Microsoft Flight Simulator & Co.: Thrustmaster brings Airbus Flight Stick

On By Garmin Philip
Microsoft Flight Simulator & Co.: Thrustmaster brings Airbus Flight Stick


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To better control the Microsoft Flight Simulator, Thurstmaster offers new Flight Sticks, which are official replicas from the Airbus A320 and A320 Neo.

Microsoft Flight Simulator recently received support for DLSS 2, and DLSS 3 will follow later. When presenting the RTX 4090 & Co., Nvidia itself also showed DLSS 3 for flight simulation, with the fps number supposed to more than double. In addition to the graphics boost for PC players, an adequate control unit is also recommended in order to be able to control the flight simulator accurately. Thrustmaster has now released the TCA Sidestick X Airbus Edition and the TCA Captain Pack X Airbus Edition.

New edition from the price-performance winner in the PCGH test

Both the sidesticks and the quadrant are replicas of the control unit of an Airbus A320/A320 Neo. With the new ecosystem hub, the products should be easy to connect to the PC or Xbox Series X|S with just a single USB cable. The predecessor Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition was already able to in the PCGH test as the price-performance winner leave the field.

Above all, the very good equipment including axle lock and reverse thrust as well as the ergonomics of the joystick were convincing. We described the small thrust lever as in need of improvement. The manufacturer has taken up exactly this point of criticism and would like to supply an improved thrust lever with the TCA Sidestick X Airbus Edition. There are also new pushbutton switches.

In the 300 euro expensive package Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack X Airbus Edition the new sidestick is combined with a four-axis thrust lever quadrant. With the Ecosystem-Hub you can also combine the control unit with Thrustmaster rudder pedals. Who only the new Sidestick X Airbus Edition According to the manufacturer, if you want to buy it, you have to pay just under 120 euros. If you use the Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Collection for the new Thrustmaster joystick:

  • Thrustmaster has now released the 120 euro TCA Sidestick X Airbus Edition and the TCA Captain Pack X Airbus Edition.
  • In the Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack X Airbus Edition package, which costs 300 euros, the new sidestick is combined with a four-axis thrust lever quadrant.
  • With the new Sidestick X, the manufacturer wants to have accepted the criticism from the PCGH test and is equipping the price-performance winner with a new, small thrust lever.
  • In conjunction with the Microsoft Flight Simulator, the new peripherals should be recognized automatically.

Source: Thrustmaster

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