If we could add one button the the Cougar throttle, what would we use it for?
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On the desktop, I use CMS-> dwn as a shift key (I think mos people using Cougar stick use the Paddle as a command shift key) to do a couple things -
- double CMS->dwn shifts my hat from POV to Trim; hold CMS->dwn for greater than 2 sec shifts the hat back to POV.
How da heck did you do that?
Probably target sw. or? I’m intermediate/expert in foxy and I can’t see this case.Would need real-virtual hat for 2nd layer …or directly pressing DX buttons above 32 (POVx+256)… if that is supported in cougars firmware.
Anyway good idea, need to think a bit.
edit… omg… 2nd hw layer of pov-hat would be keyboard input for trim (or vice versa, keyboard pov) … now that would need unshifted pov in bms , but it would work
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I have modded my cougar throttle a couple of weeks ago, adding the idle detent and hobos for toggling the nvg’s. Future expansion will add the slap and canopy switches to a rail structure.
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For those without full realism pits I would go for the idle detent or slap switch as suggested by several before me.
NVG is another good candidate if you have the idle cutoff and slap switch available elsewhere. -
Without the pit, some ancillary stuff like VMS Inhibit, Slap Switch, etc.
With it, stuff like padlock, chat window, escape window….
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Padlock is another great idea
(I never quite use it, but it’s a real good candidate)Do you use the VMS inhibit frequently? I never do
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Red Dog already has all the F-16 stuff in his cockpit.
You need to think outside the box.
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Best out of the box thinking ever made in my pit:
They can call me for dinner
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How da heck did you do that?
Probably target sw. or? I’m intermediate/expert in foxy and I can’t see this case.Would need real-virtual hat for 2nd layer …or directly pressing DX buttons above 32 (POVx+256)… if that is supported in cougars firmware.
Anyway good idea, need to think a bit.
edit… omg… 2nd hw layer of pov-hat would be keyboard input for trim (or vice versa, keyboard pov) … now that would need unshifted pov in bms , but it would work
…and that’s how you do it!
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@Red:
Padlock is another great idea
(I never quite use it, but it’s a real good candidate)Do you use the VMS inhibit frequently? I never do
I used to, but I had done it as a pushbutton rather than a toggle. My mike used to leak audio and if I was in TS in voice activation, the others could hear betty in some cases
Zoom could be good as well, in the same spirit as padlock (the “Look Closer” callback that gives you a fixed zoom if in default, and reset you back to default if not).
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Any of these already said are good:
NVG HOBO
Padlock
Detent
SlapSome more useful hotas functions
Flaps (Hornet)
Hook (Hornet)
TrackIR center
Drogue Chute (MLU)
FLCS reset
EjectBut why limit to just adding one button?
Along with my Cougar set of controllers, I also use a Saitek Throttle Quad that has DX programmable buttons and 3 levers with detents. I use these primarily when I fly the Hornet or AV8B -
Another great function I use CMS->dwn on my Warthog for is to eject. CMS->dwn + pinky in combination commands ejection…I simply “squeeze the stick” and I’m out.