It keeps catching like there is plastic on plastic contact and as if there was no lubricant at all

NOT cheap plastic and NOT flimsy

The product is made of hard durable plastics.

, maybe some sort of softer plastic or something would do for the buttons.)

At first I was skeptical because it appeared to me that the Thrustmaster T-flight stick might be made of cheap light weight plastic and just wouldn't feel right

The plastic creaks a bit like plastic does, but it works very well, is sensitive enough, and has good button placement

Other high end throttle and stick sets feel more solid and less plastic but this is cosmetic

feels light due to price, but the plastic doesn't feel hollow when you tap it.

Joystick and throttle are very responsive and ergonomic despite being made completely of hard plastic

Overall, I was concerned about the cheap plastic feel and the "Made in China" logo

It's made out of very sturdy metal and thick plastic

I was a little curious if this was going to be a "cheap plastic" joystick, but in fact it is a GREAT joystick!!

All in all, my verdict is that it's a great value for what you pay andTHE GOOD:- Solid (plastic

Other high end throttle and stick sets feel more solid and less plastic but this is cosmetic

I was sceptical about a Hotas that was this inexpensive because I thought it would be a cheap plastic one.

Construction is solid, good plastic, it survived a 3 foot drop (don't let excited dogs near your rig) and works like the day I pulled it from the box

The plastic creaks a bit like plastic does, but it works very well, is sensitive enough, and has good button placement

Buttons feel like cheap plastic so don't mash them

At $49.99 you might expect somewhat limited functionality and a cheap, plastic feel.

Nice shape / comfortable grips.- Throttle stick has a nice "catch" zone at 0 value, letting you easily kill your speed without switching into reverse.~ CONS ~- Cheap and noisy plastic construction.- Catchy, inaccurate movement on every axis of the joystick.- Huge deadzones that the configuration software won't fix.- Short cord between the sticks makes fitting a keyboard between pretty difficult

The product is made of hard durable plastics.

Made of fairly cheap plastic, this is going to wear out after a while.

The throttle is realy bad with more dead-zone and after a month of use the throttle got so loose i.e. not staying in place.i wedged some thin plastic into the sides of the throttles joints to give it more friction

Beyond the poor movement and feel of the stick, the cheap plastic makes a groaning/squeaking sound that I wasn't able to ignore, though I imagine this might have gradually improved if I had taken the time to break in the stick and wear down whatever component was causing the sound

Inside structure is thin plastic garbage that was cracked in one place rendering a button unusable, but was easily fixed with some superglue.

Does not have force feedback... does not have 125 buttons... looks kind of cheap plastic, pros say it has a very large "deadzone"... bla bla bla

Works great (P_N_P) on Win7 Pro.

my first one, so I have nothing to compare, but works great with Elite and MS flight Sim - as a

The throttle is smooth and solid with plenty of buttons to use which are located perfectly for index finger and thumb control, it also has a center zone that clicks in at zero throttle which I love as it keeps me from sliding into reverse in the heat of things

not annoyingly so and works just as good as

I really hate when sticks already come a little loose as they just worsen over time

I use the controller with the FS as-well-as with ATS games and for me, it's simply works great and at what I feel at a very fair price.

My quest for a programmable usb joystick and throttle combination for XP led me to the super affordable T-Flight Hotas USB Controller.

I bought this to play Elite: Dangerous (I

I bought it to better play Elite: Dangerous (I backed it from inception and have had acces from alpha builds