my wires also cut after a couple of months, had to fix it by myself because saitek service do not exist in italy... :evil:

Got the g940. Shortly after 3 of my friends tried it they bought one each. Everyone has a perfectly working stick and we're all enjoying/recommending it to more people :)

As I reported I have the X-52 not the pro version. From what I see from your pics the wires seems to have enough play mine's were too tight rubbing againt the metal tubing. Also one of the base switches has quit too. I have redone some of the solders on the main board. If you do not have any problems with your stick great for you ! Mine was not very reliable. When the stick was working it was great but I have about 90 hours to 100 hours on it. Just getting tired of tearing it apart for replacing broke wires.

Thanks to you all ! I'll consider every options before making a choice.

I've got a Cougar with the FSSB R2 mod, a hall sensor in the throttle, and Simped F-16 pedals.

This is an expensive solution.

However, it has been completely reliable for about 6 years and perhaps 2000 hours or more, whilst offering performance far superior to anything else I've encountered. This is all the more impressive given that it's travelled a lot between home and various university accommodation blocks/shared houses during that time, as I completed my undergraduate degree and moved on to the PhD which I'm now about to finish.

I'm going to have to repaint it at some point; I've flown it for so long that the paint has completely worn away from some areas...

When I got it, I was running XP; now I'm typing this on Win764, so I can vouch for its ability to operate in the 64 bit world.

I expect to get at least another decade out of this control system, though the force transducer in the stick is actually so robust that it will probably outlast me; the limiting factor will probably be the eventual demise of USB or something along those lines.

Over that sort of time period, it's a very cheap solution (especially per flying hour); before I went down the modded cougar path I used to get through a set of X-45 pots every 6 months or so (say 300 flying hours if I'm being very generous), and that gets expensive fast, especially if you charge for the playtime lost whilst you're waiting to replace/repair the dead stick.

Does anyone know if they have changed the components of the G940 to fix some of the issues like the overheting and the throttle/rudder axis spiking? I assumed they would do a second production run and address those issues, but have not heard anyone who's gotten one recently mention different parts.

I have got the X65F, I'm still not convinced that force-sensing is the best solution for WWII sims as I seem to struggle with small movements while aiming.

Perhaps I just need more practice or to have a better idea of how to adjust the curves/deadzones

Well guess that I found myself a temporarily solution. I was pissed off being unable to play the game so I went to Future shop / Best buy store. Got 3 choice. A 30 $ Logitech Attack 3 , A 60$ Saitek aviator or 150$ Saitek x-52. WIth the x-52 being ruled out , I came home with aviator cos I didn't like the Attack 3 too much. Tried a couple mission with the aviator and I must admit that I'm in shock ! It outperform the x-52 joystick by far ! Like night and day. So I guess that my x-52 joystick was defective since I bought it. I'll recommended it for people with really tight budget. Still can't believe it !