Aluminum Donkey Posted November 29, 2016 Posted November 29, 2016 Greetings everyone, I just recently converted my ancient TM HOTAS Cougar over to hall sensors in the stick, it was very easy to do and works great, unfortunately I couldn't find any of the 3 or 4 cameras in the house so I couldn't take any pics, but I used Allegro A1302 Hall effect sensors and small Neodymium magnets. The response of these sensors very linear, with no drifting of the center position. They directly replace the potentiometers in the Cougar with homemade mounts (small plastic rectangular plates that bolt in place of the original pot mounts) and the magnets were super-glued to the gimbal yokes. The sensors run directly off USB power as supplied to the stick--I even re-used the existing wires & plugs from the existing pots. A pack of 5 sensors is just over three dollars (Canadian $) *including shipping from China*, and took about 2 weeks to get here to my home in Ontario. It's hard to find a better deal than that, and these are GREAT sensors for this application. :) Link: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/5Pcs-A1302-NEW-Ratiometric-Linear-Hall-Effect-Sensors-Chip-/151913409560?hash=item235ebeac18:g:HIcAAOSwNphWa8Og Peace and have fun Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Asus ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Aviation is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money!
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