WildBillKelsoe Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Hello simmers!!! I recently ordered from Amazon.com, a X52. Its expected to arrive next 10 days or so. Just as I was scouring youtube for vids about x52 , since the itch is becoming unbearable , I came across this fellow: Now you can imagine what I'll do next on my channel here if it turns out the x52 is that gay. You gotta admit, he's funny, and very pissed off at the same time. I admit I have the same , dead-reckoning issue, with crappy hardware. :helpsmilie: Bad day for X52 owners, including me :mad: AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Steel Jaw Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 CH definately the way to go Im afraid. "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
WildBillKelsoe Posted January 5, 2011 Author Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) well, I'll pray for the next 10 days and hopefully it turns out good. I should've gone a bit more expensive:mad::joystick: Edited January 5, 2011 by WildBillKelsoe AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Cali Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 CH definately the way to go Im afraid. I agree with CH, but I'm still s sucker for the Cougar and still gonna try to get it to work. i7-4820k @ 3.7, Windows 7 64-bit, 16GB 1866mhz EVGA GTX 970 2GB, 256GB SSD, 500GB WD, TM Warthog, TM Cougar MFD's, Saitek Combat Pedals, TrackIR 5, G15 keyboard, 55" 4K LED
Steel Jaw Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 I agree with CH, but I'm still s sucker for the Cougar and still gonna try to get it to work. I dont have any CH. I have a saitek x52 pro (plastic junk) and a Cougar with center play that I cannot be arsed to fix. "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
MTFDarkEagle Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Had a x52 for years, the only bad things happening was (ah well you guessed it), rudder spiking (solved by useing rudder pedals), and a (very!) slight spike on one of the rotaries. Nothing else wrong with it. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Atomic978 Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 I have a saitek x52 non pro and have had it for over a year with no problems. I upgraded from a x45 that I used for 3 years. Will keep this stick till it dies. =RvE=Atomic Alienware Area-51, Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 3.2GHz, 8gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2 Ram, EVGA SC GTX 570, Western Digital 1.0TB 64mb cache HD. Windows 7 Ultimate 64, Saitek X52 & Saitek Pro Peddals, TrackIR 4 Pro with Track Clip Pro. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Cali Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 I dont have any CH. I have a saitek x52 pro (plastic junk) and a Cougar with center play that I cannot be arsed to fix. Before I got my CH back in 2003/2004 I had a X45 and after 6 months of hard flying it developed bad center play. I bought my CH and haven't had a problem in all the years I have had it ( no mods that cost $$) I liked the X45, I can't stand the CH throttle. If only they made the F-16 throttle I wouldn't of had to buy a cougar that doesn't work :music_whistling: Come on CH, how hard would that have been? i7-4820k @ 3.7, Windows 7 64-bit, 16GB 1866mhz EVGA GTX 970 2GB, 256GB SSD, 500GB WD, TM Warthog, TM Cougar MFD's, Saitek Combat Pedals, TrackIR 5, G15 keyboard, 55" 4K LED
Allo Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 I bought two of these and I was happy with it for about six months, then I started to have problems with it. The other X-52(my friends) developed problems too. I ended throwing mine away and I don't think my friend uses his anymore. Maybe the X-52 PRO is better but I definitely wouldn't recommend the non PRO version. I said I would never get another Saitek again. Now I have CH and am very happy. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPU - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.6 GHz // Motherboard - ASUS M4A89GTD-PRO // GFX - ATI Radeon HD 6870 1GB // RAM - Patriot-Viper II 4GB(2x2GB) DDR3-1600 // Audio - Creative X-FI Platinum // OS - Windows 7 Home x64 Bit CH Fighterstick // CH Pro Pedals // CH Pro Throttle // TrackIR 4 // Eyefinity 20"x3 Portrait :joystick:
MackTheKnight Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 I also tried an X52 Pro and after 3 or 4 months it got spikey as heck. RMA'd it but I never used it again. Bought CH gear and love the quality. But I also recently got the HOTAS Warthog, as I couldn't resist having accurate button placement and the dual-throttle. I'm keeping my CH on standby though, especially after reading all of the issues with the Warthog throttles being flakey. So far so good, though. Like others have said, I wouldn't touch Saitek again. I sincerely hope you have better luck then the rest of us did...
chokko Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 used x52 nonpro for 2.5 years without any issues, very happy with it. being neglected due to warthog though. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Sarge55 Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 I used the X-52Pro for 2.5 years and it worked great. The SST programing software sucked though. I programed in game and it worked fine. I got the WH now but I'll keep the X-52 just in case. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7 10700K OC 5.1GHZ / 500GB SSD & 1TB M:2 & 4TB HDD / MSI Gaming MB / GTX 1080 / 32GB RAM / Win 10 / TrackIR 4 Pro / CH Pedals / TM Warthog
WildBillKelsoe Posted January 8, 2011 Author Posted January 8, 2011 I'll update on the purchase and progress once I get it. Thanks for the input everyone. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
joey45 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 I had mine for over 3 years and no probs. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
walker450 Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 3 years on the regular x-52 and the only problem is that the up, up-left, and up-right positions on the throttle stopped working. I haven't taken the time to open it up and try to repair though.... Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
Rusty_M Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Well mine's been fine for about 9 months, but it doesn't get very heavy use, and I did have to send two back to the shop when they were DOA The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine! http://www.twitch.tv/rusty_the_robot https://www.youtube.com/user/RustyRobotGaming
emenance Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 im about to ebay my x52. Its works great but has a strange problem. In the control panel all of the buttons and checks are perfect. No spikes, all buttons register. But when trying to fly in FC2 the stick doesnt control the plane right and isnt reponsive. I have tried with or with out software and gave up. foggy on details. However Black Shark arcade mode works just fine. Never a problem with the throttle. Not a problem at all with stick in BlackShark Arcade mode. Just the stick with software and control panel checks out everything good. I have become biased towards the sietek. If someone wants it. make an offer. I have the full retail package still. Asus P8Z68-V GEN3/ 2500k 4.4ghz / Corsair 64gb SSD Cache / Corsair 8g 1600 ddr3 / 2 x 320gb RE3 Raid 0 /Corsair 950w/ Zotac 560TI AMP 1gb / Zalman GS1200 case /G940/
Silent Warrior Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 I bought my X52 non-pro used. The mouse stick latches right onto the input from the normal mouse. A bit strange for a default behaviour (just set it in the SST to something else than the mouse axes, and you're good), BUT: it's off-center in no small way. Unfortunate, but I got it at about half the price of a new unit. Saved some money for getting CH-gear next time around. In all fairness, though, I love the stick nearly to bits otherwise. My only gripe is the upper part of the top of the stick (the half of it that's above the plane where the POV-hat sits - the thingamajig with the mode-selector on it) and the button placed on it. The most uncomfortable bit of any flight-/game-controller I've ever had, actually, but the rest is... pretty sweet.
Napa Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 I have the X-52pro for a year and a half and have no big issues. Only a wee-bit of "stiffness" when I move the joystick around but that won't bother me too much. Still I'm going to sell it (as it is in a great condition) as soon as I get my hands on TMWarthog. Intel i7 12700k / Corsair H150i Elite Capellix / Asus TUF Z690 Wifi D4 / Corsair Dominator 32GB 3200Mhz / Corsair HW1000W / 1x Samsung SSD 970 Evo Plus 500Gb + 1 Corsair MP600 1TB / ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3080 OC V2 / Fractal Design Meshify 2 / HOTAS Warthog / TFRP Rudder / TrackIR 5 / Dell U2515h 25" Monitor 1440p
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