Advice from former Cougar, now Warthog owners!

[xoxen]

Hi Folks,

I´m actually thinking about buying a Hotas Warthog. There is a sale at Amazon Germany for 270,-€ which is quite "cheap". But is it worth it? I'm flying A-10C only.

Actually I have a Hotas Cougar with Magoo´s Mod which makes it nearly without any play and also nearly no wear. It is in perfect shape, so this does not justify the invest (beside of this I have a lot of spare parts like springs, every knob etc. just for the case....)

So I would like to know more about the way the Warthog performs compared to the Cougar. The detailed question is if I will see an "Ahhhh!!!!"-Effect in regards to sensitivity/accuracy?

I have played around a lot with courves and in general I´m satisfied with my Cougar. The question is if I will see an advantage e.g. in AAR with the Warthog as it might be more precise?

It´ll be great to get some answers from someones who made this step already as 270,-€ is cheap for the Warthog but are still 270,-€! And I own a great piece of Hotas already.

Thanks in advance and all the best,

Xoxen

Edited April 19, 2015 by xoxen

[mrwell]

Hi, I own both actually. I modded cougar with FCC3.

Warthog stick is way far batter in precission. It uses hall effect sensor for both axis. And it doesn't have any diagonal stopper, I mean cougar can only make x & y movements but not pure diagonals due to its construction.

Initially I like it best cougar throttle sensitivity but i got use to warthog one and now I see no difference.

I modded cougar throttle too with hall effect potentiometer...

I don't need to mod warthog noway ;)

Have fun!

[xoxen]

Hi mrwell,

many thanks for the writing. This is exactly the type of feedback I would like to listen to. Even though it is the more expensive way to go ;)

Unfortunately I missed the weekend sale but now I can start thinking more precisely :)

Many thanks again and it´ll be great to listen to some more experiences.

Xoxen

[Greekbull]

I've had the same experience as Mrwell. The stick is a very big upgrade IMO. The throttle is a nice upgrade too especially with the A-10. No programing needed the game recognizes it abd you get a fully functional Hotas setup. The cougar was a nice piece of kit but I'm very happy with my upgrade.

[xoxen]

Thanks, this also directs me more and more into the Warthog direction. I also found some older threads in other forums saying the same. Actually my wife is the only one who is not convinced so far (something I didn´t take into consideration), even though your arguments are brilliant and I used them ;)

Edited April 21, 2015 by xoxen

[Shaman]

Owning both Cougar and Warthog, would do the purchase of Warthog again if I had to.