F-18 Specific/ Thrustmaster Cougar Afterburner

[Fakum]

This is a question specifically dealing with the F-18, and the use of Thrustmaster Cougar. I know there is a ton of chatter for other HOTAS's but I have not found any discussion specific to the Thrustmaster Cougar. I realize that there is not an abundance of us, but i know your out there. Here is the question, have you been successful in configuring the Cougar Throttle Afterburner On/Off? Thanks,

[Svsmokey]

This is a question specifically dealing with the F-18, and the use of Thrustmaster Cougar. I know there is a ton of chatter for other HOTAS's but I have not found any discussion specific to the Thrustmaster Cougar. I realize that there is not an abundance of us, but i know your out there. Here is the question, have you been successful in configuring the Cougar Throttle Afterburner On/Off? Thanks,

 

There is a post that suggests it can be , and the guy that can definitively answer your question .

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=224460

[Rudel_chw]

Here is the question, have you been successful in configuring the Cougar Throttle Afterburner On/Off? Thanks,

 

 

I played for a while with the THR_RANGE statement in Foxy, and managed to make use of the two detents that the Cougar has, so that when the lever goes below the IDLE detent, the engines go from idle to stop, if it goes over IDLE the engines go from stop to idle.

 

 

In the same way, when the lever goes over the AB detent, the afterburner lights up, etc.

 

 

The only problem is that it's easy to shutdown the engines if you just slam back the throttle lever :D

[Fakum]

@Svsmokey: Thanks, but that is for the loose throttle, good tip though.

@Rudel:, yeah, I get what your saying, the adjustments would have to be pretty well fined tuned to actually be able to achieve 100% Full Military power without engaging afterburner. I did notice (on my throttle anyway, that once I get to the threshold of engaging the afterburner, it does not seem that the exact same point will disengage the afterburner. In the mean time, I mapped a button for the cycling of the afterburner detent On/Off, at least I can be certain about its status,,,, might take a little getting used too if it turns out to be the best solution?