Converting Cougar Throttle to F 16 style throttle
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Hi Guys,
Does anyone kno how to convert the standard TM cougar throttle into the same throttle as in the real F 16?
Many Thanks
Mounty
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Hi mounty.
It depends on what kind of convertion you are talking about.
If you are talking about an “extention” of the Cougar throttlearm to the looks, size and functionality of the real one, there is some options to choose from.First: You can try to get hands on some drawings and dimensions and dive in and build it from scratch. I havn’t the direct link, but you’ll be able to find them somewhere at viperpits.org
Second: If you have acces to a capable 3D printer, you can get the ready made files Hempstead has provided (for free) via:
http://www.hempstick.org/The_Official_Hempstick_Site/F16_Throttle_Arm.htmlThird: You can dig into your savings and buy one of the best replicas around, made by Martin. Again, go to viperpits and take a look. It’s top quality
http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php?topic=10079.0If you are going all the way and want to have the throttle guiderail mounted as well, Matin makes that one too. You can also get one via realsimworld:
https://realsimworld.dk/f16-simulator-shop/left-console-partsHope, that’ll give you some inspiration
Many have had the experience that scratchbuilding is tempting, partly because of the challenge of creating it your self, partly because of the prospect of saving money… well, taking into account the time you spend on searching for info and use on building - and the money you end up using on the right materials - a lot of people find that buying a good replica to begin with would have been worth the expence. Just my 2C (and experience)Good luck with your project. Let us know how it goes.
Best regards
ZoomOut -
here’s one example:
left is idle, right is cutoff
and this is Abthe problem you face doing this is that you need to go vertical to provide a support for the arm and a guide for the detents (cutoff, idle & AB)
you can’t do that without increasing the height of your throttle assembly (at leats not realistically)so you will end up with a much more massive throttle assembly, mostly suitable for a cockpit and not quite for a desktop solution
Undestanding the use of detents and levers might be confusing at first, so i made a crude quick video about that a few months ago: