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Pablo_Alcaniz

Please help me choose a new throttle.

Hi everyone!

A bit of context: I recently purchased a hotas combo of the famous W brand. The joystick is okay, but the throttle is a stiction nightmare. It's almost feel like a scam to be honest. If the throttle stays still for 4-5 seconds the next move requires a ridiculous amount of force.

As a personal flaw I really hate stiction. A lot. It ruin my immersion completely.

So my question for you guys is: exists a throttle base without stiction?

These past days I was thinking about Virpil and VKB, but looking online I see that the STECS also have stiction and the Virpil caps and slew durability are not the best thing in the world. So... I kinda lost and I don't know what to do.

Posted Jan 27, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC

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