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

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by albx

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.

Thanx ended up using the mod and added a plastic spacer under spring works great.

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Quick question guys, I'm at work and can't watch the videos...

How much does this mod run? And can it be accomplished by someone with hobbyist skills, but no technical soldering skills? How hard is it to get the parts?

Costs nothing - you don't need to get additional parts either - just a Philips screw driver, some clay putty, a safety pin/needle/paper clip (whatever to push the existing magnets out).

Hobbyist skill is fine, no need to solder. It just requires some patience to align the magnets while the stick is open and connected to the computer. Make sure you have clay putty- they are good for repositioning the magnet.

[LoBiSoMeM]

I don't go talk about the Thrustmaster TM16000M anymore, because people don't like to know that a cheap and all plastic joystick is more precise than their expensive "professional" HOTAS stick...

Keep doing mods in this design crap, the X52 series.

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM

I don't go talk about the Thrustmaster TM16000M anymore, because people don't like to know that a cheap and all plastic joystick is more precise than their expensive "professional" HOTAS stick...

Keep doing mods in this design crap, the X52 series.

hehe exactly....well putted..dont see a point in purchasing sx52 hotas with unprecise and floppy joystick (which can die anytime) just to heavily modify...but of course for current owners mods are welcome...

well....Im keep asking myself for fok sake why nobody manufacture a stick which is not hotas, is precise, with hal sensors and not made out of cheap plastics....and cost less than x52 hotas and a bit more than T16000M......this one paired with used x52 throttle and simped vario pedals would be a best setup ever....ans its really sad that after so many years MS SW FF2 is still the best force feedback stick on the market....how sad is this...I had x52 pro and sold it still fresh...its by far the crappiest piece of gaming equipment I ever owned....now I have used (in fact new as it was never used) Sidewinder precision 2, x52 pro throttle and simped vario usb pro pedals.....

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM

I don't go talk about the Thrustmaster TM16000M anymore, because people don't like to know that a cheap and all plastic joystick is more precise than their expensive "professional" HOTAS stick...

Keep doing mods in this design crap, the X52 series.

Lot of people, like me, got their x52 before t16000m was available. Either way, it's a good stick with a flaw that can be easily fixed, much better than TM's cougar debacle.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by LoBiSoMeM

Keep doing mods in this design crap, the X52 series.

I have the X52 Pro and couldn't agree with you more. I did the magnet mod using a paperclip support (great improvement, by the way and highly recommended) and became interested so pulled it apart completely to have a look. Four hours later I had re-soldered all the connections in the stick (many were just barely hanging on) and put it back together.

Deeply unimpressed with the internal build quality and will be flogging it off soon for something else before the rubbish internal plastic components fail completely. Far too sloppy in the centre for my liking, too.

[Bearcat]

I am in the process of modding my X-52 like I modded my X-45.. almost done... I started this about 4 months ago and then got sidetracked.. Finally got back to it this weekend. Her's a pic of my old X-45 mod..


Modded X-45 (R.I.P.)

I'll post pics when I am done...

Sokol you were the inspiration for that X-45 a few years back..

[albx]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I am in the process of modding my X-52 like I modded my X-45.. almost done... I started this almost a year ago and then got sidetracked.. Finally got back to it this weekend. Her's a pic of my old X-45 mod..



I'll post pics when I am done...

Sokol you were the inspiration for that X-45 a few years back..

very nice, and the stick? what you did for the stick?

[recoilfx]

Why do people dislike sloppy center? I find it necessary for accuracy flying. In fact, I have my spring clipped by zip ties to relief the centering tension so there is less detent when reversing the stick from one direction to another. This + shaft extension makes formation flying so much easier.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by albx

very nice, and the stick? what you did for the stick?

Don't forget.. IL2 will see up to 4 controllers.. I use my X-52 stick as a button bay ... With the X-45 it was a little easier because t was all switches and pots.. The HE sensors on the X-52 and the different makeup of the stick make a more challenging task in some respects but in may ways it is a lot easier because the X-52 circuitry is more modular.. With the X-45 had to make my own connectors.. When I originally got the X-45 I really only wanted the throttle. I had this big old stick sitting on my desk and I figured what the heck.. I might as well use the buttons. One day I was looking at some posts by Sokol @ UBI and I decided to give it a shot.. That stick lasted me until the board went and I couldn't get another one without buying one.. so I figured if was going to buy another stick I might as well buy an X-52.. Then I got tired of the whole big stick on my desk thing again.. so here I am..I'll post pics when I am done..

4.10 makes it even better because more things are now on an axis so I can actually find a use for the three extra axii.. (The X,Y & Z). As it is right now I have rudder trim on the slider throttle slider for my MSFFB2. Aileron & elevator trim are on the wheels on my throttle.. and I always did have zoom on a slider/switch even before the 6DoF mod.. but now I don't have to use a macro so it is on the thumb slider of my throttle.. I think I will assign my rudder trim to the Z pot on the X-52 once I get it done and make the throttle on my MSFFB2 my radiator control and figure out what to do with the two X & Y axii of the X-52 once I figure out how I want to set them up.. Even now I use all the switches and have it set up for 3 modes.. with mode 1 being T/O & Landing, Mode 2 is Combat and Mode 3 is Emergency or lesser used stuff like Bail and drop tanks etc.. It is shaping up pretty well so far... the time between the first two and the third pic is







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