Thrustmaster just told me that the Cougar is comming back
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It pretty much says it in the title.
I asked on the Thrustmaster Facebook page and here is the answerhttps://www.facebook.com/ThrustmasterOfficial/posts/554854317977589
God I hope, he didn’t misunderstand me!!!
MIL
602nd VFS “Devils”(I suggest that you “like” the post so they can see that we are many who would like the Cougar to come back)
NOOOO just recieved this from Thrustmaster:
CUSTOMER SERVICE ANSWERReference: [473923-1413990462]
_Dear Mr. Mike Lund,
Regarding your Thrustmaster products.We begin by thanking you for your interest in Thrustmaster products.
We would like to inform you that at the moment we do not have any details regarding the development of a new product. Whenever we will have information regarding this, rest assure that we will make it public with month before its release.
For any other query please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thrustmaster Technical Support is at your disposal for any other information you may need. You can reach us online at the following addresses:
http://ts.thrustmaster.com/eng for the latest updates and FAQs
or by telephone at one of the numbers listed on the following page: http://ts.Thrustmaster.com/eng/index.php?pg=contact
Kind regards,Your Thrustmaster Customer Support Agent, Emma
PS: To ensure the most efficient follow-up of your query, please be sure to include the reference number [473923-1413990462] of your file in the subject line of any emails you may send us later on.
Your message:
Dear Sir or Madam
First of all let me tell you that I’m a huge fan of your products.
I have a question which I have asked several times on your Facebook page, but i cannot seem to get a straight answer. Most likely because You get so many iquestions there. But here is my question: " Will you be making either a new version, or remake the old COUGAR HOTAS (NOT the MFD pack, but the F-16 Stick and throttle) And if you are when can we expect it in stores… Thank you for your time
Kind regards
Mike Lund_
Sorry to have gotten all your hopes up
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Hope the same…!
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wow this is great news…
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Fingers crossed.
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I just asked them to ensure it’s the HOTAS, not just the MFDs. Yes…fingers crossed. I just bought the X-55, but I can always use two pits for H2H man-cave nights.
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Hey Santa, skip the bourbon, I need this.
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Ohw man, i hope so!
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Yeah!!!
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Very good news!
I bet they had a glance on 4.33 -
Very good news!
I bet they had a glance on 4.33Thanks for the great news. I was about dumping my Cougar.
But it’s time to be a nice husband and beg my wife for other joystick. -
Let’s hope they will fix the errors of the past and provide a cheaper and better product.
Also I hope that spare parts from the new could be used to old ones and thus maybe an upgrade kit would be just awsome like hal sensors, force sensors… -
Thrustmaster
Hi, we are currently out of stock, but don’t worry, it will come back!
6 ·Out of stock? Old Cougar will come back? No!
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The logic thing is of course to release a revised Cougar standalone throttle, or a combo "Cougar II"package with the “Warthog” stick and a new F-16 throttle. If it’s released this year, it should be available in 3 - 4 weeks. Wonder why it took them so long to figure that one out….?
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Wonder why it took them so long to figure that one out….?
probably the ratio of “total investment cost” versus “marketability, sales viability, sustainability and risk” into “expected turnover”
in any case…Cougar = sure buy!
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Only great news if they design and manufacture it PROPERLY this time around. My floppy 2001 Cougar sits in box, replaced by the far more reliable x65f.
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Only great news if they design and manufacture it PROPERLY this time around. My floppy 2001 Cougar sits in box, replaced by the far more reliable x65f.
My problem with the X65F was the reliability it had for being able to pickle while pressing the POV hat…
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i guess BMS has given a new potential life to the Cougar
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I’m pretty sure BMS has given new life to many Cougars, mine included :mrgreen:
I would guess that Thrustmaster have also been getting a lot more requests for spares as a result. I’m sure they put 2 and 2 together and realised there was still a sizeable market out there.
Let’s hope this is going to happen and that they don’t take the easy option of a few more production runs and actually bring out something which improves on the original.
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Let’s hope they will fix the errors of the past and provide a cheaper and better product.
…Better and cheaper, those two usually don’t go together but, we can hope.
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Better and cheaper, those two usually don’t go together but, we can hope.
New cougar with base plate similar to the Warthog Throttle would be awesome… So we could have maybe JFS switch and manual pitch override
