Hi Hood,
As a proud owner of a TM Warthog I'll try and answer some of your questions as best I can. The "trim thing on the base" I think you are referring to is either the friction wheel at the very end of the throttle (black colour) or the grey slider wheel on the right-hand side. The friction wheel at the end is what is used to physically adjust the friction level on the throttle, its not a trim wheel. The big grey slider wheel on the right-hand side acts as a slider axis control (in the actual A-10 aircraft it controls the friction of the throttle), great for use as a mixture or prop pitch control.
The throttle has two individual axis for seperate control of left and right engine, that was one of the main selling points of upgrading for me over my X-52. On the back of the throttle there is a 4-way hat switch and a slew control (acts like a mini-mouse stick - works great in DCS A-10C where I mainly use it).
I don't have any real problems with my Warthog as far as I can tell. My left throttle is a little wobbly if I wiggle it but that might of been because I clonked it with my foot hopping out of the "cockpit" lol. To get the most out of the Warthog for Cliffs of Dover you will have to make a profile for it using Thrustmaster's software which is better than what Saitek offers atm at least. I haven't started building my profile yet but the stick will work even better with the game when I do.
Overall I have felt like I've gotten my money's worth. It made my old X-52 feel like a toy that's for sure. I don't think I'll ever be able to buy a plastic stick ever again.
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