Would it be nuts to buy a cougar on ebay?
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I would recommend a force sensor modified Cougar in excellent condition over any other HOTAS. Cougar only misses the dual throttle feature, which is very seldom used anyway. I had a dual throttle HOTAS once upon a time and never used that feature.
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wait until the 4th of May.Perhaps something good might come out
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Maybe I will wait till the 4th of May. I heard something about that, but I think it was to be the joystick throttle of the F-18. While I don’t have any plans to make a cockpit, I do want to slowly make things more accurate. Get the cougar or new stick that may come out may 4th, Get a flight sim chair and that shaker thing which looks neat. Then finally one of those awesome curved screens. I’m 39 and I should have that all set up by age 65 when I retire from teaching!:p
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Just gt the 34" curved 1440 line monitor. Awesome!!!
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nothing in their ad points to F18(well…maybe the fact that they are holding the event on a carrier) and im not aware of any serious F18 sims plus they have already manufactured a twin engine throttle. My bet is hotas for the F16!
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I have the X52 non pro version and its great. I’m just learning to fly the falcon, and always looking for the most realistic thing, I learned that the Cougar is modeled after the real throttle and stick of the F-16.
I know that the Cougar is no longer produced, but there are new ones available for around $300-400. Would it be worth buying the cougar at that price to play falcon bms?
I appreciate any thoughts and opinions. I am a newbie when it comes to a lot of this stuff.
I would (and have) bought several Cougar items on E-bay and yes - I’d do it again. But the best setup is to find/buy just a Cougar TQS and use a Warthog stick; lone TQSs come up on E-bay from time to time - I think one of mine is even USAF surplus/brand new. I have one full Cougar set and two solo Cougar TQSs - one converted to USB standalone using a Bodner board (which I use on a Mac) and another with a RealSim TUSBA R2. Highly recommend the TUSBA R2, and the Warthog stick is such an improvement over the Cougar that it’s a no-brainer, IMO.
I plan to gut the internals from my Cougar grip to build a Hornet grip once I get a 3D printer…some day.
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I also just bought a Cougar on Ebay. The TQS broke while being shipped, but i glued it together and now I await spare parts from Thrustmaster.
It is truly an awesome setup. Having a little trouble with the software though (which, to be honest, is a bit complicated). -
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nothing in their ad points to F18(well…maybe the fact that they are holding the event on a carrier) and im not aware of any serious F18 sims plus they have already manufactured a twin engine throttle. My bet is hotas for the F16!
Just a guess, it would be for the upcoming DCS F-18.
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yeah? didnt know that.ooh bugger
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may4 has come and gone…
nothing for us?
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New rudder petals, also new target software, and it looks like you can buy a warthog throttle by itself to go with the stand alone warthog joystick.