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HOTAS Cougar

Some people have talked about the 1mm play in the joystick centre position as being a flaw. To my style of flying it's a bonus feature!

Here's an example of what I mean. Take a typical long range missile shot in Su-27 Flanker 2.0.

Trimmed for level flight	JOYSTICK
Long range radar selected	JOYSTICK
Radar transmit	THROTTLE
Adjust cursor	THROTTLE
Designate target	JOYSTICK
Select missile	JOYSTICK
FIre missile	JOYSTICK

Now during all this monkeying around what has happened to the flight path of the Su-27?

Answer - nothing - because the 1mm play lets me get away with the required hand gymnastics without jerking the plane all over the sky. When I do start to manoeuver the stick and plane respond perfectly with no noticeable lag or dead spot in the centre.

If you really do want the stick to respond to the slightest earth tremor then there is a mod described by Guillame at Cougar World.

Thrustmaster H.O.T.A.S. Cougar