The Best Flight Controllers - Budget to Best

Were you looking to take your space battles and flight simulations to a new realm of immersion? Well, you're not going to get there using a stock controller setup. The best way to fly is with a dedicated flight stick or yoke, and we've found three that should fit your budgetary, aviation, and space-faring needs. Whether you can get by with something simple and inexpensive or feel the need... for speed, we've got you covered on this episode of Budget to Best.

00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition
03:28 - Honeycomb Aeronautical Alpha Flight Yoke
05:28 - Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog
07:40 - Closing Thoughts

[frosted_cupkate]

Nice selection of readily-available controllers to suit a range of uses from civilian to military. Still, it's a shame you didn't cover every single controller in existence.

[Tek_TierZer]

TM Warthog really isn't the 'best'. It's a shame you didn't bother to research the flight sticks that are. They're mostly made by smaller companies that have put a lot of work into their products and would've deserved the exposure.

[CaptainC]

Can't believe they left out VKB and Virpil LOL

[Taurencowpew]

That's an interesting line-up. I'm sure no-one will be annoyed at dropping all those dollars on "the best" only to find out otherwise. *Sits back and smirks smugly in Virpil*

[Anacronian]

No VKB nor Virpil sticks, are you guys sure you know what you are talking about?

[wschnabel]

Actually have something similar to the warthog stick, the Logitech x56... which has two additional joysticks on the darned thing. Got introduced to sims back in the mid 90s on my antiquated macintosh with titles such as A-10 attack, a-10 Cuba, and Hornets over Korea.

[MGHYALN]

VKB probably has some of the best mid range products

[stephen]

What a terrible list when you don't even mention the two best options.

[Mryoshi]

Nice vid

Can I use the airbus yoke in warthunder as well?

[BWB_Cubing]

1:45 the throttle is not included for the 89€ though
and using that included one is pretty bad, i havent tried it in a game (cause i dont have a stick) but i have at least seen it in a store where you could kind of test it, but it wasnt connected to a computer or anything

[lastlogicallib]

Wow! This video has restored my belief in a creator. I mean, obviously this guy was literally designed for flight simulator.😂😂😂 seriously though, I wish reviews had exactly this format. 👏
7:38 🥹 as soon as I posted, he starts the first verse of danger zone. Makes me think of being six years old, me and Alan on the playground with one of those tape recorders about the size of a shoebox (but flatter), with the 1 speaker and the little flip up cassette slot both on the top. I can only remember playing two songs over and over: highway to the danger zone and… Guns N’ Roses-Patience😂 Brought me way back.

[narimantasglinskis]

who in here remembers "extreme 3D pro"

[philipvanover]

Turtle beach Velocity One is nice. Trim wheel, programmable buttons, constant speed prop, mixture, thrust, and multi quadrant. You can literally program real flight operations to the buttons.

[Jaxplanes]

Say if I get a side stick like in a Airbus would it work in a Boeing plane in Microsoft flight sim

[CreepHimself]

You forgot Thrustmaster TCA Yoke Boeing Edition its probably the best one out there

[alexanderhutse]

Very nice video, after playing for more than 15 years PlayStation I decided to buy an Xbox only for flight simulator. But what flight stick? Can you flight all plane with a stick or all with a youk (sorry ENG isn’t my native language ) the other dubbel stick? Or do you need both?
The last trustmaster stick remember at my childhood my father had something like that more than 25 years ago. Was very well quality but on pc….

[touzster]

No thurstmaster is not the best hotas... omg

[abnrmal]

Didn't know AhleanX had moved from weights to meth and videogames.

[dracolich]

Dude you are HILARIOUS. had me cracking up the whole time. Awesome review.

[ChrisAmidon]

Came for the recommendation, stayed for the handsome