ThrustMaster Hotas Cougar Flight Stick and Throttle Combo Game Controller
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Product Details: ThrustMaster Hotas Cougar Flight Stick and Throttle Combo
| Contoller Type | Joystick, Throttle |
|---|---|
| System Type | PC |
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Product Description: ThrustMaster Hotas Cougar Flight Stick and Throttle Combo
From the second you grab hold of both the stick and throttle, you notice the difference. All metal, black, and deadly - this is the HOTAS. This controller offers you 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.
User Reviews: ThrustMaster Hotas Cougar Flight Stick and Throttle Combo
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Impressive, but not perfect
, September 2, 2004Reviewer: tnkr - See all tnkr's reviews
Pro Reviews: ThrustMaster Hotas Cougar Flight Stick and Throttle Combo
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Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar: The Luxury Joystick!
There is absolutely no doubt that the HOTAS Cougar is a product of the highest quality as far its mechanical design is concerned. It is built to last, and many years will have to pass before a competitor dares to bring out a peripheral that offers this sort of value for money. On the other hand,... more...
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Pros: Sturdy, solid feel, excellent control unless your hands are the size of Barbie's!
Cons: Why is it so @#$%! expensive?
It is easier to list its faults than its praises- because I don't have all day to sing them!
(1) Price. Why is it so expensive. For the same price you can have a CH Products system which is virtually the same (in function, not construction or form) with pedals- for the hardcore simmers out there.
(2) As far as I know the springs are not adjutsable or replaceable with lighter units, 18 lbs of tension is a lot after you handle it.
(3) Setup/install...one word- complicated. That being said, it is not impossible, nor difficult, if you read the manual!
(4) Price! Yeah price again...
Everything else I could complaion about or say is not "perfect" is personal preference and taste. It sure feels real enough to me, flies LOMAC and IL2 wonderfully. I can't wait to take on the entire Luftwaffe in CFS3 in the only HOTAS equipped piston driven fighter built! I am impressed, I am a Cavalry Officer and spend a good part of my life in the mud and freezing my tail, if this it what it is supposed to feel like to fly a jet...I went through wrong door after college! ...