Modded my X52 pro - it's another stick!!
 

Hi, just yesterday I decided to mod my X52 pro, the classic magnet reposition, and, wow, it's another stick!! I didn't liked how the X52 was (exponential, less sensible at the center and more when at extremes), now is linear and precise like never seen! I suggest to everybody own this stick to do it, you can find alot of info about this mod on internet. :-)
Now with a little tweaked joystick's curve in IL-2 it's a pleasure to fly.

actually i did more brutal mod with replacing all mechanics to full metal construction. now it precise like a surgeon's scalpel. all lufts disappeared. every millimetral move of stick have response from aircraft. all movements now smooth and stable at all positions. modded x52 is best stick i ever seen. but not the factory one.

A link would be nice...

it's a topic in spanish

http://www.ala13.com/foro/viewtopic.php?t=6460

translated
http://translate.google.it/translate...php%3Ft%3D6460

and also a video from a guy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfJNiHmEszk

I have a Pro and Std model X52, the latter has the magnet mod and performs far better than my unmodded X52Pro. Definitely well worth carrying out the mod on either of these sticks.

I carried out the mod in a different way than described in most articles so that the position of the hall centre could be easily adjusted for precise centering after the magnets were re-located - calibration is then carried out with the stick fully re-assembled (minus the base cover of course).

i have both, modded the standard version as a practice run, liked the effect but still found the spring too sloppy. so the pro got the same treatment. well worth it and a piece of cake to do. don't forget to use blutack rather than glue though, you'll have to jiggle them things around to get them centred!

yep, used a sort of bi-adesive, but no centering problem, it self centered when unplugged and then plugged again, is perfectly centered. The only problem i had with one axe (X) was the limit, it didn't reached the most right limit. After i reduced the distance sensor-magnet it was perfect. Also tried joytester, and i could finally draw a perfect circle, like Giotto :D, before it was like a rotated rectangle, most like a diamond... who tried it know what i'm talking about

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...=sokol1&page=3

:)

Radical gimbal MOD, laser cut one:

http://avia-sim.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=573&start=0

Sokol1

This mod is awesome - Once it's done, the x52 standard is more accurate than my MSFFB2. Check out the attached pictures. Its resolution is 11bit(2048steps) vs MSFFB2's 10bit (1024 steps).

Another tricky thing about the standard X52 (don't know about pro), the y-axis is choppy when you pull the stick.

You have to go slow - as you slowly pull, notice the values jump a lot at certain ranges.

The solution is to hold one of the throttle base buttons - for some reason, choppiness is gone when one button is held down. I've soldered the button connection so that it's always on - which means I've lost a button :-\

Got any pics? Magnet mod is great but still leaves the loose feeling in the centre. The response is there now but still feels sloppy overall.