That said, yes, it would work on a stock Cougar, or one with FCC / FSSB mods.

Whether it would work on an IJ mod I don't know (Uber)....there's been several reports of people unsuccessfully trying to put a 'hog handle on their IJ-mod Cougar base and it didn't fit for some reason.

Metalnwood, if you do another run I'll be interested in buy one

Cheers

Hi Metalnwood et al., just wanted to say that I recieved the extension a while back and everything works great, I made the cable as decribed from the ps2 extension, worked on the first try, but those cables are tiny, it was interesting to solder them

If there are some other photo nuts in here, well those tripods tend to accumulate over the years, wouldn't you say? I set up a temporary center stick combo from a couple of tripods with two pieces of mdf board bolted to stick and throttle to be able to attach camera plates to fit them in the tripod heads. Works great and it's easy to try out height/length of extension etc., would be a bit messier with pedals though

Cheers /Per

Interesting concept with the tripods. I have one that I might tinker with. Seems like you wouldn't need the extension for the joystick, you could just extend the tripod to achieve the correct height. My only concern would be if you had to do some yanking and banking. Definitely looks promising for the throttle though. Also, I see how the legs could get in the way of rudder pedals.

I'd hate to use this in a WW2 pit, but damn.
You guys are making it hard to resist!

Hi Lucky,
I think the tripod would get more in the way without the extension, but the biggest point is that I like the action of the extended stick much more than stock, feels smoother and more precise, I will probably shorten the extension a little after some more experimentation to get a good compromise.
The tripod is really stable due to creating a very large base, combined with the larger leverage of the extended stick I would be more worried about wrecking the stick that moving the tripod if I was slapping the stick hard to the extremes.
This was mostly to try out the extension before setting up something a bit more purpose built (but I have no space for someting permanent) but I'm actually surprised at how well it works, easy to put away to.

I was thinking instead of the extension just use the height adjustment of the tripod. But, if it's only temporary then it doesn't matter. How did you mount the mdf board to the tripod?

I have quick locks on the tripod heads that clamp to a small plate with dove tails, so I just used wood screws to attach the plate to the mdf, and then the head clamp -> plate attachment is very solid, but that system is pretty expensive for just messing around, I would never get it just for this, I had a couple of extra plates laying around for the camera gear.
For a normal tripod head I guess you could replace the standard 1/4 inch bolt with a longer one if it is accessable and countersink the head in the mdf or something like that.

Hi Lucky, I think what Per_L was hinting at as well is that the extension between the base and the stick changes the feel of the stick to one that is more preferable to a lot of people. It softens the thunk in the middle and allows more movement.


If you only want to achieve an adjustment in height but not stick length then yes, your idea will work but the stick will still feel stock.

Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

I have a Manfrotto tripod left over from when i sold my camera equiptment. It has a ball head and some quick adapttors. So it wouldn't cost much to use it for either the stick or throttle.

Aha, the manfrotto system should work great, it is similar in concept to the arca swiss system I use, my plates are a bit bigger so perhaps more room for bolting them to the stick/throttle but that's solvable one way or another.

I received my Extension a efw days ago and finished my centermountconstruction. The quality of the extension is really superb and flying with a centermount is simply a much more immersive gameplay and also the precisiongain thru the extension is imense.

Winger

Here are some pics

metalnwood,

Are you still taking orders? This may make or break Tarmac's ability to get my money.

anyone can tell to me , that how big diameter and screw thread have on the Cougar handle ?
I would like to made a removable handle on my old TM F16FLCS

Great to see you have it all plugged in Winger, after the mission of getting it shipped over there. I just sent another one to germany. No doubt he will be the last to get it..

Bill, I have some stock left over to do a couple so pm me if interested.

Repvez, the thread is a M36x2 ie.e 36mm diameter with a 2mm pitch.

Thanks,

Just thought I'd chime in with a recommendation, have flown quite a few hours now with metalnwood's extension and it is great! Easy to install and greatly reduces the center 'divot' that the stock WH user has to put up with, very pleased.

A word of warning to all who are considering this purchase --- once you start using the extension, you will have to change your flying style. No more small twitch movements, you'd need to move the joystick a bit for input. Great for guys with crappy accuracy like me... but once you get used to this extension, it'll be very hard to fly again without it

I second that. The amount of precision gained when aiming is amazing.

Winger

@metalnwood YHPM

Just got my Warthog, can feel a cockpit build coming on.

DG