Rusty Cougar?
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Looks fine to me really. I wouldnt be too worried about it. If you do get it, Id recommend having a look at the flyfoxy website - some preventative maintenance tips on there might help you a lot.
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Do you have a front pic of the throttle to check the serial number?
Yep looks fine. See mine here below. All screws have been replaced.
But to be sure wait for the internal pictures, but go for the buy in my opinion.
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I’ve asked but I don’t think the seller is going to take it apart for some pics on my request.
He is selling a lot of stuff from the estate so it’s not like he’s just selling the Cougar by itself.The minimum bid is about 180 AUD, I’ll just put a low bid in. I for sure won’t go for the Buy Now price of 300 AUD.
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Much to my surprise, there are now some photos of the internals - having never owned a Cougar myself, I can’t see anything immediately wrong (PCBs can still be dead but that’s what you get with remote purchases of used stuff)…… Is there anything concerning visible here?
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Judging by the stick gimbals I’d say that set has very little use on it !
Dave
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Looks good to me, although Id still suggest a force sensing mod
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I will need to win the auction first!
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I will need to win the auction first!
Tazz judging from my experience.
Good things i saw:
1.The Hotas was never been completely disassembled since the red wax on the hexagon nut is still intact.
2. The gimbals are very good, the aluminum itself looks almost brand new with minimum use.Bad thing i saw:
1. There is a missing guidance bushing in the throttle rod, ask the seller if its just missing due the pictures disassembly or is just not there at all.
Other than that seems fine. If still in doubt ask the seller a picture of the hotas plugged in with the Cougar control panel in a computer Prt Sc, just to make sure that the PCB is fine.
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Tazz judging from my experience.
Good things i saw:
1.The Hotas was never been completely disassembled since the red wax on the hexagon nut is still intact.
2. The gimbals are very good, the aluminum itself looks almost brand new with minimum use.Bad thing i saw:
1. There is a missing guidance bushing in the throttle rod, ask the seller if its just missing due the pictures disassembly or is just not there at all.
Other than that seems fine. If still in doubt ask the seller a picture of the hotas plugged in with the Cougar control panel in a computer Prt Sc, just to make sure that the PCB is fine.
Nah, it’s not missing. I think that it’s on the right edge of the image, just not sat in the guides.
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The rust on the exterior iron screws is likely due to humidity. Internals are less susceptible to this for enclosures such as the Cougar sets. They arent hermetically sealed like youd want near salt water environments (like and island or beach area), but for years of sitting with air conditioning and seasonal humidity, it should be OK.
The pot wipers might get some oxidation, but that will wear off with use and tuner clearer if necessary. The rust can easily e removed with steel wool, then paint them black or clear coat so they dont rust again.
The lack of wear on the knobs and hats show limited use. If the stick slops to a side and doesnt center, thats a sure sign of gimbal use. Dont see that here. The tqs has some ring finger scrape marks which would stop me, but thats picky and prissy me. I wont buy or use this worn equipment.
Make sure you instruct how to ship it so the knobs, hats and tqs arm survive
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The pot wipers might get some oxidation, but that will wear off with use and tuner clearer if necessary. The rust can easily e removed with steel wool, then paint them black or clear coat so they dont rust again.
Or just buy new stainless steel ones. Much more easy.
The tqs has some ring finger scrape marks which would stop me, but thats picky and prissy me. I wont buy or use this worn equipment.
Are you married? My TQS is full on small scraps. I wear my ring all the time. Not wearing pilot gloves
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What are you waiting for? I’d bust a move on this set if I were you. The Micro-stick hat or the Antenna Pot is mucho worth it……I know those parts can be purchased for cheap, but I’ve not seen one person point me in the final direction to source one. I’m usually pointed to a web page that has four thousand different pots to choose from…TM used to email out documentation to help with that but they haven’t responded to me twice now. Get it, then put in the FSSB and be done with it.
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@16th:
What are you waiting for? I’d bust a move on this set if I were you.
I’m waiting for the final 2-3 minutes to put in my bid as there’s no reserve on it and the buy now price is $100 USD over the start price. Shipping this thing isn’t going to be cheap so I will need to keep my bid low in order to keep things reasonable here.
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And…… MINE! :blowpar:
Thanks guys, I’ll let you know what she really looks like when she gets here. A new Cougar owner joins the pack
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Are you married?
Hey sailor, dont get fresh.
Ya married with children, 25 years and going- about the same for simming.My TQS is full on small scraps. I wear my ring all the time. Not wearing pilot gloves
Thanks, ill make note of it.
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Hey sailor, dont get fresh.
Ya married with children, 25 years and going- about the same for simming.Thanks, ill make note of it.
Other old fart hehehehe.
Just saying its normal to have some scraps. 25 years? Are you not tired yet? Just kidding
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Hi guys, here’s a small update.
This morning finally two large boxes arrived at my doorstep with the following content:
- Thrustmaster Cougar in pretty good nick other than the rusty screws and the ring scratch on the TQS
- Thrustmaster RCS pedals
- Logitech G19S gaming keyboard with display
- Falcon 4.0 Allied Force
- Falcon 4.0 Squadron Leader Special Edition Binder + CD, complete with Korea map
The total damage for all this, including shipping (!) was ~ 179 USD which I think is a pretty good deal for the lot!!
Thanks for the input and assistance guys, I can now join the illustraious Cougar Club with HOTAS # 32057.
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Sounds like a good deal to me. Relatively later model cougar there, which might have contributed to its apparent lack of wear.
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I’ve hooked it up but I got half a heart attack when it refused to be detected by the Cougar Control Panel. Thankfully the Thrustmaster FAQ was very helpful. The hold-trigger-to-reset didn’t do it but the firmware update program confirmed that no valid firmware was found on the stick. The program flashed the Cougar to 3.00.6 (or something?) and then it was all fully detected by the CCP. I’ll look into programming tomorrow. Is it recommended to go down the Foxy route and program the BMS keystrokes or just program it as a DirectX device?
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There doesnt seem to be a consensus among the community. I rather firmly recommend programming it as a DirectX device, for several reasons. Some other folks recommend programming via keystrokes emulated by Foxy.