Found fix for lose of calibration in saitek controls

[Hunden]

Since i purchased my saitek controls i have been dealing with a lose of calibration issue. The popular fix has been to unplug stick and plug it back in, how fun that has been.I finaly got tired of that and opened my yoke up and inspected it . What i found with a magnifying glass was a dead short to ground when the stick was in a certain postion . Check your wires where they exit the conduit (metal pipe) and you will find where the sharp edge has rubbed thru the insulation to the bare wire causing a short. That conduit i speak of comes from stick section feeding down to the base. My fix was a piece of electrical tape and a little foam. I hope this helps those of you with the same issue. Cheers !!!! I have been operating issue free for two weeks since repair.

[_RAAF_Smouch]

thabnks for that mate.

I have noticed that my X52 seems to get some sort of power spike and lose its centre.

which can be interesting in the middle of a dogfight

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by Hunden

Since i purchased my saitek controls i have been dealing with a lose of calibration issue. The popular fix has been to unplug stick and plug it back in, how fun that has been.I finaly got tired of that and opened my yoke up and inspected it . What i found with a magnifying glass was a dead short to ground when the stick was in a certain postion . Check your wires where they exit the conduit (metal pipe) and you will find where the sharp edge has rubbed thru the insulation to the bare wire causing a short. That conduit i speak of comes from stick section feeding down to the base. My fix was a piece of electrical tape and a little foam. I hope this helps those of you with the same issue. Cheers !!!! I have been operating issue free for two weeks since repair.

Thanks

[Hunden]

no prob

[Insuber]

Thanks, I will check that out. BTW, do you know a fix when an X52 pro randomly fails to be detected at startup? Unplug and replug here too ...

Cheers,
Insuber

[swiss]

probably same(mechanical) issue here too.

[Hunden]

The only time that happens to me is when i dont open control panel. I have always had to open control panel in order to use controls.