Hey guys, i am currently practicing hard in the F-18. I have a cougar, which I am using , but am having trouble getting it set up correctly ( for example, I cant seem to get afterburner, even at full throttle) I wondered if any of you had a .tmj file you had made for use with the cougar, in FSX for use with the F-18. I have tried cougarworld, but they are hosted by Frugalsworld, which is down now. Also, is there any way to calibrate the throttle within FSX ? cheers, Mark

Mark have you calibrated your Hotas Cougar in the Windows Control Panel? and are you using your Cougar as a standard Windows device or are you using emualtion mode?I have always used my Cougar as a standard Windows device and have done all programming via FSUIPC and had no issues.

Use FSUIPC, I program my Cougar with it. Lets you set your hotas up for different aircraft so you don

FYI....The unregistered version of FSUIPC will not let you calibrate or program your control devices.

FYI....The unregistered version of FSUIPC will not let you calibrate or program your control devices.

Well, enough reason to get the registered version then :(

Thx guys, is that a stand alone app? I had a vague recollection of reading somewhere about it being included in SP2 ( or was that simconnect...?) Anyway, unless I have purchased it, I am unlikel;y to have it? rgds,Mark

Its a stand alone application develped by Peter Downson and can be purchased from Simmarket.http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html

Hey guys, i am currently practicing hard in the F-18. I have a cougar, which I am using , but am having trouble getting it set up correctly ( for example, I cant seem to get afterburner, even at full throttle) I wondered if any of you had a .tmj file you had made for use with the cougar, in FSX for use with the F-18. I have tried cougarworld, but they are hosted by Frugalsworld, which is down now. Also, is there any way to calibrate the throttle within FSX ? cheers, Mark

It sure is a shame that FrugalsWorld is gone ... lots of Cougar information there.

Hey guys, i am currently practicing hard in the F-18. I have a cougar, which I am using , but am having trouble getting it set up correctly ( for example, I cant seem to get afterburner, even at full throttle) I wondered if any of you had a .tmj file you had made for use with the cougar, in FSX for use with the F-18. I have tried cougarworld, but they are hosted by Frugalsworld, which is down now. Also, is there any way to calibrate the throttle within FSX ? cheers, Mark

Frugals lives on, check out <http://cougar.flyfoxy.com/> looks like Nutty Hallows took over from Frugal.No Cougar calibration should be done in FSX use the HOTAS Cougar control panel and do a manual calibration. I have been using Hotas in FS for years (now on my second Cougar with FETS rather than resistors).Good luck

No Cougar calibration should be done in FSX use the HOTAS Cougar control panel and do a manual calibration.

What would be the benefit over FSUIPC?And thanks for the link!

Thx for the advice fellas, I have already calibrated using the CCP, but problem is for example the throttle, I had to turn sensitivity all the way up in the FSX controls GUI to be able to get it to go to afterburner. Then what happens is the sim does not read throttle input according to the position of the throttle. Say I quit or fail the carrier landing mission and then move the throttle to full idle, when the mission restarts, the throttle is apparently at 70%, if I slide it forward, the reading and engines drop. At some point they start to raise again and I have to jiggle the throttle to the right position. By which tiome i am ususally way to fast or slow or off line. Why does the sim simply not "read" the throttle position as it starts - if its at idle, the engines should fall to idle, likewise any other position. It works ok after you have fiddled around when you enter the sim, but not straight away. I remember using one of Paul "jagstang" Joys files for Falcon4 , which had a throttle range code in it, so you could match the exact characteristics of your throttle to the detents and afterburner positions. I wonder if I could use it.... ! Hmmmmm....Did any one have any luck with a profile as well? I looked at the re hosted cougarworld site, but could find a specific one. ceers, Mark

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Did any one have any luck with a profile as well? I looked at the re hosted cougarworld site, but could find a specific one. ceers, Mark

I use my home brewed TMJ it has the carrier commands but I have only used the Goshawk with it. If you need extra throttle movment to use the afterburner then I suggest that you look to the range command to limit the throttle range comapred to the stick position. From the Foxy manual:You can squeeze or compress the full analogue throttle axis range into a smaller range of physical throttle movement, by using the THR_RANGE statement. Here

Hey crewecut, I know the theory, its just the putting into practice.... its a full time job just coming to grips with all the various systems and software required to run FSX. At the moment I am trying to learn F-18 cockpit systems, basics of navigation, scenery manufacture as well as just have a flight now and then. ( Oh, and then there are the several planes I have brought but not had a chance to even familiarise myself with yet...) And that is without even looking at the DCS black shark manual that I treated myself to recently. :( :( :( B) Add learning programming the cougar into the mix and you have a sure fire recipe for a helmet fire...!!! I suffer from lack of time for this stuff, its tricky, that is why i was hoping for a file I could just pop in and use, rather than making it myself over the next 2 months....anyway, i will have a go and see what i can do and hope someone comes up with soemthing meantime...cheeers, Mark

Gave up programming Cougar through Foxy long time ago for the time consuming reasons it presented, and FSUIPC is shake and bake compared. That time saved I will now spend on Black Shark which I just bought today :(