Having a hat and not a full analog stick for in cockpit free look made the thrustmaster hotas a no buy for me. I'm using a thrustmaster fully programable controller instead. I made a post on here about it
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...ghlight=Desode
It works pretty well after some adjustments. When it comes to in cockpit view and being able to look around everywhere, this is just about the most important aspect in flight combat. and the Hat doesn't enable you to do that smoothly from what I understand.
I haven't decided if I'm going to get the ps3 version, since I have a Ace edge for the 360 version. It works so great that, I'm now considering just getting the 360 ver only.
It depends on wether or not you plan on playing sim mode ?
If you aren't going to play in sim mode them get the Thrustmaster Hotas, if you are going to play in mostly sim mode then I personally recommend that thrustmaster fully programable controller. Thats just my opinion though.
Best of luck with your choice, DESODE