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08-02-2009, 08:44 PM
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I thought the stick already seemed a bit too loose. It flies better with less tension?
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08-02-2009, 09:19 PM
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If you have your stick handy - go ahead and simply set a finger against it and start pushing it very lightly in a direction. Increase the pressure until it moves. If it's setup the way I've seen most AV8R sticks, it will take a good amount of pressure for that bottom, cone-shaped section of the stick to "pop" over the edge and let the stick start moving freely. This is really what the mod fixes in my opinion. Now just pushing the stick lightly will let it move freely in the direction without that hangup on the base itself, allowing for much smoother movements when you need to make only slight adjustments.
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08-02-2009, 09:55 PM
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Cool, I'll have try that out.
Rev, I haven't opened any sticks up yet but couldn't you just cut the wires before the board solder points and splice them there? Seems like that would be easier then trying to desolder and resolder all the board connections.
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08-02-2009, 10:19 PM
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Actually Tex that is how I did it, the only things I soldered were the wiring to the buttons to make sure they wouldn't get loose & short. If you can find some buttons with wire pre-attached to them no soldering would be required.
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08-02-2009, 10:33 PM
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Today I finished up the controller by adding map & view buttons as well. To wire these do the same as with the other buttons, they all use the same grey wire as ground. Here are some photos of the location of the wires you need to cut & connect to the buttons.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249250717.jpg http://lh6.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249250832.jpg And here is the finished product. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wL3f1bGat8Q/Sn...1249251140.jpg This is a great way to turn an almost useless stick into a really comfortable custom setup. It is not that hard to do (believe me I'm no electronics expert) and less than $10. Have fun! Rev 
Last edited by reverend66; 08-03-2009 at 02:09 AM.
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08-03-2009, 01:32 AM
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I can't see the new pictures.
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08-03-2009, 02:13 AM
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Wierd, oh well I set them as links, they should work now. I've also decided to see if it's possible to move the d-pad to top of the stick as well (this will have to wait untill tomorrow as I have had a few beers
Rev
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