For Flight Simulator and Co .: Cheap flight sticks from 70 Euro in the test Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition Titanwolf Vulture Conclusion At least since the new edition of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, the control stick has experienced a renaissance as a gaming accessory. Because even if the demanding flight simulation can even be (reasonably) controlled with the keyboard or the gamepad, both do not convey the full feeling of flying.

Sophisticated flight hardware is very expensive and takes up a lot of space – on the desk and in the closet. For occasional flyers, investing in a cheap flight stick is the best compromise between realism and suitability for everyday use. But which one gives the virtual pilot the best flight experience?

After years of abstinence, Microsoft has released a new flight simulator. The 2000 is graphically enormously impressive, but the game also convinces with its old virtues the simulation friends.

To find out, we have selected two particularly interesting models and set out on a few traffic patterns. The more civilian Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition and the martially designed Titanwolf Vulture are used. Both models are explicitly designed as a flight stick, so in addition to the two analog axes for left and right as well as above and below they also have an analog axis for the rudder and an analog thrust control. The two additions can hardly be dispensed with for flight simulations, but the sensitive thrust control also enhances action games such as Star Wars: Squadrons immensely.

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