Saitek Throttle Scroll wheel?

[OverDhill]

The Saitek X52 and other throttles have a scroll wheel on the backside of the handle. I was wondering if anyone knows if this is a rotary encoder? Any idea for a replacement part?

[Svsmokey]

Judging by the jitter i experienced with it , and every other auxillary axis on the X52 , it is a pot . Only boutique throttles may have encoders .

[OverDhill]

Well after taking it apart I would have to say the scroll wheel is a 360 degree Rotary Encoder. I will know better when I test it with the BU0836X 12-Bit Joystick Board. The throttle axis is a pot as are the other rotary axis knobs.

[Svsmokey]

Hmmm , interesting . Look forward to your results .

[OverDhill]

Good news it seems the scroll wheel is a rotatory encoder much like the ones in some mouse models. I hooked it up to my BU0836X and it worked fine. They sell mouse encoder replacements of various sizes but I am not sure what size this one it. Fortunately my seems to be working fine.

[Svsmokey]

Thanks for the input-and the correction-don't know what i was thinking :(