Cougar refurb: DAY #5

[coolts]

Does anyone know how to get the Coolie hat switch (4) out? (Its the 4 way thumb-hat on the stick, on the shaft, halfway down. Need to get it out to repair / replace. Dont want to use brute force.

[zakobi]

I don't know it, as i don't have a Cougar, but have you checked if there's an assemble "crack" on the shell of the joystick? Maybe you need to get the stick part out of the base before you can mess with it.

[kaiserb_uk]

I prised mine out by slipping a knife under the lip of the housing and twisting (I rotated mine a few degrees for comfort). I think I did bust the clip in the process, but as it's never going to fall out on its own I wasn't concerned.

Edited January 27, 2010 by kaiserb_uk

[CEPEGA]

the best way is to open the stick (there are 3 screws on the left side). There is nothing difficult on it. ;)

[coolts]

Cheers guys. Got the bugger out. Working from inside the handle there are two tiny clips, (one on either side of the barrel). You press them in and the whole assembly slides out of the stick from the inside.

I unscrewed the tiny screw under the micro stick and took the rod out. There were 4 little micro switches inside which the shaft contacts as you push the hat. Very ingenuous;

A quick squirt of servisol switch cleaner

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Servisol-Switch-Cleaning-Lubricant-176ml/dp/B000KEB6WW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264672973&sr=8-3

To lubricate & clean the switches and I reassembled the hat……….and noticed that one of the tiny wires was only held onto the contact by the insulating glue TM use to prevent shorts.

Once re-soldered and rebuilt, the hat now works like new in all directions, (the original fault). I used the same technique to repair the 8-way hat as well.

The whole job took half an hour then off to the pub!

Just the infamous speedbrake switch to go now!

[Revvin]

Just the infamous speedbrake switch to go now!

 

Does the Cougar still ship with the speedbrake misaligned? I thought they fixed it?

[coolts]

Speedbrake is my final "to-do". it works to the left, (lock). To the right it sort of slides, (badly) then returns to middle when you let go. No response in game though. Will dismantle at some point. ATM i am battling to get my head round setting the microstick to work as maverick targetting in LOMAC. works fine in Falcon but its all over the place in LOMAC FC no matter what i adjust. might have to use the bloody mouse. is this a LOMAC bug or am i being thick?