Thrustmaster's latest flight throttle.
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Thrustmaster’s new flight throttle brings back memories

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Thrustmaster launched a flight throttle that brought back memories for me this week. The Thrust Master Weapon Control System Throttle is aimed at virtual pilots who enjoy flight simulator games.

This new throttle controls your speed and has buttons, so you can fire a variety of weapons while you control your aircraft with a joystick in your other hand. I didn’t know they were still making these things, as the flight sim market isn’t what it used to be.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.