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Hotas Cougar Competition


Competition Details

Because it is valentines day and I'm feeling all loved up I have teamed up with Cougar World and Thrustmaster to give away a Thrustmaster Hotas Cougar. Yes you read that right .... we are GIVING AWAY a Cougar!!!!! You'll have to provide your own bucket to catch the drool though :-).

The competition is now closed. The winner will be announced on 22nd March 2002. I have provided the answers to the questions below.

Competition Rules

l Only one submission per person, people making multiple submission will be disqualified.

l All entrants must be at least 18 years of age.

l By entering this competition you agree to be added to Thrustmasters mailing list for product information updates (you will have the option to unsubscribe from this list)

l The winner will be selected at random from the correct entries and will be announced on 21st March 2002. The prize will be sent directly by Thrustmaster.

l Frugal's World of Simulations assumes NO responsibility for the performance of the product awarded in this contest, nor is Frugal's World of Simulations responsible for any hardware, software, or physical problems caused by it.

l Frugal's World cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information on sites used for researching the answers to the questions other than those reccomended above.

l The contest winner will be listed on the frugalsworld.com web site. All entry submissions are an implicit acceptance of that possible exposure by the person entering the contest.

l The Judges decision is final. No correspondance will be entered into.

l The competition is not open to staff of Frugal's World, Cougar World, Thrustmaster or their Families (sorry guys, you know I love ya though :-)

Any questions should be sent to contest@frugalsworld.com

The Questions

1.) What does HOTAS stand for?

Hands On Throttle And Stick
Heavy Ordinance Targeting Advanced System
Hoffman Original Thrustmaster Analogue Stick
High Over Torqued Angular Stick

Hands On Throttle And Stick

2.) How many motors are there in the Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner Force Feedback Joystick?

1
2
3
4

There are 2 motors

3.) When was Thrustmaster Established?

1989
1990
1991
1992

Thrustmaster was Established in 1992

4.) The Force Feedback GT Racing Wheel is officially licensed by:

Nascar
Porsche
Ferrari
Skoda

It's Ferrari

5.) The Thrustmaster warranty on all PC and console accessories covers...?

6 months
12 months
18 months
24 months

The warranty is 24 months

6.) TM UK are based in Croydon. Which county is Croydon in?

England
Surrey
London
Essex

Croydon is in Surrey, I should know, I was born in Croydon

7.) How many axes does the Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar have?

3
5
7
10

The Cougar has 7 axes. It can support up to 10 but the question was how many axes does it have, not how many does it support. It has 7 axes.

8.) Who was responsible for developing the flash upgradability of the HOTAS Cougar?

Angelo Bucciero
Mark Mooney
Saeed Mostofi
Guillaume Lelevé

Angelo Bucciero was responsible for developing the flash upgradability.

9.) If pressing the "a" key on your keyboard activates the autopilot in a flight sim, what statement would be needed in a joystick file so that pushing Hat 1 up activated the autopilot?

BTN H1U Autopilot
Hat1Up a
Autopilot = a
BTN H1U a

The only answer that will always be correct is {BTN H1U a}. No macro file was specified in the question and therefore no other answer can be correct in this example.

10.) What is the latest official Thrustmaster version of the main F-22 PRO chip?

1.10
1.15
1.17
1.19

The latest version is 1.17


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What CPU do you have?

Amd XP 2-3000
Intel 2-3 Ghz
Intel 1-2 Ghz
Amd 1-2 Ghz
Below 1 Ghz

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