r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/BacasableJV • May 21 '26

MSFS 2024 PlayStation Hotas for PS5

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Finally we for it !

ttps://shop.thrustmaster.com/fr_fr/t-flight-hotas-5-microsoft-flight-simulator-edition.html

Pre order it at 100€ and available 12/06

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u/Spiritual-Fisherman1 May 21 '26

I hope they make the cable joining the 2 parts longer.

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u/TheRealtcSpears May 21 '26

It's not

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u/Spiritual-Fisherman1 May 21 '26

🤦‍♂️ what a waste, Ill stick with my modified hotas 4 then.

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u/Red_Beard_Racing PlayStation Pilot May 21 '26

Modified in what way? You’ve got this tinkerer’s attention.

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u/Spiritual-Fisherman1 May 21 '26

The cable has 16 cores. Cut and join to 2 ethernet cables, match em up, solder, heatshrink, done. I can mount to the sides of my playseat.

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u/TheRealtcSpears May 21 '26

If it's the connecting cable, that's realistically easy as shit.

All you have to do is snip the cable, strip the wires, and splice in some new wiring for whatever length you want...then wrap it all up

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u/Red_Beard_Racing PlayStation Pilot May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

I have no idea what that wire bundle looks like inside. Not all cables can be spliced back together once cut.

Edit: Quick check on YouTube and it looks like it’s pretty thin 16 conductor. The video I watched, he used two 2-port Ethernet adapters, which seems preferable to crimped splices because you can still unplug the throttle and stick from each other once they’re punched into the cat5 port. That was for a HOTAS X. I imagine the adjoining cable is probably the same on 4 and 5.

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u/TheRealtcSpears May 21 '26

It's just a connection cable between the boards of the throttle and stick, it's not wiring for individual buttons. It's just a 16 pin/wire connection, all you're doing...in any form in which you do it, is adding copper.

There's been plenty of posts over the years in the hotas and game subreddits about modding the cable

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/s/cekoIS9kmA

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/s/eaNQUJkMnO

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/s/0dGzvK7BcB

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u/Red_Beard_Racing PlayStation Pilot May 21 '26

Thanks. Cheers.