Saitek x52Pro and Pedals £150 yes or no?

[Artist]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

Well ive made my choice...G940
[...]
I hope i dont regret it, only time will tell

Well, as an owner of a G940 let me assure you: It is a great piece of hardware - provided you've modded it (see here or here). Unmodded, the ReversalBug in the rudder, throttle, and trim axes will make aiming and formation flying real hard work and will finally drive you to imagine that you are the bad pilot.

The throttle R1 and R2 spikes after several hours of usage my or may not appear. Be prepared to exchange your G940 rather often - but when you've modded it, no warranty, so you might have to mod thet, too (see here)

Artist

Ive had several x52's from the very first to the Pro, the pro version i had was awful in that the joystick was very notchy I tried all manner of fixes but none worked. I managed to get hold of another one which was alater version and its been sweet as nut. I think that on the whole £150 for the complete set is a good buy.

[Ze-Jamz]

Oh well too late now, guess i have to find out for myself.

there seems to be a few issues with the g940 as there are with a lot of sticks but Im hoping they are small enough for me to not notice or compensate for and hopefully will get addressed with firmware..

[Ze-Jamz]

Yea will do fellas

[Artist]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

there seems to be a few issues with the g940 as there are with a lot of sticks but Im hoping they are small enough for me to not notice or compensate for

Could be - the community seem to be split (50-50?): There are many who have absolutely no problem with the ReversalBug and many (like me) who find it intolerable.

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

and hopefully will get addressed with firmware...

No, probably not:

(selfquote from another thread)
[...] Only the X and Y axes of the stick are hall-sensored. All other axes have 'cheap' pots (I've seen those on the throttle-levers when I modded mine): trim1-3, throttle-levers 1 an 2, R1 and R2, the pedals, and the 2 toe-brakes.

Purportedly this is the reason why Logitech has fixed (well, minimized) the ReversalBug on X and Y axes of the stick, but has not done anything about all the other axes, and as rumour has it, will not ever (see here and here).

The reason behind this refusal is - again a rumour - that the ReversalBug prevents users from noticing the wearing-out of the cheap pots - because they're already used to this kind of behaviour. It makes sense to me, because the ReversalBug is, as Sokol1 wrote, in the Firmware and (a) was easily fixed for the hall sensored axes and completely disappears when you connect the pot-sensored axes to one of Bodnar's boards.

But then you can mod it anytime. We'll help

Artist

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Funny, I didn't see any white light or angels singing... but I agree with Tree for once, so I must have died and went to _______________.

<hugs cheesehawk>

[Ze-Jamz]

'Ah' you guys...