Flight Sim Mega thread: You had me at "longest shaft in the market"

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canyoneer: Sep 13, 2005; I only have canyoneyes for you

My Z-axis twist on my extremely old Logitech EXTREME 3D PRO is very wiggly. Any ideas on how to fix it? I want to play Star Wars Squadrons like a pro.

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canyoneer: Sep 13, 2005; I only have canyoneyes for you

Enos Shenk posted:

If it's hardware, you can totally refurbish the potentiometer inside there. It's not very difficult to do.

Take the stick apart, and look for the doodad inside that the twist rotation operates. 90% of the time it will look like this:

See how the metal casing is held on with those bent-over little tabs? Get a flathead screwdriver and bend them back up so you can open it up. Inside you'll find some arrangement of a copper wiper that rotates around and traces along basically a circular circuit board trace. Use some iso alcohol (If you can find any thanks to Covid) and clean off the circular trace and the end of the wiper.

I brought an old stick back from the jittery dead like this once. As long as you're comfortable taking something apart and not breaking it in the process, go for it.

I'll give it a go! Thanks for the detailed answer

# ¿ Oct 21, 2020 04:26

canyoneer: Sep 13, 2005; I only have canyoneyes for you

Cat Wings posted:

I'm planning on getting MSFS soon, but I don't have a HOTAS. Is it playable with mouse and keyboard, or maybe a controller, or am I hosed?

Get 3 months for $1 right now. Crazy deal.
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# ¿ Dec 4, 2020 04:22

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