A big ask of somebody's time.

[RackMonkey]

I wish somebody with the knowledge would create a sticky that list replacement parts and where to find them with part numbers for the hardware we use.

 

An example would be the push buttons on my Warthog stick. I have spent hours looking at Mouser and DigiKey web sites, but in reality, I have no idea what i'm looking for. And when I think I've found what i'm looking for there is only a generic picture. Do you know there are 4391 push button switches listed on DigiKey?

 

I know we have people who are professional and hobbyist in electronics and would know how to look for these parts. There are others who real good at CAD/CAM and 3D printers for part that need to be replace. It would be nice to be able to go to sticky and find a list of replacement and upgrade parts.

 

This would be moderated by a select few who knew what they were looking at to avoid the sticky getting to unwieldy and to keep the format the same for all parts listed. I think it would go something like this...

 

It doesn't show up the way I want because I can't figure out how to indent.

 

 

Thrustmaster

-Warthog

--Stick

---Trigger switch

-----

---Push Button switchs

-----Mouser.com-Otto P1 or P8 series

---3D Printed parts-Shapways.com\tech\search Warthog

 

--Throttle

----Slew switch

----Detent gate

------https://www.shapeways.com/shops/debolestis?section=Knobs&s=0

Edited August 29, 2019 by RackMonkey
New information

[DowntownSIX]

No idea about the rest but I replaced a dodgy pink switch on my Wathog with this:

 

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/toggle-switches/7347139/?sra=pstk

 

It's definitely of higher quality than the OEM but was a direct swap.

[RackMonkey]

That is the kind of information I wanted. I've edited the original post to show your information about the switch pretty much as I would expect a moderator to do. Somebody looking to upgrade or replace the switch could easily find what their looking for. I'm assuming that it's the throttle pinkie switch. A moderator would come up with a standard format for submission that would have all the pertinent information about the part.

[Sokol1_br]

Do you know there are 4391 push button switches listed on DigiKey?

 

For short the search.

 

1 - OTTO P1-1111 or P1-12111 push button switches is almost "pnp" as replacement for Warthog push button pinky and lever buttons (that use an cheap "copper dome PCB" as tactile switch under their metal cap) just require a layer of plastic tap for fit well.

 

OTTO P1-1111 requires 3 lbs of force for click, what may feel "real" but maybe became tiresome in a length game sessions. P-1-12111 require 2.5 lbs of force.

 

See a example of replacement with OTTO switch there: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3240303&postcount=495

 

If find OTTO P-1 expensive (~$ 30) look at their datasheet for physical sizes and search for NKK MB 2000 series switch with similar size.

MB 2000 require 2 lbs of force for operation.

 

https://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e27/hrvhegeykc/IMG_20150109_220853_zps5dd57673.jpg

 

Other possibilities, from this topic:

 

Eaton 1XX: 4 lbs.

Apem 8000: 1.8 lbs.

Knitter MPS103: 0.7 lbs.

 

An DIY guy can just disassemble the original Warthog push button switches, remove that cheap "tactile copper dome PCB" and replace then with OMROM B3F (12x12) series switch, a model of this series is used in Warthog trigger. An original switch disassembled:

 

 

The "tactile PCB" is the green part at left, inside a plastic cup, is the part that usually broken.

Edited August 6, 2019 by Sokol1_br

[RackMonkey]

Thanks for the information. I know i've got some sketchy switch's in my stick but I can't really test them until I get some replacement parts from TM and get it put back together.