[OPEN BOX] Thrustmaster F-16C Viper HOTAS Add-Onn Grip / Metal Design Incorporating Durable / 19 Action Buttons / Plus One 8-way Hat Switch / Extensive In-game Compatibility / OB-2960848

The Thrustmaster F-16C Viper HOTAS Add-On Flight Control Grip is a metal-construction stick head that carries 19 programmable action buttons and one 8-way hat switch. Robust metal build is what lets it absorb intense sessions without loosening, and its broad compatibility across flight simulation titles means the grip fits into a sim setup rather than dictating one. Precision handling is the point of it.

Nineteen programmable action buttons sit on the grip itself, which is what keeps your hand on the stick instead of reaching across to a keyboard mid-engagement. Each one can be mapped to whichever in-game function you use most, so weapon selection, countermeasures and system toggles all live within thumb and finger reach during flight.

A single 8-way point of view hat switch handles look direction, giving eight discrete view angles from one thumb position. In a cockpit sim that is how you clear your six or track a target through a turn without letting go of the stick, and having it on the grip head is what makes head movement part of flying rather than a separate action.

This is an authentic 1:1 scale model of the F-16C Viper flight stick, officially licensed by the U.S. Air Force and made from industrial-grade materials for outstanding durability. The 19 action buttons and the 8-way point of view hat switch are laid out to meet what serious flight simulation gamers expect from a replica at full scale.

Constructed entirely from metal, the grip reproduces the operational feel of the real F-16C Viper flight stick rather than approximating it. The buttons and triggers carry pressure sensitivity and response matched to the actual hardware, so the amount of force a command needs in the sim is the amount it needs in the aircraft.

The grip integrates with Digital Combat Simulator through the dedicated DCS: F-16C Viper module, where the mapping is fine-tuned against the scenarios real F-16C Viper pilots fly. That pairing is the closest this hardware gets to its source material, because the controls and the simulated aircraft were specified around the same airframe.

The F-16C Viper HOTAS Add-On Grip is universally compatible with all Thrustmaster joystick bases, the HOTAS Cougar, the HOTAS Warthog and the HOTAS Magnetic Base among them, each sold separately. That means an existing Thrustmaster base can take this grip head directly, which is the whole reason for buying a grip on its own.

In the hand the grip is shaped for comfort across a long sim session, so navigating menus, systems and flight controls stays manageable rather than becoming tiring. That comfort is what makes pilot-like immersion sustainable, since the point of a full-scale replica is losing awareness of the hardware while you fly.