For many moons now, the Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog has sat at the top of our best joysticks guide, staring down threateningly at the plastic-based options below. It's quite possibly one of the most substantial bits of hardware we've ever tested when it comes to build quality and delivers a substantial dose of realism—for a slightly eye-watering $550.
Thrustmaster has been beavering away on a new flight stick base design, however, and it calls it the AVA. That stands for Advanced Versatile Aviation, and it's essentially a modular base for Thrustmaster's future flight sticks. You can buy it as a separate unit, or you can choose to buy it as part of the AVA FA18 Super Hornet flight stick bundle, as I have in front of me here.
