/2025 at 11:12 PM, mattloveday1987 said:

Hi All

I Currently using the TM A320 throttle but I’m finding it’s starting to wear out a bit… any suggestions for alternative's?

Thanks

Matt

There is nothing to wear out. It is all hall effect sensors.

1 hour ago, alanw2005 said:

There is nothing to wear out. It is all hall effect sensors.

 

The Airbus Joystick was based on this model (Which is the model i have and had to personally clean out on the twist axis / the rest of the joysick is hall effect )  .. So unless they revised it to be completley 100% hall effect.. Which i am not seeing in your documentation ..

I would also note the user manual of the product explains its hall effect on the X and Y axis. NO MENTION of the Z axis is made in the hall effect section of the user manual.

The user manual can be found here

https://support.thrustmaster.com/en/product/tca-sidestick-airbus-edition-en/

 

I would also note that the image you posted shows the pot sensor (The U shaped plug seated within a ring within the springs which controls the twist function) The Hall effect sensor is immediately below it.

Also review

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/your-opinion-on-thrustmaster-airbus-side-stick/447436/9

Which states the experiences of owners of the airbus TCA with the same issues on the TWIST AXIS (Z AXIS).

I would finally advise you to do a simple google search of TCA Airbus Z Axis on google.. examine the responses and then decide for yourself if this joystick is 100% hall effect. Considering i have a variant of the product that i had to personally repair and barring any recent updates  i know the answer or i would not have posted.

Cheers

 

Edited May 9, 20251 yr by Maxis

48 minutes ago, Maxis said:

 

The Airbus Joystick was based on this model (Which is the model i have and had to personally clean out on the twist axis / the rest of the joysick is hall effect )  .. So unless they revised it to be completley 100% hall effect.. Which i am not seeing in your documentation ..

 

Also review

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/your-opinion-on-thrustmaster-airbus-side-stick/447436/9

Which states the experiences of owners of the airbus TCA with the same issues on the TWIST AXIS (Z AXIS).

I would advise you to do a simple google search of TCA Airbus Z Axis on google.. examine the responses and then decide for yourself if this joystick is 100% hall effect. Considering i have a variant of the product that i had to personally repair and barring any recent updates  i know the answer or i would not have posted.

Cheers

 

That is not the Thrustmaster Airbus sidestick. The Airbus model has a hall effect sensor. Please read the literature I posted above. Or refer to the website:

https://www.thrustmaster.com/products/tca-sidestick-airbus-edition/

Hall effect sensors are only a few dollars.

But let's say it did have a pot for the yaw axis. Wouldn't someone with the Airbus pack have pedals? 

That would be word not allowed cheap and stupid of Thrustmaster to upgrade to HE sensors put leave a pot on the yaw axis.

Edited May 9, 20251 yr by alanw2005

11 minutes ago, alanw2005 said:

That is not the Thrustmaster Airbus sidestick. The Airbus model has a hall effect sensor. Please read the literature I posted above. Or refer to the website:

https://www.thrustmaster.com/products/tca-sidestick-airbus-edition/

I did .. and you're conveniently ignoring the fact that

1. The TCM airbus is a reskin of the 1600M

2. The supporting evidence using the airbus TCM which includes its user manual from the manufacturers website

3. Did you even bother doing the search i asked you do to verify the experiences of everyone else using the Airbus TCA ?

Here is another Link PICTURE INCLUDED IN THE THREAD OF A TCA AIRBUS  with the pot described as i did before.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/tca-airbus-joystick-rudder-twitch/508909

Do i need to go any further or is this not the same stick again ?

Edited May 9, 20251 yr by Maxis

Not sure why the sidestick is being discussed here as it's irrelevant to the OP's question about the throttle.

 

1 minute ago, sultanofswing said:

Not sure why the sidestick is being discussed here as it's irrelevant to the OP's question about the throttle.

 

Good point. Just annoying that someone chooses to challenge on an issue that he is not fully informed about.

A joystick does not have to be sold with a rudder axis so for the purposes of marketing they can assert that the joystick is 100% hall effect for the joystick X and Y Axis

The rest of the feature set including the rudder axis (Z) can be whatever they want to use and in this case they used a pot. Guy is finding everything under the sun to discount. Short of me of giving him the number to the authorized Thrustmaster support center in here in miami to call for verification i guess he will never acquiesce to the facts before him. 

But i digress there is enough explanation for anyone interested to go through and figure it out and rightfully so the op is pointing out the throttle (Which is unusual).

So i will leave it there.

2 hours ago, alanw2005 said:

This is absolutely incorrect. The TM airbus contains only hall effect sensors.

Please get your facts right before posting on the internet. I have the TM TCA Captains Edition and the Z-axis (yaw) on the stick is an old-fashioned pot.

How do I know? Well I have opened it up twice to repair it ...