New flight simulator joystick from Thrustmaster

Thrustmaster has issued the following press release regarding their new T.Flight Stick X joystick:

Thrustmaster’s latest joystick is not just easy to use – it has everything necessary to faithfully reproduce the sensations experienced by pilots. T.Flight Stick X takes realism to the highest level: a weighted base for perfect stability even when carrying out sharp maneuvers, large hand-rest for comfortable use, rapid-fire trigger for optimal performance, rudder for effective flat turns, throttle to control fuel flow, multidirectional hat-switch and more… Yet the T.Flight Stick X is also particularly formidable in terms of its technology, including the functions which have become Thrustmaster’s trademark: mapping to adapt each of the 12 buttons and 4 axes according to the user’s preferences, presets to instantly switch from one programming to another, and finally an internal memory to save the latest programming configurations.

Piloting made easy in all games

Being totally Plug & Play and preprogrammed, T.Flight Stick X can be used immediately without first having to be configured in the game’s options! Whether you’re playing “Flight Simulator X®â€? or “Acceleration®â€? from Microsoft® on PC or “Blazing Angels® 2: Secret Missions of WWIIâ€? from Ubisoft® on PlayStation® 3, as soon as T.Flight Stick X is connected, you can immediately retract or extend the landing gear, retract or extend the flaps, tilt the nose of the aircraft up or down… simply by pressing the corresponding button.

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