Saitek X52 went nuts

[Jinro]

It used to work perfectly fine--in fact it was working perfectly fine all day, and then in the middle of the game, it suddenly went ape sh*t. When I let go of the stick, my aircraft violent pitches down and banks to the left.

[bdlarkin]

It used to work perfectly fine--in fact it was working perfectly fine all day, and then in the middle of the game, it suddenly went ape sh*t. When I let go of the stick, my aircraft violent pitches down and banks to the left.

 

Check your axis mapping (in flight you can do CTL-ENTER).

 

I had a similar experiences, and it was that my throttles had become mapped to my XY joystick axis. Full throttle on both throttles was a pitch down and to the left.

[mikoyan]

check the ps2 cable that connects your throttle to the stick; I had several crashes because of that! shame that it is not part of the damage modeling of the sim:lol:

[Kenan]

I have a simmilar problem with X52: the aircraft has a tendency to slowly bank to the left. Not a big deal, but it's kinda anoying. Is this axis-related or is something else causing it? Could it be TrackIR4 affecting it in some way?

[Jinro]

I looked at the joystick settings in the control panel. When the joystick is centered, the crosshairs on the diagnostic page are up and left when it should also be centered. I don't know how to recalibrate the joystick because Vista sucks.

[ilikepie]

the stick auto centres, you need to disconnect it from the throttle and then reconnect. it "should" go back to centre. As mikoyan said.Or you could try moving the stick through its entire axis range as sometimes it "remembers" a point if it is held there too long and centres on that. if none of that has any effect then it could be a case of dust in the sensors and needs a deconstruct and clean

 

good luck

[Jinro]

I need luck finding time to fix it and play the game...I get very little free time, and when I do, I'm spending more time tweaking the game and trying to get it to cooperate than I do actually playing it

:joystick:

[ilikepie]

i'm the same, time poor. try a reinstall of the drivers, it may refresh the centering. i have found that the x52 can be a little pernickety, if i go to a lan i have to make sure that it goes back into the same usb slot or its not recognized. hope it helps

[Mad Dog 7.62]

I have the same problem...bad connections inside the stick right at the PS2 plug. Its been that way since I got it, I have fixed it several times but it goes to crap again after a while. Its just not very well made, at least mine is not. I have decided to not screw with it anymore, and am waiting for my TM Warthog to arrive, soon I hope!

[Whippler]

I looked at the joystick settings in the control panel. When the joystick is centered, the crosshairs on the diagnostic page are up and left when it should also be centered. I don't know how to recalibrate the joystick because Vista sucks.

 

you could adjust small dead-zones in the axis centers, so that even if it ain't fully centered, it's still in the dead-zones. this is the deal whit x-65f while not applying force to stick, while using hat's and all, you will have small accidental forces applied to stick (and at lower force levels the stick get off centered maybe boot would help to re center? dont know)