good decision. If you have later questions how to reduce the tolerance or the strong springs of the coguar i have a couple of tips.

Just bought a used one - please pass your tips on, thanks!

you can reduce for example the tolerance of the one axis beside the long slot with the sheet of this http://www.klangspiel.ch/boat_bausat...126_093150.jpg
No joke. I´ve done this tweak and it works very good. Fix it with glue on the opposed side (hotglue). I´ve lost the cable of my camera so I cant make photos of it.

the other thing are the potentiometers. there is a very expensive alternative called hall sensor or a cheaper but 1000 times better alternative as the original plastic pots. Look here: http://leobodnar.com/products/BU0836X/p260.pdf
I got 3 of the p260 model. They are steered with a servo horn for throttle, x and y axis to gave them a working degree of nearly 170°. the smaller the servo of the pot in relation to its opponent the bigger the working area. Its similar to this http://www.wingsofhonour.com/hardwar...090718.en.html
I hope you can follow my horrible english :grin:

edit:
http://www7.pic-upload.de/thumb/29.0...smdz9vknmj.jpg
looks messy but works. The good thing on hotglue is you can remove it completly or adjust all glued elements.

I extend my shaft on a regular basis...

this statement made my day....

Jimbop

You dont need nut like in cougar to extend your X-52. In fact are more easy without this thing.

Sokol1

Yep, the hard part of extending x52 is not finding the right nut and pipe - it's actually the easier as you don't have to worry about threading.

The harder part is probably the need to work on the 15 wires that runs from the base to the stick. You'd have to make 30 connections. Still it's not hard, but it's tedious.

Thanks Sokol1, recoilfx. Did you extend with internal or external (i.e. larger or smaller diameter) tube? You would have to secure it to the grip pretty well because of the rudder twist or did you use the existing pin arrangement?

are you kidding? I asked you if you´r interested in more tips and hints. I gave you tips, opened cougar, made photo and....no reaction? It seems you doesn´t bought a used one. Very odd....

I have bought it (eBay) but haven't received it yet. Your stuff will be very helpful when it arrives - thanks for passing it on and nothing wrong with your English...

I like tinkering! Still have the X52 obviously and will give it a last chance with another mod but I don't like the plastic internals one bit. Right now I'm pulling apart an old Logitech joystick to make a new panel and starting to think about how to use the hat switch buttons...