Vullcan Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 So I just got these in and the rudder is great, but the toe brakes are all out of whack. Windows control panel is reporting them always at 50% - 100% activation, even after calibrating. I got this to go away sometimes after I push the pedal a few times, but it comes back. In game its showing 10-35% activation randomly, and when I let go of the pedal it RARELY returns to 0% and often returns to a random point between 10-45% activation. And the saitek forum has been closed for registrations for months because of some "spamming" problem. How about they open the forum and get a moderator like every other forum? I will be calling them Monday, if its a problem with the hardware I hope they have the cojones to ship a new set without me having to send mine back first and be rudderless for weeks. At a $200 price point, they better. Its like the TM Warthog throttle problem all over again! New product, tons of bugs!
Succellus Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 arght HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
CrashEd Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 arght What's the general consensus on these? Any good?
Succellus Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 So far people seems to love it, just Vullcan having toe break issues... HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Botch Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 So I just got these in and the rudder is great, but the toe brakes are all out of whack. Windows control panel is reporting them always at 50% - 100% activation, even after calibrating. I got this to go away sometimes after I push the pedal a few times, but it comes back. In game its showing 10-35% activation randomly, and when I let go of the pedal it RARELY returns to 0% and often returns to a random point between 10-45% activation. <snip> Mine showed up this morning so plugged them in before I left for work. Brakes also do not seem to zero out but stay about 15-20% in-game. Only had 15 or 20 minutes to play around with it but looks like I have the same issue. Just put a big deadzone to get around it but a bit disappointing. Otherwise the pedal are great in terms of foot and brake position. Will check it out more tonight. Will change the angle of the brakes and see if that makes any difference. Botch... E8400 @ 3,7 GHz | 6GB | ATI 6950 | Transcend 128GB SSD | 1T Samsung F3 | 24” 1920x1080 BenQ | TM Warthog | TM MFD's | TrackIR5 | Saitek Combat Pedals | W7 x64
Wolf Rider Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 yeah, that's the bit I was asking about City Hall is easier to fight, than a boys' club - an observation :P "Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us." - Jefferson "Give a group of potheads a bunch of weed and nothing to smoke out of, and they'll quickly turn into engineers... its simply amazing." EVGA X99 FTW, EVGA GTX980Ti FTW, i7 5930K, 16Gb Corsair Dominator 2666Hz, Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit, Intel 520 SSD x 2, Samsung PX2370 monitor and all the other toys - "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar"
CrashEd Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Mine showed up this morning so plugged them in before I left for work. Brakes also do not seem to zero out but stay about 15-20% in-game. Only had 15 or 20 minutes to play around with it but looks like I have the same issue. Just put a big deadzone to get around it but a bit disappointing. Otherwise the pedal are great in terms of foot and brake position. Will check it out more tonight. Will change the angle of the brakes and see if that makes any difference. Botch... Let us know how you get on.
Botch Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Haven't had any time to mess around with changing the angles and away on work all this week. But I did notice that if you release the brakes gently, they generally go back to a 0(ish) or about that position. Just dropping your foot off them can result in the brake signal not going to a min position. Botch... E8400 @ 3,7 GHz | 6GB | ATI 6950 | Transcend 128GB SSD | 1T Samsung F3 | 24” 1920x1080 BenQ | TM Warthog | TM MFD's | TrackIR5 | Saitek Combat Pedals | W7 x64
Succellus Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 pot, pot pot pot pot poooots!!! :clown: HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Slammin Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Pots are not necessarily bad. I have a 24 year old bass guitar that has 3 pots and they work perfectly. No scratching, static or noise. I have other much newer bases where the pots are noisey. If these pedals are using pots, hopefully they are quality components. If they are not quality, then I'll just have to find out what the best cleaner is for them. Some cleaners can make even cheap pots seem like quality pots for a long time. Then again, I've always had my eye on some simpeds, but the $$$ is a little daunting! Abit IN9 32x MAX- Kentsfield QX6700 @3520 1.5 vcore watercooled D-Tek Fuzion/PA-160/MCR120/2x MCP655 2x2GB G-Skill 1066 5-5-5-15 2T@1.9vdimm 2x EVGA 580GTX 1.5GB SLI 2x 74GB Sata Raptor Raid0 2x 320GB Hitachi Sata II X-FI Elite Pro Dell U3011 Lian Li V2100B Corsair HX1000
aaron886 Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 My CH Pedals have pots. They take as much abuse as anything else I own and they're doing great! (Actually, the toebrakes are iffy, but that's a mechanical issue, not the pot itself.)
Sokol1_br Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 Pots are not necessarily bad. Not wrong with pots. Military, medical equipment... use then. The problem is that joystick industry - exception CH - use the more cheap possible pots, someone say ~0,10U$ (in lot). These Saitek Combat pedal is a curious case: take a not much accept product (Saitek PRO Pedal) with conventional pots, put a new metal foot rest, double the price... and game community WOW!!! :) Sokol1_Br
Succellus Posted January 29, 2011 Posted January 29, 2011 I dont like much to have my feet encased...soit was a welcome addition, and i don t believe normal pedal have toe break. HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Sokol1_br Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) and i don t believe normal pedal have toe break. Google is your friend: Precise rudder and braking controlhttp://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/pedals.html Inside views - consider the same for Combat version: http://www.kign.org/saitek_pro_flight_rudder/ More pics: http://squad.9gviad.com.ua/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=231&start=30 :smilewink: Sokol1_Br Edited January 30, 2011 by Sokol1_br
Slammin Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 That link is wild! Check out some of the avatars! Abit IN9 32x MAX- Kentsfield QX6700 @3520 1.5 vcore watercooled D-Tek Fuzion/PA-160/MCR120/2x MCP655 2x2GB G-Skill 1066 5-5-5-15 2T@1.9vdimm 2x EVGA 580GTX 1.5GB SLI 2x 74GB Sata Raptor Raid0 2x 320GB Hitachi Sata II X-FI Elite Pro Dell U3011 Lian Li V2100B Corsair HX1000
Succellus Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) Google is your friend: http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/pedals.html Inside views - consider the same for Combat version: http://www.kign.org/saitek_pro_flight_rudder/ More pics: http://squad.9gviad.com.ua/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=231&start=30 :smilewink: Sokol1_Br LOL, very interesting, and i deserve the google slap... Well i wonder why they haven t put a door so we could remove the thing in a easy way. Its interesting how comunities are able to improve industry roduct a few weeks/days after it been realeased. And i am only buying the saitek stuff because for the price given there s nothing near, as you know anything beyond 500USD end up 4X the market price to get here. If TM would have spitted in their own products i would still use my TM RCS hall sensed. Edited January 30, 2011 by Succellus HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Sokol1_br Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 If TM would have spitted in their own products i would still use my TM RCS hall sensed.For your Thrustmaster HALL sensed, the best option is one these: http://www.leobodnar.com/products/DFPG25conn/ When wired correctly you can use then as conventional gameport pedal plugged in Cougar base, or connected in this device, as stand alone USB pedal. Note: This is not one these ordinary gameport/USB adapter, Chinese made. Sokol1
sobek Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 Did i get this correct: The combat rudder pedals feature basically the same innards as the standard pro flight pedals only with the damping unit and the adjustable toe brakes? YGBKM, Saitek. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
Succellus Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 For your Thrustmaster HALL sensed, the best option is one these: http://www.leobodnar.com/products/DFPG25conn/ When wired correctly you can use then as conventional gameport pedal plugged in Cougar base, or connected in this device, as stand alone USB pedal. Note: This is not one these ordinary gameport/USB adapter, Chinese made. Sokol1 Yes i tryed them and (the chinese) and it didn t work much. I didn t know about this box, but it would seem it would have to work with an gameport to db15 device... Anyway my saitek pedals are already on Brazilain soil. Thank you for the information. HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Succellus Posted January 31, 2011 Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Did i get this correct: The combat rudder pedals feature basically the same innards as the standard pro flight pedals only with the damping unit and the adjustable toe brakes? YGBKM, Saitek. Why are you so surprised ? They doesn t seems to be that diferent does them ? And companies usually fight for the greatest profit upon the effortless solution. Edited January 31, 2011 by Succellus HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Sokol1_br Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) These Saitek Combat pedal is a curious case: take a not much accept product (Saitek PRO Pedal) with conventional pots, put a new metal foot rest, double the price... and game community WOW!!! :) Sokol1_Br The new pedals are the same base as the old ones, the new ones have a metal top end where as the old ones have plastic foot pedals, they have always used pots so the new Combat Rudder Peddals use pots. If you have further inquiries please do not hesitate to get back to us. Sincerely, Mad Catz Tech Support Team :smilewink: Sokol1_Br Edited February 11, 2011 by Sokol1_br
Succellus Posted February 11, 2011 Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) I have an inquiry, where can i put the hall sensor instead of the pots. :music_whistling: Well i just tested my saitek pedals and i quite happy they are more confortable than any rudder system i ever put my feets on. The toe breaks works fine but for a slight "doesn t reach end of pot travel" and a little too over sensitive near the beginning al solved by deadzoning. So for now i m quite satisfyed. If onlt TM could get straight and fix the trottle bricking issue. Edited February 12, 2011 by Succellus HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
Gonzo01 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Posted February 15, 2011 Is it possible the DCS is not reading the toe brakes fast enough. When I look at them in the Windows control panel it show the toe brakes always going to zero when I lift me feet off the left and right toe brakes. When I watch them in DCS A-10C they don't always return zero depending on how fast I lift my feet.
arriflex Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 How much "play" do you guys have in your combat pedals (when transitioning from one direction to the other, or returning to neutral)?
Weasel Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I'm also interested in buying the Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals, but I have a very simple question: I know you need the pedals to steer the plane on the ground (taxiway and runway) or during the landing when you have cross wind and you also brake the plane after the landing. But do you need the pedals also during the flight?
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