And although this HOTAS does have a bit of a dedicated cap on throttle and assign-to-yaw function, many ED Commanders find this HOTAS too complicated to use efficiently. However, as the Warthog had no z-axis in the control stick, this feature is also absent from the gaming HOTAS, which means that while ships can fly up, down, right, and left in-game, they cannot yaw, making the ship relatively useless. On the surface, it seems that this should be the most popular HOTAS on the market, since it is a 1-to-1 replica of the actual aircraft HOTAS. Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog with H.E.A.R.T- This is the one and only full-metal HOTAS system, which is based on the original A-10 Warthog fighter place HOTAS. It is very strange that the Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS Flight Pack was not designed to look like HOTAS in ED ships, especially considering its target market. Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS- This HOTAS was designed especially for Elite: Dangerous, although it's not as popular as the X52 because of some design and button placement issues. It's (probably) popular mainly because of the price, which is much lower than the competition. This means ED commanders aren't able to bind as many commands to the stick. It's the simplest on the market because it a.) doesn't have many buttons and b.) has fewer switches. Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X - This is a very interesting HOTAS system. So, while the X52 is certainly a legend amongst ED players and their go-to HOTAS system - some of players, like CMDR Elenar, Imperial King, and Leader, of the in-game faction Achenar Immortals, have few doubts about the X52's superiority: It seems that also the system's visual similarity to ED's in-game HOTAS system (the one visible in every ship cockpits) plays a vital role in the X52 being the best option for ED. Regardless, a lot of those asked confirmed that if they were thinking about ergonomics, the X52 leaves all other HOTAS systems in the dust. To be clear, according to Commanders using this system to play Elite: Dangerous on a daily basis, the X52 is far from perfect: It's not sturdy enough and prone to micro switch failures. It has not only enough buttons to be bound, but it's layout is also exactly of the right design for playing ED in the most optimal way possible.Īccording to and IGN review, the X52 is a good looking and ergonomic HOTAS system, which should be considered by many players as a very good option for flight simulators and space simulators. Many commanders answered that the Best HOTAS for Elite: Dangerous is Saitek X52 Flight Control System.Īccording to 82 players, the X52 is the only real option for game. To establish which HOTAS is the chosen one by ED Commanders, I went to the source - I asked members of the biggest in-game group of players called the Elite Dangerous Community. It shows off the serious complexity of the bindings and gives proper perspective to the subject - piloting your ship is the matter of in-game life or death. It's no wonder that most of the commanders in ED have decided to use different HOTAS systems to control their ships.īelow are the binding options for one of the most popular HOTAS control sticks. They're also able to operate all functions necessary to keep ED commanders alive in space. Hands on throttle-and-stick systems (or HOTAS) are the next best options because of their throttle and significant button and switch mapping, which is ready for immediate in-game binding.
One look at a cockpit in an ED space ship - and some basic knowledge about the game's complexity - makes it readily apparent that just any joystick will not do.
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