Joystick help..

[Max]

A couple of suggestions to you Jet...

I'm on my 4th Saitek (2 Cyborgs 2 Evos) If you get more than 8 months out of them, consider yourself lucky. I bought my last one at Best Buy and got the $8 replacement rider. Reason being, the pots give out rather quickly and you tend to get a lot of nose bounce. Also the circular stick base tends to get sticky - in which case a Q-tip and a dab of Vaseline will correct.

Suggest you calibrate it every time you enter the arena. When they get "iffy" you may have to calibrate it every sortie. That's when you go back to Best Buy with the replacement rider and Evo hand in hand

I couple my Evo with a CH Throttle USB. I've got vox (both), flaps, gear, trim, seat positions, clipboard, zoom in-out, look-up modifier, and of course throttle all programmed to the CH. You can prolly find on on E-Bay for $50 or less. Just make sure it's USB.

Good luck...remember--- Saitek's like a box of chocolates.....

Forrest...errr DmdMax

[Max]

Forgot something...

do a search in the Help & Training section for "ack ack" he's got a stick scale cfg file linked to one of his posts that works real well with the Evo...especially if you're flying a Typhoon...which according to Coach, you do

DM

[jetb123]

Dont fly the tiffie much only for porking. Or if im seriously lala hunting. But sure thanks for help im gonna look for that post. Im gonna baby this stick as much as possible. Knowing it might be my last one for awhile. My st90 was spiking like crazy about to die. So timming was great.

[NAVCAD]

Originally posted by grmrpr
TM Hotas Cougar $300
Hall Sensors upgrade for Cougar $145
Uber NXT2 Gimbel Upgrade for Cougar $350
CH Rudder pedals $100
Trak IR 3 with Vector $170
22" CRT Monitor $700
P4 3ghz Machine with ATI 9800 pro $1400

Killing ghi...  Priceless


For everything else there is a pissed off wife

Now That's Too Funny...LMFAO!

[ghi]

Originally posted by grmrpr
TM Hotas Cougar $300
Hall Sensors upgrade for Cougar $145
Uber NXT2 Gimbel Upgrade for Cougar $350
CH Rudder pedals $100
Trak IR 3 with Vector $170
22" CRT Monitor $700
P4 3ghz Machine with ATI 9800 pro $1400

Killing ghi...  Priceless


For everything else there is a pissed off wife

 i'm eassy kill, you shoot me down most of the times, in your P51  but if i get you once in a while, you complain a lot:p

[grmrpr]

Originally posted by ghi


 i'm eassy kill, you shoot me down most of the times, in your P51  but if i get you once in a while, you complain a lot:p

It is all in good fun.  I just stir the pot and have fun with it.  The guys I've suckered into the DA by purse swinging come in and realize I am not really hot under the collar just having fun.

[Clifra Jones]

Originally posted by DMax
A couple of suggestions to you Jet...

I'm on my 4th Saitek (2 Cyborgs 2 Evos)  

Evo/Cyborg @ $35.00 (ave) * 4 = $140.00
(crappy gimble, crappy pots)

CH Fighterstick USB = $111.99
(Nice gimble, a little light, excellent pots that can be replaced direct from CH. Saitek does not sell parts)

A bit of a no brainer to me. True you don't get a rudder with the fighterstick but one more Saitek stick and you are very close to a set of pedals.

IMO, CH is the best overall value due to durability and realiability. Are they perfect? No, I did like my Saitek throttle better. I see why GHI still uses his.

Replacing a stick every 8 months is just insane. You'd be better off just replacing the pots with some better quality hardware. I'm on 14 months on my CH gear and not a single issue.

Now, if I only took the same approach to headsets/mics. I'm on my 5th set now. Still have not paid over $15.00 for one.

[AWMac]

Originally posted by jetb123
Not working I noticed when i was installing all these other things like some mouse function. I didnt continue with it and it said your hardware didnt install properly. Its not even recognizing some of the buttons.
Im gonna unistall then reinstall.

Do you still have the box that in came in?