MODEL- 2960534 VENDOR- GUILLEMOT INC.

FEATURES- HOTAS Cougar Flight Stick
Hands On Throttle and Stick, for use with PC, USB connector.
The HOTAS Cougar is a joystick and separate throttle, used primarily
with PC flight simulations. It is modelled directly after the joy-
stick and throttle (we call them controllers) inside a real F-16
cockpit. It even has all the lettering stamped into the joystick and
throttle, just like the real ones. But this is only the beginning of
the story ....
It is the most programmable joystick and throttle. Ever. With a
Cougar, you never need to take your hands off the controllers. It
excels in its level of programmability, so that all your aircraft's
functions can be assigned to its various hats and buttons. It can
do anything you can do with a keyboard and mouse, but it can do a
whole lot more as well. It's fantastic for beginners, because in its
default mode you don't need to do any programming. You just plug it
in, and go fly in your flight sim, allowing it to assign functions
to the various hats and buttons. You don't even need to learn how to
program it either. It comes with over 30 pre-written files to
program it for different flight sims and games, and you literally
just need to press a button and it's ready for you to use. If you
want to learn how to program it, no problem. It comes with wizards,
and tutorials to gently ease you into it at a pace of your choosing,
as well as extensive online and a superb printed manual to get help
from.
For all its programmability, there's one factor above all else that
makes everyone say "Wow" when they first feel the Cougar. And that
quite simply is that they are made of metal. Once you've flown with
metal, you'll never go back to plastic - the difference is like
night and day. The cold feel of metal adds hugely to the realism and
immersion factor, and being metal, these things weigh a ton. Again,
it just feels great and helps lose you into your flight simming
experience. Even all the hats and buttons on the controllers are
metal - it's just unbelieveable. A metal joystck needs some serious
serious springs to offer reistance to movement and return it to its
central position, and the Cougar feels just right in this respect.
They're strong, and impart much finer control. You'll never go back
to the traditionally sloppy sticks after flying with a Cougar.
* Replaceable joystick handles. The main joystick handle can be detached
simply by unscrewing it, and Thrustmaster are planning to develop other
handles, like for example those you'd find in an F-18 Hornet. A great
idea and a first once again for any stick developer.
* Flash upgradeable. The Cougar's programmability amongst other features
can be easily updated without you needing to replace any components
within the stick. You'll find updated firmware here at Cougar World and
flash upgading your Cougar is a simple mouse click away.
* Driverless. Unlike other controllers, the Cougar doesn't nee