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    Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition.

    Anyone bought one of these. How would having a seperate USB Throttle unit go with our game?

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    Re: Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition.

    Hi,
    CloD allows you to use USB HOTAS without any problems, such as Trustmaster, Logitech and others. I personally have connected via USB, the jostyck, the ruder pedals and the throttle.
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    Re: Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition.

    As Rontaila says, you can have all sorts of USB peripherals operating in this sim. A very useful item is a powered USB hub for a couple of reasons:

    1) The hub only takes up one USB port on your PC, freeing up the remaining PC USB ports for other non-sim uses.

    2) Provided you keep this powered USB hub permanently plugged into the same PC USB port, you won’t have to continually reassign your joystick, throttle, rudder pedals, etc in Clod’s CONTROLS section - which happens when you change USB ports. Welcome to the joys of Windows 10 which assigns each USB port a specific ID which Clod uses to identify your joystick etc. The powered hub keeps all your peripherals recognized by Clod - so long as you keep that powered USB hub plugged into the same PC USB port.

    USB powered hubs are not expensive and are really handy.
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    Re: Thrustmaster TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition.

    I'm not an owner of, and have never used this stick, but I am a former A-319/A-320 pilot. For authenticity, TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition (TSAE), and TCA Quadrant Airbus edition throttles, as seen in the advertisements, look very much like the ones in the actual airplane. The down side is that Airbus throttles are, in my opinion, very unsuitable for manual engine control. As you can see in TM's pictures, the range of motion is quite short, like the real thing. The reason lies in the fact that all Airbus A320 controls are digital and designed for auto-throttles use in nearly all flight regimes. Even when you think you're controlling the engines, you're not... the Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) actually makes the motors go 'round. The pilot only provides a command to the FADEC with the throttles.

    Longer, less authentic looking throttles, are much more realistically implemented in simulators having different aircraft types, especially those with piston engines or cable controlled jets. I suppose you could add an extension to these to make TSAE's feel right, if indeed they even can behave like analog throttle levers.

    I'm a big Thrustmaster fan, so I'm not just "picking" on these... I just think there are better choices available for authentic USE (not appearance), especially in CLoD. For Airbus sims exclusively, they're probably terrific.

    For realistic gameplay in CLoD, i recommend separate stick, throttles, and rudders. There's lots of good advice in these forums about which to select. My advice: Bring your checkbook.
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