10 year Joystick Saga

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by Maico

Bounder,
Here is the bottom line. Get yourself a X-52 Pro and either use the whole thing(Do the Joystick Shim Mod, very cool) or use the Cyborg with the X-52 throttle. Either way, you will really come out winning.
The Warthog is the Super Hot High maintenance Chick everyone wants to be seen with.
The X-52 Pro is more like the Cute smart girl. Its there, its reliable, its easy to maitain(or replace). Unlike the Warthog, you dont go,
"Wow, I spent all this money on you for this?"

As far as recoilfx's comments, while I have not experienced this stinchon problem, I would not be surprised if they are not in my future. Honestly, I dont put nothing past this stick. Yes, there are some things that can be modded. However now I am experincing extreemly good precision.

I have another problem. The MSP or Mic Push button is really hard to push in. To the point where I dont program stuff to it. You could call it a dead button. This is a mechanical failure. When I got it this button seemed a bit stiff, now it just seems about to break.
The sticking Coolie buttons pesist. Sometimes I have to move this switch around to keep it from sticking. This switch will have to be replaced.
Just add this to the list. While I still like the feel and concept of the stick along with the best software ever invented for a joystick, we have problems...

I'm pretty sure every stick has stiction. It's inherent in ThrustMaster's choice of material and construction(textured plastic ball gimbal, teflon piston pad's screw placement and heavy gauge downward force spring).

Open up a good joystick analyzer (like foxy' joystick analyzer, maximize the window to see better). Try make the smallest incremental amount. For every smallest step you make, rest for a second, then make the next smallest step in value you can.

You will notice that you are skipping a lot between each step. You'd be able to make smaller steps with an CH stick even though its resolution is 8 bit vs Warthog's 12bit.