Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar - let's get mechanical

@Troll look at what shapeway delivered to me :wink:

…yeeeah… I’m lookin’… :slight_smile:

all the other people

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I think I forgot to upload…

Time to shutdown the computer, obviously :wink:

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Created a tight fit. Going to glue it tonight.

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How does the thread fit?

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I took the generated thread and scaled it down a bit, so it runs rather tight. The material seems quite strong so that’s nice. I made a design error on the cut-out for the stick-bottom bit so I’ve got more grinding to do on that part!

Got a drill press though, so setting that up first tonight. Now I can finally finish my AOA gauge.

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AOA gauge? Tell me more…

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here you go!

Couldn’t make a proper cut-out for the acryllic layer(I want night lights :wink: ), and I needed a drill press for that. Kinda kept putting that buy on the back burner but this week I got two big hole saws from china, and my hand drill doesn’t have enough power to use those. Just did my first test drill in some wood, love it! :smiley:

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Glued the adapter and did some sanding to get a snug fit. I am quite confident about this solution.

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Received empty Mini DIN-5 plugs so now I can solder my own cables!

Btw, this is how I feel modding my stick:

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Everything is working again, the connectors work fine. Looks like either the producer of the mini-din 5 plugs has taken a fast one with tolerances or Thrustmaster. I had to drill it out a bit to make it fit. Doesn’t matter matter much to me, but if anyone in the future ever reads this (hello!), beware! :wink:

So… time to get those fancy looking hall sensors :smiley:

Not gonna lie, my electrical workbench always looks like this… Even after cleaning!

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You sure about Hall sensors?
I use these.

https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/32634095245.html

Not sure there’s space for those inside the cougar. besides there’s a certain line of HAL sensors that don’t require any modifications and are almost plug and play for the cougar.