Cougar HOTAS

[Madrus]

Anybody have one? Any problems?

I want to buy one - is there someplace else that has them for less than Thrustmaster's online store ($349 including shipping)?

[Gator]

have it.

love it.

no problems.

i got it at chipsbits.com for like 260 ... don't know if they still got em. Amazon had them at the same price last year ...

[Hammer]

Definitely look around - you can find a better price... I don't have one as I went the cheap route and bought Gators old TM stuff and upgraded them with the digital chips... It is hard for me to swallow $250+ for a joystick and throttle...but I hear they are SWEET!

[KODIAK]

Got one too! Awesome piece of hardware, even if it DID cost me an arm and a leg. Only problem I have had is a bit of calibration difficulty (re-install), and the compatability issue with my Logitec iTouch keyboard (it won't allow me to utilise my microstick as radar cursor. Which means if I want to play with my flight sim I have to plug my old kybd & mouse in.
Apart from that - I recommend them completely.
For a good impression of the problems others are havong and the "modifications" available for them by third parties, go to the frugalsworld.com site and click on the forums option in the lefthand column, there you will find about 5 forums dedicated to the Cougar covering a plethora of topics.