#3839445 - 09/20/13 12:16 AM
I've been asleep for seven years, and need some guidance for my Cougar rig
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Hello all, I knew I'd be coming here one day, and here I am. I have a new-in-the-box Cougar HOTAS that I bought seven years ago, only to get side-tracked by RL Well, I'm trying to get back in the "game", and have a new system with Win8, a fast GPU and a fast processor lightly overclocked to 4.2Ghz. I've downloaded and installed the latest Cougar drivers for 64-bit operation (circa 2007), and thought I'd drop in here for a few tips on setup,potential problems, etc based on your experiences. I guess I need to plug it and my Elite rudder pedals in too. thanks! Flyby out PS I bought a new Cougar to back up my older one (a spare, so to speak). But I'm rusty at such things now.
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#3839676 - 09/20/13 04:00 PM
Re: I've been asleep for seven years, and need some guidance for my Cougar rig
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hi all, Yes, I recall how to hook up the rudder pedals to the Cougar's game port. What I'm saying is this: the last time I had a gaming system was several years ago, using XP 32-bit. I'm now at Win8 64 bit, and a not wishing to reinvent the wheel with regard to potential problems. Therefore I was asking for insight before going forward. Does anyone know what issues, if any there are in using this old software? On the other hand, I had gotten quite good at battling with Windows ME when that train-wreck hit the ground, so I could sort through any problems, but someone has been there-done that. thank you, Flyby out
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#3840489 - 09/22/13 01:30 PM
Re: I've been asleep for seven years, and need some guidance for my Cougar rig
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Well, you could read through this one: http://cougar.flyfoxy.com/faqinstall.php...and check if everything went like that post. The rudders attached to the stick base should work fine. Only if they have been modded with L&R brake on the pedals, you would need to sacrifice the microstick axes 7 & 8 ccp by moving them to 9 & 10. The L & R toebrake can then be assigned to axes 7 & 8.
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#3840705 - 09/23/13 12:06 AM
Re: I've been asleep for seven years, and need some guidance for my Cougar rig
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JAMF, thanks for the tip and the link! much obliged, Flyby out PS no mods. though I do intend to grease the axis gimbals. I read somewhere that helps to avoid the metal flakimg.
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#3840709 - 09/23/13 12:30 AM
Re: I've been asleep for seven years, and need some guidance for my Cougar rig
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#3845289 - 10/03/13 10:14 AM
Re: I've been asleep for seven years, and need some guidance for my Cougar rig
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hey everybody, I've got the unit up and running. Now to remember how to write those programs. Back to the manual! Flyby out
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#3845726 - 10/04/13 02:17 AM
Re: I've been asleep for seven years, and need some guidance for my Cougar rig
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S~ JAMF, I'm getting back into the swing of making profles again, but that's good advice you offer. No need to reinvent the wheel, eh? BTW I took some advice I came across somewhere and I lubed the contact points on the gimbals of my new(er) Cougar. I recalled seeing flakes of metal when I took the base from the older one (now kept for spare parts) all those years ago. I also remember cleaning those pots out when they started spiking. Ah, yes. The good old days. thanks again, Flyby out
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