Replace potentiometers in X-45

[CptTangerine]

Hi

 

I have been playing Huey and getting to grips with the flight model. As part of this (and a general idea I have had for a while) I converted a Saitek X-45 into a proper cyclic stick using copper pipes to extend the handle from the base.

 

The only problem I have now is that once it is set to a sufficient sensitivity to emulate the fingertip controls of a helicopter the in-game cyclic stick shakes around a lot. I am assuming that this is due to the quality of the pots in the X-45.

 

I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade the pots in the X-45 to stop this?

 

Does anyone know what ones I could use and how to do it?

 

Other than that my cyclic conversion works brilliantly and this would be the icing on the cake.

 

At the moment I have the Axes set up with dead zone set to 0, Saturation set to 100, and the curve set to -50. This works very well, but it would be good to make just a smidgen more sensitive without the noise spoiling things.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Dan.

[Soulreciever]

Hey, i can´t help you with the pods.

But did you try disassembling the Stick and spraying some Kontakt-61 on the Pots?

That´s "grease" and "contactimprover" for electrical components.

Did it myself on my old cougar and it worked very well, no more spikes and very smooth inputs are possible again.

[CptTangerine]

I hadn't even heard of Kontakt-61 before now.

 

I will look into that as an option though.

 

Thanks!

[CptTangerine]

I don't know much about the way the circuitry in the X45 works. I have extended the handle from the base by about 1m using some SCART cable. Is there any reason why this would be likely to induce noise in the potentiometers?

 

I only ask as I tried using my other X45 as a baseline and when fire up the game there was no shuddering in the cyclic whatsoever, it was rock solid.

 

I'm trying to work out if something I did in extending the handle from the base has caused the extra shaking or whether it is just gunge on the pots.

 

Any ideas appreciated.