I bought a new rig and need to mod my HOTAS Cougar. Please help.

[MAYAman]

Hi, I want to floor mount the base of my HOTAS Cougar and have the handle up between my legs like it should be in a WWII fighter.

But I can't figure out what kind of connection the Cougar uses. When you screw of the joystick, it would be easy to have a section of pipe made and curved and the base put on the floor. But I can't figure out what kind of connection is used. It looks like a PS2 connection, but I tried a PS2 extension cable and it won't fit.

Does anybody know what kind of connection is used to connect the HOTAS Cougar/Warthog to its base? They both use the same connection.

thanks

[Robotic Pope]

Can't help you with the connection, sorry. I think you would also have a problem with the amount of torque a long stick would have on the base and the workings inside. Even gentle force against the stop of an axis would be the same as very agressive force on a regular standard lenth stick and parts would wear and fail very quickly.

[MAYAman]

Yeah understood, but others have done this mod with plastic Logitech joysticks and have used them for years. The cougar is all metal and built like a tank so it would be able to take it. Nobody know what connection is on the bottom of the Cougar? :(

[trk29]

Is this the plug you are talking about?

http://cougar.flyfoxy.com/faqhardware.php

http://cougar.flyfoxy.com/images/faq/install/connectors.jpg


Check this site to for modding.

http://www.wingsofhonour.com/hardware/thrustmasterhotascougar/review_modding-u2nxt-hs2-hs1_20090718/html_woh_hardware_review_cougar-u2nxt-hs_20090718.en.html

[MAYAman]

Negative, I'm speaking of the connector at the base of the actual flight stick. You unscrew the large grey nut, and the flight stick comes right off. Looks like a PS2 connection, actually looks exactly like a PS2 connection but my PS2 extension doesn't fit it so its not a PS2 connection.

Just need a way to span the distance between the base, which you have pictured, and the flight stick. They connect right at the base of the stick portion.

[Robotic Pope]

Its probably a customised PS2 connection then. Designed so you can't plug in anything other than the intended stick.

[MAYAman]

I guess I'll just span the distance by soldering wires from the base to the stick. I have no other choice. ugh