Lots of options for you right now. I was a huge CH fan as well, particularly for this game where constant/rapid movements were common, the "light touch" the CH gimbal setup has (not really a gimbal but just to stay consistent) the lightest feel out there IMO. They were very solid until the company was sold, AkAk worked there and will attest to their drop in QC after the sale. Still great even after that though, I have a pre sale set of Combat/Throttle/pedals and a post sale Fighterstick. Fighterstick is ok still so far, others have complained with legit issues though.
New options for you - I have several Warthogs. The reason for this isn't that I like extra sticks sitting in my collection of HOTAS staring at me, but that the WH CAN fail, with an extremely common failure. "Sticktion" is the most common issue, a result of their gimbal design being cheap-ish and having poor grease/lubrication on certain things. This can be remedied fairly easily but requires you to break things down, and be somewhat handy. The connection plug from stick to base can have issues moving too low as well, a bit of a pita to fix. These are just 2 of a bunch of pretty common things, and just to advise you, TM's customer service/warranty is complete BS now since they are in France. Ask anyone online who has dealt with them, 1/2 will report a negative experience.
Now, odds are you'll get at least a few years of trouble free use from the Warthog hotas - for the price of a VKB or Virpil stick, you'll get a stick and throttle with the TM, so there is value in that option is well. I don't "highly" recommend the TM hotas, but I wouldn't fault anyone for buying one, nor tell them that it's a bad decision, it's fine, just be aware of the negatives going in.
VKB - excellent product, their gimbals are very strongly constructed, and lots of adjustment/capability. Their pedals for the $ are probably the best bang for the buck out there, and are usually in stock (no waiting period). VKB sticks come available in small batches, I just bought my 3rd one (I have 2 earlier VKB Gunfighter models I found cheap on Ebay - I look every day), and it came available by chance on their website, VKB Mk2 MCG Pro, and I picked if off Wednesday, and showed up in my hands today, very fast ($100 shipping cost including duty/taxes, and DHL's 44$ rate).
Virpil - excellent as well, their WarBrd desktop gimbal/unit is available for preorder, or you can go with the desktop mount/clamp mounted T50 Mongoose, which I've had a couple of, and have a brand new one right now. You can mount throttles on their mounts as well, they have screw patterns for a couple, or you can clamp/glue/whatever any throttle type to their mounting plate which goes on one of the desktop mounts. No pedals, yet, their partner on the WrBrd is known for them (Bauer), and they will for sure be coming. Throttle is pre order, nice, but costly as well, probably at least $350 or $400 USD after shipping/etc. Just be aware using the T50 requires mounts which means you'll sit much further back from your desk (their are pics online and in the pedals thread in this forum).
It comes down to money and commitment. While I was somewhat harsh on the TM stuff, this is based on a lot of online info, and my own experience with 3 WH and 2 Cougars in the last few years. VKB/Virpil can have issues too, in fact my latest T50 arrived DOA, there was some issue with a plug which I had to pull out and reset after breaking the unit right down, which then allowed the software to recognize and see it. Virpil was very helpful with this, responded in 2 hours and I had it up and running 100% 2 hours after that. TM won't do that for you, but that said there is a ton of info online and videos from others that have gone through every single issue with the WH which can help you out, in the event you have any problems (again, odds are you won't not for quite a while and a ton of use, just repeating this to be absolutely clear I'm not being unfair to TM, as I am a high use customer with a bunch of gaming PCs users in our homes).
You can't go wrong with any of the options, VKB/Virpil will cost, and there will be a time period to wait for delivery. TM WH is typically always available somewhere, sales happen frequently too, but they aren't quite as good (still very good though), nor is the customer service there like VKB or Virpil, especially Virpil's in my experience. You can use any of these products with your CH pedals if you want to keep those - I'd say if you're buying a new HOTAS, pick up the VKB pedals as they aren't too costly and are very effective and accurate in this game. Can't go wrong with the MFGs, I have those too, and others, but they cost a lot more $. If your budget doesn't allow for that, nbd, CH peds will work fine, I used them for 19 years off and on in this game and before that.
