Conure Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Hey guys, got mine yesterday but noticed there is a bit of free play going from front to back on the stick. It's still very sensitive and does an excellent job, but there is maybe a half cm (possibly less!) of free play..This isn't a problem per se, but I wanted to check it was normal...I've noticed this isn't connected to the sticks movement, it's actually a wobble that occurs above the part of the stick which goes into the box at the bottom.... Thanks Intel i7 6700k, Asus GTX1070, 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Rudder Pedals, Samsung Evo 850 SSD @ 500GB * 2, TrackIR 5 and 27" monitor running at 2560 * 1440, Windows 10.
MTFDarkEagle Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Hmmm... I had a x52, but I can't say I remember that wobble you're talking about.. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Conure Posted January 15, 2011 Author Posted January 15, 2011 I'm pretty OCD with these things and it may well be something most don't notice :D Intel i7 6700k, Asus GTX1070, 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Rudder Pedals, Samsung Evo 850 SSD @ 500GB * 2, TrackIR 5 and 27" monitor running at 2560 * 1440, Windows 10.
Steel Jaw Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Got the x52pro (never use it, not enough hats for A10 nor Falcon) but have not noticed that play issue. Sure as hell have on the fecking sloppy Cougar though with its substandard manufacturing. "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.
Bulletstop Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 I had an X-52 for about 5 years and it was rock solid, well to me it was at least. I never noticed any slop. Bullet I7 4790K running at 4390 with a gigabyte board with 16 gigs of ram with an Asus gtx 660-ti and 2 tb of hard drive space on 2 wd hard drives. A X-65F Hotas with trackir4 and pro combat peddles. A kick butt home built machine unfortunately running a windows 7 OS.
WildBillKelsoe Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 guys I just got mine and the X is not working the X axis. its frozen the Y, Z work and all other things work? Win7 64 bit. Anybd familiar? urgent to response:helpsmilie::helpsmilie::helpsmilie: 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.
Sarge55 Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) Conure, Is yours the X-52 or the X-52pro? My son has a 52 and I have the pro and I did notice that the 52 is a little "loose" for lack of a better word when centered compared to the pro version which has the extra spring. There was a thread in the Saitek Forums IIRC on how to mod the 52 to make the spring a bit stiffer. I had the X-52Pro for three years and it worked great, hated the SST software though. Edited January 15, 2011 by Sarge55 1 [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
ilikepie Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 that's due to the spring tension, (if it is a 52 noob)the dual spring helped with that in the pro version. i saw a mod on u tube where they used a bottle cap or stiff card board to add tension when the stick moved, might want to have a looky look. Action After Contemplation
Conure Posted January 15, 2011 Author Posted January 15, 2011 Hey guys, thanks for the replies :) I've realised the 'wobble' i'm talking about just occurs when you move from forward to backwards when the plate is flat...seems sensitive enough :) it's an x52 pro. Intel i7 6700k, Asus GTX1070, 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Rudder Pedals, Samsung Evo 850 SSD @ 500GB * 2, TrackIR 5 and 27" monitor running at 2560 * 1440, Windows 10.
Conure Posted January 17, 2011 Author Posted January 17, 2011 right, as it has continued to bother me I've uploaded a video..I've got to be honest, it's not particularly noticable in game but I thought this would have no issue like this at all. If you have an x52 pro or non pro, does yours do this? The zone you see moving is non responsive. Cheers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rGjnNQdjQ4 Intel i7 6700k, Asus GTX1070, 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Rudder Pedals, Samsung Evo 850 SSD @ 500GB * 2, TrackIR 5 and 27" monitor running at 2560 * 1440, Windows 10.
ilikepie Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 my ole 52 noob is not that loose and its been well thrashed. could be that the screws near the base need a bit of a tweak, where the handle meets the shaft of the stick near the rudder lock. Or the machining is/was a bit sloppy. my one left the factory with one of the t switches led's cutting out. if you can live with it and it functions then sweet, but if you aint happy send it back sooner rather than later. Action After Contemplation
Conure Posted January 17, 2011 Author Posted January 17, 2011 Thanks for the reply - I'll send it back. Hopefully they'll refund/change it...Not sure if it is strictly fault...We'll see I guess.. Intel i7 6700k, Asus GTX1070, 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz, CH Fighterstick, CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Rudder Pedals, Samsung Evo 850 SSD @ 500GB * 2, TrackIR 5 and 27" monitor running at 2560 * 1440, Windows 10.
DarkFire Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I have an X-52 Pro and it does exactly the same thing. The forwards-backwards axis has a bit of free play in the actual stick. This does not affect the accuracy or sensitivity though. I do like the X-52 pro, but compared to my old X-35 that did about 5 years of heavy use I can't help thinking that there has been a noticable reduction in build quality. I'm seriously considering upgrading to a full set of CH products. Slightly off-topic, is there any way to program the MFD on the throttle? Or is it merely a pointless gimmick that no games have ever supported? System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan.
Heli Shed Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I have an X-52 Pro and it does exactly the same thing. The forwards-backwards axis has a bit of free play in the actual stick. This does not affect the accuracy or sensitivity though. I do like the X-52 pro, but compared to my old X-35 that did about 5 years of heavy use I can't help thinking that there has been a noticable reduction in build quality. I'm seriously considering upgrading to a full set of CH products. Slightly off-topic, is there any way to program the MFD on the throttle? Or is it merely a pointless gimmick that no games have ever supported? I believe the MFD was for FS2004+ compatability for F* readouts hence the ability to install this when you install the sst software. Oyher than that mate, ive only ever seen the MFD display my profile name and the time although it did shock me one day when my son was playing 'slap my bitch up' on windows media player and it scrolled over my MFD through the home network! 'T' Come pay us a visit on YouTube - search for HELI SHED
DarkFire Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 Heh that must have been amusing! I was hoping to program it with the radio commands in Black Shark but it doesn't seem to be programable out side of games that specifically support it. Meh, I'm leaning towards the CH products. System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan.
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