Menessis Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 I have had a lot of trouble in the past using the kitty with Win 7. Have to keep an old XP machine handy just in case the kitty throws a fit! I'm thinking of Win 10 now. Am I in for the same problems? Thanks Menessis
Braeden108 Posted December 10, 2016 Posted December 10, 2016 Tried a saucer of milk? I'm sorry. I had to. Light the tires kick the fires! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
RAZBAM_ELMO Posted December 10, 2016 Posted December 10, 2016 I thought this was going to be a.picyure of a cat on a computer. Heavily disappointed. Sent from my SM-G900W8 using Tapatalk Know and use all the capabilities in your airplane. If you don't, sooner or later, some guy who does use them all will kick your ass. — Dave 'Preacher' Pace, USN.
Menessis Posted December 11, 2016 Author Posted December 11, 2016 Well Im not sure what sets it off. I "think" it may have to do with the speed brake switch being left in the open position. Then when I boot up the pc the cougar isn't recognized. Most times I just reboot and every thing is fine. Other times I have to unplug and plug back in. I try all the tricks and give up. Plug it in the XP machine and reload it. Switch it back and all is good. Menessis
Aluminum Donkey Posted December 11, 2016 Posted December 11, 2016 Well Im not sure what sets it off. I "think" it may have to do with the speed brake switch being left in the open position. Then when I boot up the pc the cougar isn't recognized. Most times I just reboot and every thing is fine. Other times I have to unplug and plug back in. I try all the tricks and give up. Plug it in the XP machine and reload it. Switch it back and all is good. Menessis The Cougar's circuit board is a little on the flaky side, and I'm pretty sure it always has been. Have you tried re-flashing the firmware? Seems to fix everything for me. It might have something to do with the flash memory requiring more than 5 volts to work properly. The USB port can only supply 5V, the flash memory might require more to work really reliably (these are old sticks). It seemed to work well enough most of the time, so that's what they used. If in doubt, re-flash. If you really like the stick & throttle but have had enough of the glitchiness, you can 'gut' the electronics and re-wire the stick to work with an aftermarket stick controller, such as Leo Bodnar's BU0836A, which has extremely high axis resolution (much better than the Cougar's original cheap axis controller) and supports 32 buttons, including a Hat (POV) switch. It's dead-nuts reliable and requires no drivers. I've had mine for 5 years or so, they're great and are small enough to easily fit into the Cougar. I'm considering changing it over myself. 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!
Menessis Posted December 13, 2016 Author Posted December 13, 2016 Ya I have one of Leo's controllers. I want to make a stick for the Huey and use an extra Grip I have with it. Menessis
Aluminum Donkey Posted December 13, 2016 Posted December 13, 2016 Ya I have one of Leo's controllers. I want to make a stick for the Huey and use an extra Grip I have with it. Menessis Those are great little gadgets. I bought the Cougar because it was used and cheap; while I've gotten it to work well now, I'd have been mighty disappointed if I'd paid the full asking price for it when it was new! People like to rave about the Cougar; but mechanically and electronically, it really leaves a lot to be desired. The programming options really are great, though. The Cougar's axis interface (analog to digital converter) is a low-resolution device, they use some filtering algorithm to smooth out the small jumps. Leo Bodnar's device has a true high-resolution converter, and provides excellent control even when moving the stick very small amounts, which the Cougar's built-in control circuit won't do. Leo's device is better for flying helicopters, which require very smooth control, and is also nicer for airplanes as well, although not absolutely necessary, but it gives you better aim when dogfighting with guns and attacking ground targets with unguided weapons. I'm still debating whether I should 'gut' the Cougar and replace the original programmable Cougar circuit board with Leo's high quality interface device. It was expensive enough for a tiny little circuit board and I really want to use it again :) 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!
Menessis Posted December 15, 2016 Author Posted December 15, 2016 I have a dead Kitty that I should try that on. Menessis
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