G940 bugs sorted out???

[Slick Fork]

Yammo, thanks for sharing your experience... I've been looking at the logitech for a couple of months now and have read about a gazillion review that all pretty much say the same thing, that is other than the reversal bug and the r1-r2 spiking people are generally happy with the controller.

I have been flying various flight sims for ages now with an X-45 (no rudder pedals) that is starting to feel like it's going to die. Trying to find a replacement for the thing is becoming very frustrating. The x-52pro seems to be out of production or at least unavailable in Canada. I can pick one up through Amazon.com but am familiar enough with Saitek's lack of consistency that I want a local store to return the thing to. With the twist grip I would still have to buy rudder pedals.

The Logitech seems pricey if it doesn't work, but in reality it's the best priced controller out there. The only other real alternative that's not decades old is the TM warthog, or the Saitek X65f and my flight simming is more of a play for a few months, then move on to something else for a while. Certainly nowhere near hardcore enough to justify the $600 price tag or $400 for the X65f and then still have to buy pedals.

I noticed that Mazex got a new part number with his replacement G940 and I'm really hoping that Logitech has fixed the rotary spiking. I can live with the reversal bug in the throttle and rudder because quite honestly, for my style of flying I can live with it. I've never fussed about that kind of precision.

[Silverback]

Have had mine for more than a year now and it still works perfectly.

[Artist]

Originally Posted by Slick Fork

I can live with the reversal bug in the throttle and rudder because quite honestly, for my style of flying I can live with it. I've never fussed about that kind of precision.

At least for the throttle and the R1 and R2 - wheels in IL-2 Sturmovik (not in CloD!) you could use YaDeLi to lessen the effect (it does not work so well for rudder and trims)

[MasterTec]

I posted a write up HERE for the mod I just did to my G940. It also shows how to fix the throttle wiring issues.

[F19_Klunk]

Thanx mate

I still haven't decided what to do... I WILL not pay that amount of dough for a rig I need to mod the sec I buy it. Besides I am a lousy technician... I only dared to mod my x45 cuz I had too many gin and tonics at the time....

I was really considering the G940, but as far as I can see, nothing has been done to the throttle.. for me this is a dealbreaker as I fly a LOT in tight formation..

I think I just might get a x52, keep my CH stick which I love, and buy myself a pair of the new Saitek Combat rudders..

sorry Logitech.. precision is a key factor for me....

[MasterTec]

Originally Posted by F19_Klunk

Thanx mate

I still haven't decided what to do... I WILL not pay that amount of dough for a rig I need to mod the sec I buy it. Besides I am a lousy technician... I only dared to mod my x45 cuz I had too many gin and tonics at the time....

I was really considering the G940, but as far as I can see, nothing has been done to the throttle.. for me this is a dealbreaker as I fly a LOT in tight formation..

I think I just might get a x52, keep my CH stick which I love, and buy myself a pair of the new Saitek Combat rudders..

sorry Logitech.. precision is a key factor for me....

When I bought my G940 about 13 months ago I found it on sale at amazon for US$199 with free shipping. I would *NOT* have paid US$300+ for it. I knew of its problems beforehand and I was hoping that the problem either wasn't bad enough to be an issue with me or that Logitech was VERY CLOSE to fixing it.

I was wrong on both accounts. The reversal bug (hysteresis) was much worse than I had thought and Logitech is no closer to a fix that when I bought it! (although the 12/2010 firmware update was refreshing to see)

I guess if I was a "yank and banker" I wouldn't notice it but my flying style is more about precision. I had heard of other people using Leo Bodnar's BU0836 board to modify the G940 but could find very little information on exactly how to do so which is why I created the write up about it at this location:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23950

After doing this mod which cost me about US$50 total I love my G940 once again! The mod CAN be done a lot cheaper if you have a donor joystick and are able to use its electronics in lieu of the BU0836 board. I also see no need to purchase the more precise, more expensive BU0836A board for this application. I'm not even sure the cheap potentiometers that Logitech uses would be precise enough to play well with the BU0836A!