Author Topic: Uber Cougar Mod - No more center play (Read 1163 times)

SOB · « **on:** August 27, 2002, 07:34:41 PM »

For any of you out there who are as crazy as I am about your joystick ....eh, hehe.

http://mpgnetz.de/images/cougar/tips3.html

The guts to my Cougar are on their way back from Australia as I type!

SOB

Reschke · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2002, 01:02:56 AM »

Thinking about doing the same thing SOB. I still don't have any increase in the initial feeling of "play" on any axis but I would like a smoother feel to the stick when I pull across the axis.

Let us know how it feels when you get it back.

Pongo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2002, 10:53:59 AM »

I droped him a line and found it is nearly 200 canadian to get the uber mod..looks nice though.

SOB at Work · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2002, 03:10:48 PM »

Only about $100 Ammurican before shipping - I like it when exchange rates work for me!

For $85 AUS tho', you can get rid of the slop and get the brass bushings.

SOB

funkedup · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2002, 04:52:10 PM »

You are insane.

straffo · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2002, 02:19:50 AM »

it's in french (all dimension in millimeter)

http://danreiv.free.fr/

FOGOLD · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2002, 04:13:46 AM »

Thrustmaster have got a neck made of brass if they expect us to shell out 250 quid and another 100 for rudders THEN spend more fixing things that shouldn't need fixing. I have a cougar and I like it, but to hell with that!

I think these guys think we should spend more for the privelage of having to mod the thing ourselves:mad:

SOB · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2002, 08:20:35 AM »

I doubt Guillemot/ThrustMaster gives a crap what you do with your Cougar now that you've purchased it. This guy is an end-user with a talent for machining who's doing mods out of his shop.

Thanks for the link Straffo...

Yes Funked, I am crazy - crazy like a... uh, well, yeah I'm crazy

SOB

straffo · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2002, 08:28:49 AM »

SOB if you need help to translate anything feel free to mail me frederic.de.jager@free.fr

Dan is a friend of mine so you can either contact him directly or I will do it for you.

SOB · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2002, 08:31:54 AM »

My Cougar guts were waiting at my door when I got home from work yesterday. I installed them last night, but haven't played online with it yet. So far, it feels excellent - much closer to the feel of the F22 Pro...not in resistance, but in feel.

Now to play some Aces High, but I'll have to wait until after work...err, wait, I think I've got a fever

SOB

SOB · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2002, 08:34:48 AM »

That's OK Straffo - It looks like a pretty sweet mod, and I bet it's really smoth, even when crossing axis - but it's too much for me. I just have a sick love of flight sim controls and like to see what people do to "make it their own".

SOB

Pongo · « **Reply #11 on:** September 05, 2002, 04:30:05 PM »

How did the uber mod work out?

SOB · « **Reply #12 on:** September 05, 2002, 06:59:22 PM »

I only flew that afternoon, but it worked wonderfully. The only snafu is that my handle is the slightest bit tilted to the right, but it doesn't affect the outstanding centering or my flying - it's only noticeable when the stick is sitting directly in front of you and you're staring at it. All in all, I'm glad I did it...I'm not sure that the bearings do anything for the feel of the stick, but I like having them there all the same. I'm guessing tho', that it would be just as nice with only the bushing mod done.

Hopefully I'll get up for TOD on Friday night and fly with it some more.

Money well spent, IMO.

SOB

Pongo · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2002, 12:24:05 PM »

PUNT

Hows the mod working....

Reschke · « **Reply #14 on:** November 28, 2002, 10:40:55 PM »

By all accounts Pongo the Uber mods are working nicely.

Here is another mod that is taking shape and from all accounts is worth the money. Evenstrain Mod for Cougar.

Link to Frugal's World forum with pictures of Evenstrain Gimbals Mod for Cougar.

It might be worth the money and I even have tried thinking of ways to slip this one by my wife. But I have decided that feeding her while she is pregnant with our 2nd child is better than feeding my addiction to flight sims.