super2277 Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Hello, So i broke my Hotas Warthog yoke :( I was lifting the stick and i heard it broke so now its twisting, do anyone know if theres any replacmentparts you can buy or does this fall under warranty?
dburne Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 If it is still under warranty I would certainly contact TM first on this. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero|
super2277 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 If it is still under warranty I would certainly contact TM first on this. I dont know if it is still under warranty since i bought it in september 2014
MegOhm_SD Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Wow I would think it would really take a lot of abuse to break a warthog stick. What the heck were you doing? Cooler Master HAF XB EVO , ASUS P8Z77-V, i7-3770K @ 4.6GHz, Noctua AC, 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro, EVGA 1080TI 11GB, 2 Samsung 840 Pro 540GB SSDs Raid 0, 1TB HDD, EVGA SuperNOVA 1300W PS, G930 Wireless SS Headset, TrackIR5/Wireless Proclip, TM Warthog, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, 75" Samsung 4K QLED, HP Reverb G2, Win 10
dburne Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 I dont know if it is still under warranty since i bought it in september 2014 I believe the warranty is 2 years, definitely contact them to find out for sure and if yours would be covered. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero|
super2277 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 Okay thanks :) contacted techical support. Btw do you know how much that part cost? what grease should i use now to lubricate it? since i have cleaned all the old grease. I was lifting the youstick from the floor and i accidently twisted it so i heard it broke inside the stick. Here is a pic btw:
bunraku Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Did you lift it by the stick and not the base????
super2277 Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 Yes correct, and yes i know it was stupid of me.
Goblin Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 The Warthog is really sensitive to twisting. I broke mine while attaching a stick extension. It's metal on the outside, but all plastic inside...
ebabil Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 it broke because you just lift it from the stick itself? that's it? FC3 | UH-1 | Mi-8 | A-10C II | F/A-18 | Ka-50 III | F-14 | F-16 | AH-64 | Mi-24 | F-5 | F-15E| F-4| Tornado Persian Gulf | Nevada | Syria | NS-430 | Supercarrier // Wishlist: CH-53 | UH-60 Youtube MS FFB2 - TM Warthog - CH Pro Pedals - Trackir 5
lokodehortaleza Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 I've always been lifting it by the stick since I bought it. I'll be more careful from now on...
super2277 Posted January 5, 2016 Author Posted January 5, 2016 it broke because you just lift it from the stick itself? that's it? Yes, i might have rotated it when i lifted it and i hit something without being aware of it
antzti Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 You might wanna give the throttle some lubricant or it does look like this after 5 years: :megalol: (Well I bought it used less than year ago, still works like a charm tho.)
super2277 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Posted January 6, 2016 Does anyone know what threading type the hotas have? on this picture. Screw the stick to the base
antzti Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Does anyone know what threading type the hotas have? on this picture. Screw the stick to the base M36 x 2.0
super2277 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) I am modelling the plastic parts, but its far from done. I toke a price check to see what it will cost to get this printed at shapeways in steel and the price is around 355 dollars :/ Other pricing for other materials bellow: from shapeways.com "Strong & Flexible Plastic" I do not know what type of plastic this is but the price is around 57 dollars. from: i.materialise.com Polyamide plastic: around 115 USD ABS plastic: around 153 USD Transparent Resin: around 181 USD Edited January 7, 2016 by super2277
dburne Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 Transparent Resin: around 181 USD I am from the plastics industry, and have no clue what that one is... Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero|
bacana.luke Posted January 29, 2017 Posted January 29, 2017 Hi Super2277! How could you fix your joystick? I'm having the same problem. Hello, So i broke my Hotas Warthog yoke :( I was lifting the stick and i heard it broke so now its twisting, do anyone know if theres any replacmentparts you can buy or does this fall under warranty?
Thadiun Okona Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) I am modelling the plastic parts, but its far from done. I toke a price check to see what it will cost to get this printed at shapeways in steel and the price is around 355 dollars :/ Other pricing for other materials bellow: from shapeways.com "Strong & Flexible Plastic" I do not know what type of plastic this is but the price is around 57 dollars. from: i.materialise.com Polyamide plastic: around 115 USD ABS plastic: around 153 USD Transparent Resin: around 181 USD There are already printable versions floating around. There's a guy on the IL2 site selling replacements in bronze, and I'm in the process of working on first pewter ones, and if those do not hold up then I will make bronze ones as well. Was something I had in the works, but was beaten to the punch but it's a common problem that needs a practical solution. I've been dabbling in the relevant arts for years and am finishing up tooling for left hand Warthogs and metal articulation spheres are the next item. The resin is a uv cured resin from the SLA process. It's high resolution but extremely brittle. It's good for models or for non structural parts or as a master to mold from. The only plastic Shapeways has that's remotely suitable is the sintered nylon ('soft-flexible'), however the torque loads this part sees it's just not a job for any plastics, which are far too short in tensile and shear for the load concentrated between the corner and the pin where they all break. Edited January 30, 2017 by Thadiun Okona
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