However, as electronic detents are now entering the market, we feel unfair to ask anything more than 200 bucks for such construction. Grips like in the picture, but with considerably more controls on the base, with "classic" mechanical detents. Sad part is that VKB will be delivering the linear movement throttle as last one.ġ - ARC STANDARD. I was just checking but really waiting for VKB throttle release or may just go Virpil. If you don't have a lathe and a milling machine, you're sh!t outta luck-don't waste your time on the Cougar. It only becomes decently usable after a lot of work. Terrible, low-quality product that even 1980s China would have been ashamed of. Terrible, TERRIBLE product, though, and Thrustmaster charged an outrageous price for this pile of garbage with its low-quality components and atrociously shitty design and workmanship-it was ready for the garbage pile when it left the factory. But, it's decent now, and the cash cost was half-decent. The all-original TM Cougar is atrocious, and I spent more time overhauling it than any sane person should.
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The total cost of all mods was about $60 including the Leo Bodnar control circuit-plus a hell of a lot of work. It was an awful lot of work to put into a pile of junk, but it's now, actually, a pretty decent flight stick & throttle. The stock gimbal is still crap, but I replaced the cheap potentiometers with Hall effect sensors, and re-worked the gimbal and pivots bearings to eliminate as much of the slop as possible. I bought mine used for about 200 bucks, acutely aware of the fact that it was mostly a pile of junk, and ripped out the stock electronics and replaced them with Leo Bodnar's excellent USB interface board. That's a lot of crappy junk for $600 if you bought it new. Did I mention that the stick gimbal is crap? Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention, the stick gimbal is pure unadulterated crap. The stick gimbal is total crap, the buttons are cheap crap, the electronics are crap. Hey, I use one of those too! The factory-built TM Cougar is an absolute pile of crap. What are you guys using and do you have any leads on a good deal? Cheers. My poor old Cougar is on the fritz and I have to start looking for a replacement HOTAS.
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