Thrustmaster WartHog Switchgear

[MadDogMcQ]

I'll settle for not letting it rest long enough to gather much dust in the first place, and a can of compressed air, than make any such aftermarket adjustments to the switches - but that's just me :)

 

Sounds like a plan! :thumbup:

[Succellus]

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wont work.

 

IMHO not very pretty either.

 

but if you insist, you first. lmk how that works out for you!

 

Er why wouldn t it work ? Would be gentle to explain. (i never done it)

I know it wont win a beauty contest, but black silicon wouldn t let it that bad.

 

The can sounds like a plan but it treats the consequences not the origin.

Aside from the fact that air can dont clean all the dust and the one that stay is the one that will create rust from the humidity of the compressed air.

[CrashEd]

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IMHO not very pretty either.

 

but if you insist, you first. lmk how that works out for you!

 

Hahaha, I concur mate :thumbup:

 

Crazy idea. Each to their own I guess :)

[JG27_Arklight]

Looks like shoddy workmanship. a $400+ joystick and they forgot covers for some for the switches. Good job.

 

Can't say I'm surprised, being an owner of a Cougar and all.

[CrashEd]

Looks like shoddy workmanship. a $400+ joystick and they forgot covers for some for the switches. Good job.

 

Can't say I'm surprised, being an owner of a Cougar and all.

 

What is wrong with everybody? These kind of comments infuriate me :mad:

 

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SWITCHES.

 

I am an electronics engineer and I've worked on aircraft for many years. The switches on the Warthog are better than those on some aircraft I've worked on!!

 

The so called 'covers' everyone is talking about are not even 'covers'. They are a 3-way, spring-loaded switch that, by design, requires an enclosed part around the top of the switch. The 2-way toggle switches are 'open' by design. They will be like this on any real aircraft. Jeez!

 

Please don't bother commenting on the perceved quality of the Warthog if you A) don't own one, or B) haven't even seen one.

 

Rant over...

[Succellus]

Crahed would you have sprung out of your box before, you wouldn t have to have a stroke now...

People were only guessing why, and where willing to find a way to close a possible way to damage to their new, not cheap, hardware. Assuming that you are right, it was for nothing at all.

Now i would bet a cockpited switch gather way less dust than a desk switch, since the cockpit pass 99% of its lifetime closed, but then i may be lacking knowledge of dust sources inside a cockpit.

 

Your own anger is your own fault, bite yourself...

[MadDogMcQ]

I agree - there's no shoddy workmanship in sight here - just a difference in appearance between the two switch-types. From an aesthetics point of view, it looks odd, but like I said in the first post, it's no big deal. I was merely griping (as is my way) :music_whistling:

[CrashEd]

Crahed would you have sprung out of your box before, you wouldn t have to have a stroke now....

 

I actually commented on the cap issue on the first page of this thread ;)

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1016838&postcount=5

 

Your own anger is your own fault, bite yourself...

 

Apologies, I didn't mean to come across angry. This wasn't aimed at you Succulus :thumbup:

 

Everybody is welcome to their own view and comments. I have no problem with that.

 

It just winds me up when people say 'Oh, I had a Cougar so it's bound to be cr@p'. Or, 'the usual rubbish from Thrustmaster'. These are comments from clearly predjudist people who shouldn't make such bold statements without any knowledge ;)

 

It is an excellent product. If it wasn't, I wouldn't be as outspoken as I am :thumbup:

Edited November 5, 2010 by CrashEd

[Succellus]

Yeah i saw it, but also in the same post you show concern with dust, so people tought you where on the betting team too. Your sneaky bastard :)

Just infiltrating the thread !!

Expect FF on when working under cover, lol

 

Yeah i know people are happy trigering, but when you shell 300USD to have to shell more 300USD to have the first piece of hardware working nice, you can bet some people will shoot first and ask question later when they see the second piece of hardware.

No offence taken, just being the devil advocate :devil: :thumbup:.

 

I already bought my WT but don t know when i ll receive it. And when you are in a tropical country Canned pressurised AIR + unremoved dust = Oxydation. The source of my rubberized stubornry...

Edited November 5, 2010 by Succellus

[JG27_Arklight]

What is wrong with everybody? These kind of comments infuriate me :mad:

 

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SWITCHES.

 

I am an electronics engineer and I've worked on aircraft for many years. The switches on the Warthog are better than those on some aircraft I've worked on!!

 

The so called 'covers' everyone is talking about are not even 'covers'. They are a 3-way, spring-loaded switch that, by design, requires an enclosed part around the top of the switch. The 2-way toggle switches are 'open' by design. They will be like this on any real aircraft. Jeez!

 

Please don't bother commenting on the perceved quality of the Warthog if you A) don't own one, or B) haven't even seen one.

 

Rant over...

 

Thanks for the explanation. When people first see something like that pictured (without having the explanation), it is normal for some to perceive poorer quality. I was not saying it IS shoddy workmanship, I said it looks like shoddy workmanship.

 

Many people who bought TM Cougars experienced not so favorable results from a relatively expensive product. It is normal to perceive future TM product quality as questionable based on prior experiences with the same company.

 

If you bought a pickup that did not perform how it should without modifications, would you run right out and by the next model without question? I would hope not.

Edited November 5, 2010 by JG27_Arklight

[Echonomix]

I don't see why you would want to put covers on the switches. How could dust be that big of a problem? Use compressed air if you are worried about dust, or better yet, cover the entire unit when you won't use it.

 

Also, don't use it with dirty hands! seriously.

[LawnDart]

What is wrong with everybody? These kind of comments infuriate me :mad:

 

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SWITCHES.

 

I am an electronics engineer and I've worked on aircraft for many years. The switches on the Warthog are better than those on some aircraft I've worked on!!

 

The so called 'covers' everyone is talking about are not even 'covers'. They are a 3-way, spring-loaded switch that, by design, requires an enclosed part around the top of the switch. The 2-way toggle switches are 'open' by design. They will be like this on any real aircraft. Jeez!

 

Please don't bother commenting on the perceved quality of the Warthog if you A) don't own one, or B) haven't even seen one.

 

Rant over...

 

Well said! :thumbup:

[CrashEd]

^^ :thumbup:

 

Yeah i saw it, but also in the same post you show concern with dust, so people tought you where on the betting team too. Your sneaky bastard :)

Just infiltrating the thread !!

Expect FF on when working under cover, lol

 

Hehe, yeah I was cunningly more concerned about crap getting into the bearings inside rather than the switches ;) A bit sneaky :)

 

Yeah i know people are happy trigering, but when you shell 300USD to have to shell more 300USD to have the first piece of hardware working nice, you can bet some people will shoot first and ask question later when they see the second piece of hardware.

No offence taken, just being the devil advocate :devil: :thumbup:.

 

Yeah, we a passionate community and hopefully all good friends. No hard feelings at all mate :) :thumbup:

[Flim]

This thread is crazy, I fly corporate jets for a living and the hog is better then the crappy throttles in the citation. LOL

[Succellus]

Anyone in this forum is supposed to be sane ?

[Slayer]

This thread is crazy, I fly corporate jets for a living and the hog is better then the crappy throttles in the citation. LOL

 

I would venture a guess that you don't eat at the controls,drink coffee, soda or other beverages while smoking cigarettes ( or all 3 at the same time while steering with a knee) :pilotfly:

 

Those would be some of the reasons for covers that I could think of :lol:

[LawnDart]

I would venture a guess that you don't eat at the controls,drink coffee, soda or other beverages while smoking cigarettes ( or all 3 at the same time while steering with a knee) :pilotfly:

 

Those would be some of the reasons for covers that I could think of :lol:

 

Oh, if you only knew how much gunk resides from left overs in most commercial/corporate cockpits. Often times it's our lunch/dinner room, since we don't get much time to eat, and stuff finds its way to every nook and cranny. My most recent contribution was coconut mango chicken wing sauce! :lol:

 

I've had a pressurization controller go bad in the past because of bread crums in the works...

 

Btw, what does any of this have to do with HOTAS covers or food? I thought we were discussing the quality of the switches. :music_whistling::doh:

[Succellus]

So...its switch resistence to fall out attacks...

[celticcoho]

So...its switch resistence to fall out attacks...

 

LOL, TMWH seems well made and functional, Just don't spill your Beer on it, then all is well>>>:megalol: