HOTAS/hotas

HOTAS/hotas (hands on throttle and stick)

A typical HOTAS arrangement.

A design of a fighter cockpit so that every control switch, button, or trigger the pilot needs to operate radar, weapons, and aircraft controls in combat is located either on the throttle or the control column. Also called HOTAS—hand on throttle and stick. See also hands on throttle, collective and cyclics (HOTCC).

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