Thrustmaster Hotas Cougar PC Flight Stick
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Product Description:
Thrustmaster 2969052 Hotas Cougar Flightstick is the ultimate game controller for flight game enthusiasts. Though you are seated in front of a PC display, this flightstick and throttle combo is the hinge that indistinguished fantasy and reality so, in effect, you're in full flight.Adjustable resistance for throttle, afterburner, and idle detent18 pound springs for solid resistanceEasy to use Foxy programming software with pre-programmed functionsFull speed USB connection delivering responses 8x faster than classical USB plugsFlash upgradeable hardware to ensure long term compatibilityHigh definition digital axes for gaming graphics at high resolutionsCompatible with standard analog rudder pedalsWorks with DirectX 8.0, Pentium (or compatible), Windows 98, 2000, ME
Amazon.com Product Description:
The most realistic flight simulation controller is here: the HOTAS Cougar, lifelike in design, lifelike in performance. This is truly "Hands on Throttle and Stick" gameplay. Based on the actual controller found in F-16 fighter aircraft, the HOTAS transports you to the furthest reaches of flight-simulation technology.From the second you grab hold of both the stick and the throttle, you notice the difference. All metal, black, and ready for business--that is the HOTAS. This controller offers up to 28 programmable buttons, multiple programmable hat switches, and adjustable resistance for the throttle, afterburner, and idle detent. These are just a few of the many features of this revolutionary stick and throttle combo. Without question, the HOTAS Cougar is the controller for true flight enthusiasts.
Thrustmaster 2969052 Hotas Cougar Flightstick is the ultimate game controller for flight game enthusiasts. Though you are seated in front of a PC display, this flightstick and throttle combo is the hinge that indistinguished fantasy and reality so, in effect, you're in full flight.Adjustable resistance for throttle, afterburner, and idle detent18 pound springs for solid resistanceEasy to use Foxy programming software with pre-programmed functionsFull speed USB connection delivering responses 8x faster than classical USB plugsFlash upgradeable hardware to ensure long term compatibilityHigh definition digital axes for gaming graphics at high resolutionsCompatible with standard analog rudder pedalsWorks with DirectX 8.0, Pentium (or compatible), Windows 98, 2000, ME
Amazon.com Product Description:
The most realistic flight simulation controller is here: the HOTAS Cougar, lifelike in design, lifelike in performance. This is truly "Hands on Throttle and Stick" gameplay. Based on the actual controller found in F-16 fighter aircraft, the HOTAS transports you to the furthest reaches of flight-simulation technology.From the second you grab hold of both the stick and the throttle, you notice the difference. All metal, black, and ready for business--that is the HOTAS. This controller offers up to 28 programmable buttons, multiple programmable hat switches, and adjustable resistance for the throttle, afterburner, and idle detent. These are just a few of the many features of this revolutionary stick and throttle combo. Without question, the HOTAS Cougar is the controller for true flight enthusiasts.
Features:
- Replica of the US Air Force F-16 block 52 controller (Stick and throttle)
- Used by US Air Force for pilot training - a reference in the aircraft sector
- Endorsed by the Virtual Thunderbirds and the Russian Knights
- Simple connection using full speed USB. Response time 8 x faster than traditional USB plugs
- 28 buttons and multiple hat switches. All programmable: 100% customization
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Loved the Throttle, The Stick was Unflyable
Quite simply, I fell in love with this product up front.It arrived on Friday, It was heavy.about 16 lbs of metal.I spent all day Friday and all Day Saturday learning to program it and writing my profile for IL-2.Sunday Night I went to fly.The throttle was awesome, it felt great in my hand, the action was smooth enough.Not fantastic, but acceptable.Then I went to make some maneuvers to see how the stick handled.It was TERRIBLE.The springs on the stick are so stiff as to make it unflyable ... Read More
Rating: 
- Fly for real for millions less
The Hotas Cougar is as close to the real thing as you can get but without spending millions on a real jet. The construction is metal and is actually very heavy. This is the joystick that everyone needs to buy and quit wasting your money on the cheap plastic ones that won't take the beating like these will.
I should have never waited to buy this joystick.
It you fly flight sims and you don't have this joystick then your not flying.
Rating: 
- Sure doesn't feel like an airplane
I only want to comment with respect to the disappointing elevator/aileron "feel" of the Hotas Cougar Joystick.I had hoped it would mimic the gliding, effortless, detent-free feel joystick feel that makes flying an aircraft such as the Lancair 360 such sheer extacy.Instead the Cougar is a clumsy control that one has to horse around to perform even a simple coordinated turn.I just remembered what it reminded me of, the fawcet lever on my kitchen sink.
It't too bad the Cougar may represent ... Read More
Rating: - amaizing
I am a F-16 pilot and this joy stick is like the real one!!!! easy to programme and to use it!!!! I am completeley pleased with it !!!The quality is fine !!
Rating: 
- They don't make them like this anymore
I read a lot of reviews before pulling the trigger on this product. Some of them scared me off, especially the mentions of problems and cheap quality. For reference, I owned a Saitek 290 and liked it, but it didn't have HOTAS so I started looking for a replacement. I bought the Cougar because the only other serious HOTAS, the CH product, would have actually been more expensive. Saitek also has a HOTAS, but it was too toyish to me. JMHO.
When the Cougar arrived, I was struck by how heavy it is. Wow. They ... Read More
- Loved the Throttle, The Stick was UnflyableQuite simply, I fell in love with this product up front.It arrived on Friday, It was heavy.about 16 lbs of metal.I spent all day Friday and all Day Saturday learning to program it and writing my profile for IL-2.Sunday Night I went to fly.The throttle was awesome, it felt great in my hand, the action was smooth enough.Not fantastic, but acceptable.Then I went to make some maneuvers to see how the stick handled.It was TERRIBLE.The springs on the stick are so stiff as to make it unflyable ... Read More
- Fly for real for millions lessThe Hotas Cougar is as close to the real thing as you can get but without spending millions on a real jet. The construction is metal and is actually very heavy. This is the joystick that everyone needs to buy and quit wasting your money on the cheap plastic ones that won't take the beating like these will.
I should have never waited to buy this joystick.
It you fly flight sims and you don't have this joystick then your not flying.
- Sure doesn't feel like an airplaneI only want to comment with respect to the disappointing elevator/aileron "feel" of the Hotas Cougar Joystick.I had hoped it would mimic the gliding, effortless, detent-free feel joystick feel that makes flying an aircraft such as the Lancair 360 such sheer extacy.Instead the Cougar is a clumsy control that one has to horse around to perform even a simple coordinated turn.I just remembered what it reminded me of, the fawcet lever on my kitchen sink.
It't too bad the Cougar may represent ... Read More
- amaizingI am a F-16 pilot and this joy stick is like the real one!!!! easy to programme and to use it!!!! I am completeley pleased with it !!!The quality is fine !!
- They don't make them like this anymoreI read a lot of reviews before pulling the trigger on this product. Some of them scared me off, especially the mentions of problems and cheap quality. For reference, I owned a Saitek 290 and liked it, but it didn't have HOTAS so I started looking for a replacement. I bought the Cougar because the only other serious HOTAS, the CH product, would have actually been more expensive. Saitek also has a HOTAS, but it was too toyish to me. JMHO.
When the Cougar arrived, I was struck by how heavy it is. Wow. They ... Read More
