Author Topic: Title:"My new X52...or how to waste $130.00" (Read 1658 times)

FiLtH · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2004, 08:29:08 AM »

Tilt I think its just gonna take some gettin used to. Im sure I will, but I may make an epoxy cone shaped mold to adjust the spring tension.

Balsy · « **Reply #16 on:** November 25, 2004, 08:37:13 AM »

Filth,

Turn in that overpriced POS and get yourself TIR3 for the same amount. Then you can pull old reliable out of the closet, and just use Tir3 for views..

back to basics....

Happy Turdkeyday

DieAz · « **Reply #17 on:** November 25, 2004, 08:56:49 AM »

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Originally posted by RTSigma
I'm going to make my own joystick.

I have been thinking about doing that myself.
getting tired of sticks wearing out every 6 months or so.
would like to have a stick, built for furballers, that'll last a life time.

JB35 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 25, 2004, 09:00:14 AM »

so you lost your hat ?

Mines finally goin out too , I took it apart and looked at the small buttons and think I can rob parts off another to replace the one that has gone bad

By the way I found 3 new MSFFB2 sticks on the net , but they want something like $250.oo for them

And that cyborg i posted is a Force Feed Back too if you didnt notice

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #19 on:** November 25, 2004, 09:25:49 AM »

Gee and ta think that for $20 you could have had this

FF2

or you could always return that one to the store and just do this

http://search.ebay.com/Microsoft-force-feedback_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQcatrefZC6QQfromZR10QQsacategoryZ-1Q26catrefQ3DC6QQsotrtypeZ1QQsotrvalueZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1Q26sosortorderQ3D1QQcoactionZcompareQQcopagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch

Free · « **Reply #20 on:** November 25, 2004, 09:36:27 AM »

I love my FF2, wouldn't get rid of it for the world

-Free.

FBRaptor · « **Reply #21 on:** November 25, 2004, 10:26:48 PM »

I love my new X-52!!!!!!! It is the most awesome thing on the market IMHO. Spend some time with it, set up the switches, buttons, etc. My old stick had a much tighter spring as well and I thought I would never like it otherwise. Now, I love the feel of this one and I have never had a smoother movement in a stick before. Guess we all have opinions and this is mine, and that is only yours

Raptor

FiLtH · « **Reply #22 on:** November 25, 2004, 11:51:42 PM »

JB35 I took mine apart..its a bag of guts so be careful. Very tricky putting it back together. Im not sure if its the sensors or the shaft that activates them being worn. But it wont look to the sides unless i wiggle my wings.

Id pay 250 for a ffb about now.

Engine · « **Reply #23 on:** November 26, 2004, 01:32:03 AM »

The FF2 is probably the best stick ever made. In all seriousness, when my current one dies, and my backup FF2 dies a few years after that, I think I might be done with games that require sticks.

Nilsen · « **Reply #24 on:** November 26, 2004, 04:14:58 AM »

MS sucks but their sticks were great. I loved my cheapo MS stick so much that i bought 2 of them for almost nothing and one is still waiting as backup in its box.

Curval · « **Reply #25 on:** November 26, 2004, 06:17:58 AM »

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Originally posted by FBRaptor
I love my new X-52!!!!!!! It is the most awesome thing on the market IMHO. Spend some time with it, set up the switches, buttons, etc. My old stick had a much tighter spring as well and I thought I would never like it otherwise. Now, I love the feel of this one and I have never had a smoother movement in a stick before. Guess we all have opinions and this is mine, and that is only yours Raptor

I hope I get the same reaction.

X-52 has been requested from Santa.

Slash27 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 26, 2004, 07:08:35 AM »

Any retail stores have them in stock yet? Id like to get my hands on it before i buy.

715 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 26, 2004, 10:39:32 PM »

If it is only the switches that don't work on your MS FF2, that is very easy to fix (I've done it twice). The main fire button switch is available from DigiKey.com as PN P10844S-ND; buttons 2,3, and 4 are PN P8007S-ND. The switches are about $0.30 each.

The hat switches are probably 90deg mount versions similar to the ones above and also available from DigiKey.com. Compare the specs on this page to the hat switches for a match (measure the size and pinout dimensions): http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T043/1078.pdf/

Replacing them only requires a soldering iron, a de solder sucker, and some manual dexterity to reassemble the stick handle without the buttons falling out.

715

Edit: this topic has some more information on reassembly: http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=97401&referrerid=1184

MajWoody · « **Reply #28 on:** November 26, 2004, 10:58:59 PM »

I just aquired a MSFF stick & can't get it to install on puter.
Do I need to find some patch for it?

Black Sheep · « **Reply #29 on:** November 26, 2004, 11:51:30 PM »

I still use a mouse to fly and the keyboard for views and such in AH. As long as they still let me - thats what I'll keep doin. The nice thing about the mouse is that I can leave the plane in a constant bank/yaw, go grab a beer and then perhaps hang some shark bait, come back, and its still doin the same thing