?: Thrustmaster Boeing Quadrant with Airbus Quadrant Add-On? Anyone using those two together? Is it possible?

I recently starting using MSFS 2020 on PC and have been somewhat satisfied with the Logitech Joystick I bought to use with it. I wasn't sure I wanted anything more complicated than that as I'm not a gamer and the number of buttons on even it was a bit intimidating at first. Then I discovered how truly amazing MSFS is beyond just being pretty. Today I bought the Thrustmaster: Boeing Edition with the yoke and quadrant. I think I'll be very happy with that. But I saw in one of the video reviews someone pointing out that the throttles on the quadrant aren't indented, which somewhat limits their usability and immersion. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried adding the Airbus Quadrant's add-ons (not the thrusts, just the speed break and flaps) to the Boeing Quadrant and if there's any reason why doing so won't work? The Airbus one has indents that you can barely feel at 4 (or 5?) positions and I don't need the additional thrusters of a second Boeing unit. I can speculate if it will work, but I'm hoping someone here knows the answer for real. Thank you for reading all of this!

P.S., Sorry about this Photoshopped image. Just one more thing I'm not very good at!

Do you have a picture you could post of the bottom of the throttle quadrant?  I have the full Airbus one so I can look to see if the fasteners and cable connection seem to line up or not.

Otherwise you might just want to check with thrustmaster for the definite answer.

Edited July 4, 20232 yr by regis9

6 hours ago, regis9 said:

Do you have a picture you could post of the bottom of the throttle quadrant?  I have the full Airbus one so I can look to see if the fasteners and cable connection seem to line up or not.

Otherwise you might just want to check with thrustmaster for the definite answer.

Thank you for responding. I did check with Thrustmaster tech support, and was informed that...

"There should be NO issues combining our different quadrants on the PC game of MSFS2020. 

This of course comes with a caveat that default options might not work and therefore you would need to customise the settings as such.

Another Caveat is that this is ONLY on the PC game and NOT on the Xbox Game."

I wasn't as concerned with whether or not they could be attached to each other (though obviously that would be a huge plus) but rather whether or not the Airbus add-ons would work with the Boeing Quadrant. As you can see there is a problem doing that on Xbox. If I go ahead and purchase the add-on, I'll be sure to follow up here for anyone in the future that might want to do it.

IMPORTANT: Actually, it will not work. I started thinking about how I was going to connect the Airbus add-ons to the Boeing Quadrant and realized that the latter does not have SATA connectors for doing so unlike the Airbus Quadrant. So I opened up another ticket with Thrustmaster Support asking for clarification regarding the SATA issue:

"This will NOT work. indeed the sata connections are needed AND the Airbus Quadrant Firmware is the only one that can recognise the sata connections."

So while it is possible to use the Airbus Quadrant (with our without the Airbus Add-ons) with the Boeing Yoke (or even Boeing Yoke and Boeing Quadrant), or the Airbus Stick with the Boeing Quadrant (or both Quadrants), it is not possible to use just the Airbus Add-Ons without specifically the Airbus Quadrant.

I really don't want two Boeing Quadrants and I really don't want a full Airbus Quadrant and a Boeing Quadrant on my desk, so I guess I'll just go with the Boeing Quadrant that is already coming with the Boeing Yoke and make do (I really wish it had two thrusters and both spoilers and flaps as well as removable indents for Airbus use, but then it would be perfect and we aren't allowed to have that). It's still a big step up from just the Logitech Extreme 3D.