Has anyone had configuration problems with this stike and FH. As far as it unable to maintain profile settings? It will work for a few minitues then poof its all messed up and have to unplug and plug back in to reset it. pissin me off.
A logitec wingman 3d was mas my last joystick, and even though it lasted around 3-4 years, it sucked! I never had configuration probloms on FH but had lots of probloms with calibration. Im much happier with my Thrustmaster TopGun Fox2......
had one for 3 weeks, founds its way to the wall very fast had probs with it calibratin, rudder was a pain in the ass, turning left would cut the throttle down to 75%. dunno bout u guys, but i think its the shittest joystick in the world (then again, they dont make things like they used to )
With the microsoft sidewinder gone, I think the only "under $100" joystick that is truely worth the money would be one made by Thurstmaster.
One of the worst sticks i ever had or saw. The rudder pot is the problem with them. They use a little plastic pin to drive it, and it gets worn FAST!!! I did fix mine by putting a small piece of plastic wire cover on it , to make it fit better. Mine was forever spiky and losing calibration till i did this little fix. I dunno why the pot does this but it affects the whole stick and as i said it is just a fit problem.
Yeap... better have someone to convince MS to start the Sp production again or the sim community will suffer dilemas
Well they told me i should send it in it was defective, so they could send me another defective one, so on and so forth. So i decided to hell with the warrenty, Im goin in. Opened her up and they it was. the pott has a little plastic part that sopposed to center it, it was out a wack. and a little O'l WD-40, now it all works great. With the Clear Cali. program and DXTweek to calibrate {its a pain in the ass to figure out, just dont read the ReadMe youll be a lot beter off} the thing works great.
U dont know becouse your MS is new BTW My Cyborg Evo after 150 sorties works perfectly too, and for now I dont know what calibrating is
have 1 MSSidwinders, 1 i ve gave my brother. They work for 2-3 years already. I ve never used calibration after installation
--vipe, ur opinoin about Cyborg Evo ? Falcon said that's it quite similar to MSSP. And cost 55-60$. Gathering info to buy new joystick
Hehe- nie wiem, bo MSSP jest niekalibrowalny... podłączasz i działa- nawet przy instalacji nie kalibrujesz W środku siedzi krasnoludek (czytaj mikroprocesor) i wie kiedy nie używasz js- wtedy ustawia punkt centralny znaną tylko krasnoludkom metodą
after 150 sorties in WB ( about month ) works perfectly, its good joy for left and right handed, and i dont know what calibrating is too ( yet ) Its very comfortable. IMO its not very expensive (yes, about 60$)
I got my side winder 2 persion for 19.50 us dollors in a mall game store. was the only flight stick in store. they stoped selling flight sticks a year ago it seems. YOu cant beat that. 20 bucks for a stick that puts 80 dollers sticks to shame. the gye even said " that an old stick u know. I'm sure u can get somthing better elsewere." "no no this was what i was looking for."
yes.. ms sidewinder 1 is great stick .. concerning reliability etc mine is 4yrs old.. good as new never calibrated it
Have you ever seen a calibration tool for MSSP manoce? It does not have one, cause it doesn't need any The chip inside it makes it calibrate itself. @Gryphn Nice deal, WTG! Shall You see some more in this price, pls. buy me one-> I'll cover P&P costs
I got a great deal on a sidewinder force feedback pro thingie. it was sitting in a taped up box. The guy in the store said it doesn't have USB. "Awwwww. Jeeez, that's too bad, NO USB????" I said, "Sigh.... how much?" He said, "I will give it to you for thirty." I said, "That's too much. I gotta get a game port working if I buy it...." He said, "how bout twenty?" I said, "[Sigh] Okay, you twisted my arm." I took it home and plugged it into my game port [which works fine....). That stick is better than food!
Re: Logitect Extreme 3D Pro / calibration- over or under FYI for those interested fine tuneing a stick. DXTweek2 is for xp. Most times you want to over or under calibrat for the application you using. dont get frustrated {i did} figureing out how to use it. once you do it works real good. You can make a stick thats way too bounce and make it nice and smooth. http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm#DX Tweak 2