X52 magnet mod

[dhyran]

Hi Gents,

anyone installed the X52 magnet mod?

I saw there are two ways to improve the pecission of a X52:

a) add stronger magnets at the original position

b) remove original magnets and place one directly in middle position under the hall sensor

anyone tried one of these mods?

cheers
dhy

[LCAMerciful]

I did this by moving the magnets (and stacking them) in the center.  It seemed to increase precision quite a bit but to be fair I only used it like this a half dozen times or so before I got another stick.  My X52 sits in the closet as a backup now (although it was working just fine)

[zack1234]

Yes I have a CH stick but tried it on my x52 it improves a lot .

I used double sided tape to fix it, it allows for magnet to be remove and then reset.

Bonjour by the way 

[dhyran]

ok, it was a long night

watched the video, build in 2 extra magnets, where the tesla force was too strong, so i had it pretty precise but the steering way was to close. so i did some research about the used hallsensors. I took now both magnets, stacked them into one and went into my old lab. i looked at the tesla force and calculated a bit, the perfect result is, 2.1 mm direct placed und the the middle of it. So i build these things in and voila, its truly amazing, such a huge difference!
 It simply is so preceise as my MS FF2 was before, gonna really love it now

I still wondering why Saitek didn't build it that way from the beginning, you dont need the both magnets and its plastic sliders steered vs a small part of a cog wheel, just one magnet and no cog wheel.

Anyhow, i love the result, now lets see if my hit ratio % comes back up above 10% where it was with my MS ff2 before.....  
 

[VonMessa]

I was thinking of doing this.  Do you have any pictures?

[2bighorn]

I was thinking of doing this.  Do you have any pictures?

Search youtube for 'X52 magnet mod'

[LCAMerciful]

I was thinking of doing this.  Do you have any pictures?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfJNiHmEszk

It's not difficult to do.  I used silicone on mine... tough enough to hold it in place but easy enough to undo if needed.

[VonMessa]

Search youtube for 'X52 magnet mod'

Got it, thanks 

[zack1234]

Easy mod and good results, yes why have two magnets