Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition (Compatible with PC)

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.

Great stick for use with XPlane and MSFS. Really Durable and feels great

I bought this a few months ago and it is very nice. The quality is good. The engine master switches were slightly bent out of the box, but it was nothing too severe. The engine mode selector is nice and firm. The throttle levers are very smooth and the detents are very clicky. It also feels very heavy (although that's probably because they added some weights, but still good regardless). The unboxing was nice and the quadrant was securely packaged. Setting up was as easy as plugging the thing in. I didn't even have to reconfigure MSFS 2020 at all to use it. The ability to turn off the detents is a very thoughtful feature for flying non-Airbus aircraft. The thrust reverser is very good as well. I also like that they use USB-C for the connection. I can see myself using Thrustmaster flight sim products for a long while. $130 well spent.

It's great for the price. I really enjoy using it. Much better than the Boeing one. For anyone looking for any kind of throttle that will do both Airbus and Boeing planes, look no further. Please note though, you will likely have to run through the calibration for each aircraft that you use, and when using Boeing planes, you will need to configure the settings. However, airnott on YouTube has a great video on how to do that.

quality product, very good seller, I recommend

Bought these to add to my flight sim setup and they work great! Excellent response and very easy to setup! Get a much more realistic feeling using these.

I previously ordered the captain pack and loved it but wanted too add a second set of throttles to it. Upon receiving the captain pack the quadrant is connected through sata cables on the bottom side of quadrant. They are very specific and I could not find them anywhere but on thrustmaster’s website. Upon receiving this section of the quadrant I was unable to use is with the others due to there not being a sata cable included in the hardware kit that comes with it. Contact the customer support. They are very grateful and helped amazingly and sent me one.

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!