enigmatics Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 The Z-axis on my X52 has finally gone to crap after 5-6 years of use. I can't afford anything new for a month or two so I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to fix the stick twist or if there was a different way I could input rudder controls until I can pick up a set of pedals or new HOTAS. Thanks for any help!
enigmatics Posted July 30, 2009 Author Posted July 30, 2009 Heh, I haven't flown with "all-or-none" rudder since my first days of flight simming. Oh, but that gives me an idea.. I could remap the target designator to a hat and put the rudder on the thumb mouse input on the throttle. That might work.
Schwinn Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Heh, I haven't flown with "all-or-none" rudder since my first days of flight simming. Lol sorry I just thought you wanted stop gap =)
Triggerhappy69 Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 exactly what is wrong with it? is it the potmeter that is busted? Or the electronic Printed circuit board? Potmeters are quite easy to replace, but the Pcb.. Well, you know.. "But (504)Brewber said they were'nt friendly.. So I took'em out.!" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
enigmatics Posted July 31, 2009 Author Posted July 31, 2009 exactly what is wrong with it? is it the potmeter that is busted? Or the electronic Printed circuit board? Potmeters are quite easy to replace, but the Pcb.. Well, you know.. No clue, I'm not sure if I trust myself to take it apart and put it back together still working. The twist glitches all over the place around the center point, but once you get past a couple degrees the jitters soften up to the point where it's manageable. Sounds physical to me, especially since everything else seems to be working fine. Are the correct replacement potentiometers easy to get hold of? Lol sorry I just thought you wanted stop gap =) Best possible stop gap! Thanks to you I realized what else could be done, so you helped out anyways ;).
Schwinn Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 The twist glitches all over the place around the center point, but once you get past a couple degrees the jitters soften up to the point where it's manageable. Can you set a bigger dead zone?
enigmatics Posted July 31, 2009 Author Posted July 31, 2009 Yea. I haven't yet because the dead zone is already pretty big. ...I just tried setting the dead zone to 50% from center, stops all of the jitters but this one point near center where the signal jumps all the way to the right. I'll have to soften the curve significantly in DCS/LOMAC to compensate for such a massive dead zone.
Sokol1_br Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 Well, after 5 years of use, is time to replace these rudder pot. Contact Saitek for correctly replace part, and is good idea get one for throttle too, just in case need. Is not difficult to change these pot: http://saitek.ru/other/x52inside/image116.jpg Tip - Don't overheat the new pot soldering their wires, use some heasink. Sokol1_Br
redeagleGER Posted July 31, 2009 Posted July 31, 2009 check this ;) http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=42790 1 [sIGPIC]http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5156/sig1ck8.jpg[/sIGPIC]
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