renew CH stick?
 

I have a feeling that I've seen posts about this here before, but search didn't seem to find them, which may be me not understanding search. :oops:

I have a CH stick, the Flightstick, the cheapest one, but still not cheap. The potentiometers seem to be gone beyond use, at least for the elevators, though the mechanism is apparently sound. Is there a guide online somewhere to replacing these knackered pots? what brands or grades to use would be useful too.

http://www.chproducts.com/shop/parts.html

You need only a screwdriver to open case, no solder required.

Sokol1

Thanks. :)

However, that's a US site, quoting prices in US dollars. They say they don't ship outside the USA from that site. :(

Igo kyu,

Do you know what parts you need?

I would register on CH forums and explain your dilemma, and I would bet money that someone from the CH staff (on the forums) would personally send the parts to you as long as you paid for the shipping.

I would try that route. The folks at the CH hanger are awesome!

The potis look standard. In which country do you live?

IIRC they're a bit different to the usual electronics store pots, they have a larger sleeve (no threads on it), and the flat is cut further into the shaft than normal. The sleeve and flat are critical, as the sleeve fits into the stick's base, and the shaft needs to fit into the gimbal.

I did my first HE sensor conversion on my old macADB flightstick pro, by modifying the pots, but it ended up being too temperamental, and non-linear.

temperamental and non linear is something you probably could fix with joycontrol.
which potis did you buy?

I didn't buy any, I modified the ones from my old flightstick pro, then gave up and found a better HE sensing method, and made a completely new stick. (Not to say that others haven't made excellent HE modifications to the CH pots, it's just that I didn't!)

Unfortunately the tempermentality was half due to mechanical free-play (of my first mod). Also the middle region of stick movement was vastly less sensitive than the extents, which is what a lot of people (including myself, back then) want, but there was nothing I could do to bring the sensitivity back in software.

Having learnt a few things, I ended up with the stick in my sig.

This statement make things a bit negative:


But read this way: INTERNATIONAL ORDERS Please contact us at sales@chproducts.com

I live in "rest of the world" and already buy pots from CH, postage cost me U$ 10, pay with International Credit Card.

;)

Sokol1