MFD Cougar Pack - 2 Programmable USB Cockpit Panels for PC#N/A

Good quality kit from Thrustmaster. There is enough info in the other reviews for this - works straight out of the box on Win7 64bit without need for any drivers etc to be manually installed. Have set it up for Falcon 4 bms and it works flawlessly.If you want MFDs with screens, you can buy small TFT displays and the relevant software to use these for that, too (not from Thrustmaster, though). Some others here have stated that the description is incorrect in that the MFD buttons are not fully programmable, but this is incorrect - they are both easily assignable in-game and are fully programmable in all the usual ways, including using scripts. This is possible by using Thrustmaster's own TARGET software, which can be downloaded from their website, along with templates for making your own label cards. Not only do Thrustmaster provide this fantastic programming software, they also provide a comprehensive guide on how to write scripts for it, in pdf form. People should really check these things before they make statements in reviews that may sway people's decision on whether to buy. I really like the fact that the lighting on the buttons can be dimmed to the user's taste, and that the identifier LEDs, which are very bright, can be switched off. This item is worth every penny, imho, and comes with a 2 year warranty.

With delivery I bought these for £46. That's £23 per unit. When you think of it in those terms these bezels are amazing value. As soon as you take them out of the box you can't but be impressed with the build quality. They are not just solid, but chunky, and as a consequence they felt somehow larger than I expected. There's a definite sense here that you're getting more than you paid for. In a unpowered USB hub these light up brightly, and impressively, when connected. The light can be tuned from dazzling to barely perceptible to completely off through the Windows interface. In use the buttons have barely perceptible feedback, there is no definite click. But that is apparently how the real thing feels, according to those that have used them in reality. The bases are weighted and grip adequately. There can be a little back and sideways movement when clicking buttons along the top and inparticular in the corners, but with just a reasonable amount of force applied the bezels are stable. With regard to button assignment, I have tested these units with Falcon 4 BMS and they were set up simply through the setup interface, and recognised in sim without an issue. If you'd like to free yourself up a little from mouse clicks in the virtual cockpit, or if you'd like to add to the immersion, I would highly recommend these MFD bezels.

Great value - if you play Elite Dangerous or fly any flight simulator then this pack of two items will be a really useful addition. At this price you can't go wrong and you can find lots of tips how to add active screens in place of the printed inserts if you want. Yes it is just a couple of backlit frames with a load of buttons but they don't need drivers, are recognised in Elite Dangerous and flight sims, they add great functionality, are well made and the appearance adds a lot to "immersion".

Received the mfd's for the DCS-A10, and agree with the comments above, with a head tracker and a decent stick the A-10 is brilliant. No more chasing the mouse key around the MFD on the panel when in a turn and trying to look back at the target or the ground. You do need to get them well in you field of view, but they look great, all lit up and they are very 'tactile' you have to press the buttons, and you get a soft click response . Also tried them on fsx and they are already programmed - if you look at the cards provided and I will be programming them to do more for me. They are also recognised by Cliffs OF Dover, so now I have enough buttons to go for full engine managament on the Hurricane and Spitfire ..Magic

The trouble with study sims such as DCS A10c or Falcon 4 is that they are so detailed and complex that having the right hardware really does make a difference. Investing in products such as the Thrustmaster Warthog, Track IR and these Cougar flight panels involves expenditure which dwarfs the initial purchase price of the software itself, but they really do add to the immersion. I've got these Cougars set into a panel which I fabricated so that they have small monitor behind them, with the size of the extended displays calibrated for an exact match. Of course you can display the contents of the MFDs on a monitor without using the Cougars, which I did previously - and set the display to a larger size, which is handy - but that means having to use the mouse to click the OSBs. Taking your right hand off the joystick every few seconds is a pain and thoroughly unrealistic, but with the Cougars you can use the fingers of your left hand, which is so much more convenient. It's also much faster, so setting up weapons profiles takes a fraction of the time previously required. For DCS A10 - the Cougars are truly plug and play. So, in short, if you're an enthusiast for sims like DCS A10C or Falcon 4, and have the budget available, get a set of these - they're worth it. Why 4 stars rather than 5? Nitpicking perhaps, but since many people will be mounting these in panels of some sort a template for cutting an appropriate hole would have been handy.

Full confession, I play Elite Dangerous (normally in Oculus) and have dual TM5000 joysticks ('coz I'm left handed and the FCS is pants for me), and I even tried the rudders as well as this. They all work VERY, VERY well - no issues at all. But the downside is nothing to do with TM at all! SO what's my beef? Well, with the T.H.R.U.S.T software it is easy to map three (or more, but for me three) controls to one button so even the dual joystick buttons aren't fully populated. I was thinking of doing away with the keyboard as one of these would fit on the board the joysticks are screwed to, but overall I rarely use the keyboard So TM (AKA Guiullemot or something - good French company making what seems like quality stuff) get the five stars, but my brain only gets 4 because of the above.

You can change backlight brightness using TARGET software. Really usefull if youre flying military sims like DCS. Absolutely love mine. Just wish they did them with LCD screens built in already.

Yes 56 commands in total. Now if you hate the games that rely on SHIFT, CTRL and ALT shortcuts this pack of two MFD's will with practice make your live easier. The one thing to remember is how you group those commands together and how you label them once you've got a plan in mind. Every time I thought I had the best layout for a variety of games, there's a better change to implement so I've held off creating printed button maps as I know things will change again shortly. There's a lot of inputs to play with - sadly none of them analogue but as a compliment to a rig even one panel works well. I use one for the driving games as I can't easily reach my keyboard and one of the MFD's can reach perfectly on a side table without taking up too much space.

O Thrustmaster MFD completou meu setup de cockpit. Como já tinha o hotas, pedais e quadrante da CH Products, acabei ficando no total com 104 botões únicos para configurar os simuladores (IL2-BOX e DCS). Só os MFDs acrescentaram 56 botões. São muito bonitos com a iluminação, que pode ser controlada, e com uma facilidade única que são os painéis impressos com a função de cada botão. E precisa, porque não dá para memorizar todos. No site da Thrusmaster há um aplicativo para isto. Está na foto. Mesmo que você tenha um joystick básico, vale muito a pena ter os MDFs e deixar de utilizar o teclado!

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Ich habe die MFD's als Zubehörteil für technischer (ja, nicht absolut realistischer) Simulatoren zugelegt, einfach weil ich die Dinger cool finde. Die Konfiguration ist auch unter Windows 10 kein Problem, die Knöpfe lassen sich intuitiv belegen. Wichtig ist hier nur, dass man im Vorfeld klärt, ob das Spiel oder Programm die Controller korrekt ansteuern kann. Wenn es denn irgendwann geht (Das Hinterlegen von Funktionen ist nicht schwer, aber zeitintensiv), sind die MFD's eine wirklich ein interessantes Zubehörteil - man kann wirklich alles damit spielen. Wer die original Pappscheiben beschriftet, sollte einen wegwischbaren Stift oder Papierdublikate verwenden, da nur jeweils eine vorhanden ist und bei der Ergonomiefrage habe ich festgestellt, dass Änderungen häufiger passieren als man denkt. Wenn man dann irgendwann weiß, was man für Funktionen haben möchte, kann man immer noch die richtigen Schablonen drucken. Vielleicht noch ganz gut zu wissen: Die Displays sind Pappscheiben ohne Beleuchtung. Im Dunkeln ist die Beschriftung daher nicht lesbar. Die muss man sich selber bauen. Wer LCD - Displays dahinter haben: Ja, das geht auch, es sind 2 durchsichtige Plastikscheiben, zwischen die eine Schablone gelegt werden kann. Damit kann man ganz einfach ein echtes Display verwenden.

Comprado por 74,99€ Un buen complemento para tu simulador de vuelo El pack Thrustmaster MFD Cougar es una solución de alta calidad para mejorar la experiencia de simulación de vuelo en juegos y aplicaciones de simulación. El pack incluye dos paneles multifunción (MFD) que replican los controles utilizados en aviones de combate reales, lo que te permite tener un control más preciso y una experiencia más inmersiva. Cada panel MFD cuenta con una pantalla LCD retroiluminada y 20 botones programables más cuatro interruptores, lo que te permite asignar funciones específicas a cada botón según tus necesidades y preferencias. Esto te permite acceder rápidamente a funciones importantes durante el vuelo sin tener que recurrir al teclado o al ratón. El diseño compacto y ergonómico de los paneles MFD los hace fáciles de instalar en tu escritorio o en tu setup de simulación de vuelo. Puedes colocarlos a ambos lados de tu joystick o en cualquier otro lugar que te resulte cómodo, lo que te permite personalizar tu configuración de vuelo según tus preferencias. Es compatible con el resto de tus periféricos de vuelo, lo que te permite integrarlo fácilmente en tu setup existente. Es compatible con los principales juegos de simulación de vuelo como Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane o DCS World. Aunque lo puedes usar en cualquier modelo de avión, en mi opinión donde es más recomendable (por su realismo) es usarlo junto con modelos de helicópteros o cazas de combate, pero tampoco viene mal en aviones de aviación General para tener unos cuantos botones extras. Puedes descargarte un par de programas específicos desde la página oficial de Thrusmaster si quieres sacarle todo el “jugo” al dispositivo, aunque honestamente, no hay necesidad si no te quieres complicar, ya que tanto desde el propio simulador o, con programas tan recomendados como Spad.next, puedes hacerlo perfectamente. Los leds son configurables en intensidad y si quieres colocarlo con cierta inclinación trae unas varillas que junto con una ruedecillas laterales bloqueables, te permiten darle el angulo deseado. Trae también unos cartones que simulan las pantallas. Puedes usar estas o diseñar las tuyas. Y si quieres llevarlo a un nivel superior, puedes comprar pantallas táctiles de 7 pulgadas e incorporarlas al marco (ver vídeos en youtube). En este último caso le daría un realismo total. Compra recomendada.

These MFD's (comes with two) Add quite a bit of Immersion to my games and simulators! But, the best part is that it does it in a very subtle way! Better still:, Is that it free's up a few buttons on my Warthog H.O.T.A.S. as well(my flight stick and throttle), Which allows me to map more important things onto my HOTAS. Which allows me to say: Enter a dogfight in my F/A-18C in DCS-World by hitting a single button to drop my fuel tank(s) without having to "look down" at ym keyboard and put my fingers on the specific keyboard controls and then push them! The 2.5 seconds or so it takes to press those keyboard commands is ALL another player needs to lock his radar and fire a missile my way, thus putting myself at a SEVERE DISADVANTAGE by forcing me to fly evasively and defensively when everyone knows in a combat mission, you need to be able to keep your eyes out of the cockpit and looking around the sky for threats just as much as you search with your radar! And I use my Cougar-MFD's when flying ANY Aircraft that has Multi-Function (Color) Displays and it's especially helpful for navigating quickly to the proper display page in Simulators like the D.C.S. A-10C "Warthog" or their KA-50 "Black-Shark" helicopter which has it's own version of an MFD with it's "ABRIS SYSTEM" Which consists of it's Target Data Display and Navigational screens and/or Map Display System. I even find myself using these MFD's in other games as well!, like when Flying an F-16 in "Falcon BMS 4.33" Or Even when using the MFD buttons for the Remote-weapon controls for the armored vehicles in "Arma-3" with it's new "TANKS" DLC. I've even found it helpful for hotkeys in other games that recognize it. i use the bottom Row of one MFD to select ammo-types in Warthunder for it's "Tanks" gameplay. As well as others like Euro-Truck Simulator and American-Truck Simulator, as easily accessible buttons to quickly get me to specific pages on my "Dashboard Mounted GPS." In Short, the sheer Competitive edge and/or Potential that these MFD's offer the average gamer or simulated racing or Flight simulator enthusiast is only limited by their ability to visualize or imagine uses for it within their Simulators and Games! Better still, is that they're a steal for amount of immersion that they add! As an example of that point: I spent over $130 dollars on the "Track I.R.-5" Infrared Head-Tracking System, (Allowing me to move my head in real life which serves to control my Simulated pilot's ability to look around within the cockpit or simulation.) And it helps to mimic that feeling of actually being in the cockpit or behind the wheel! A little tip: Thrustmaster, If you read these reviews, you should seriously get into the market of manufacturing these with real color displays before someone else corner's that market and makes something with less plastic at only slightly higher price point!,SO MANY Flight simulator pilots as well as Racing enthusiasts would JUMP AT THE CHANCE to get their hands on a set of fully functional MFCD's that only costs them a little bit more than having to foot the bill of making a set for themselves!the cost of soldering equipment and connectors and wires and things from Amazon. Already simulations like "Falcon BMS 4.33" has a simple and easy way to extract the images from the MFD images eithin their simulator! And that allows savvy Sim pilots to display their combat-Radar as well as their waypoints and whatnot ONTO an external 4-inch by 4-inch screen which allows the enthusiast to see much more clearly whats going on inside their cockpit without having to squint or look down for an unnecessary length of time in order to find and lock targets or input targeting data and take their eyes off the sky in front of them! It could honestly be as popular as the Warthog stick! And offering these one's without the MFD's would allow Sim enthusiasts to experience them for a decent price-range which would (at least for me) allow them to ineract with the MFD's without display, which would allow them to use the MFD's while enticing them to upgrade or purchase the full or expanded edition of these MFD's. In Closing these are a great product and they have way more functionality than you would originally think they do! And equally exciting is you can make them into FULLY FUNCTIONING DISPLAYS with a little bit of elbow-grease and some parts you can buy right here on Amazon!