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Saitek AV8R stick issues (Read 841 times)
Mar 31
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Ive got a very annoying problem ruining my sim! Im at the point where I think I need a new stick. My AV8R Saitek is only a few months old and I wouldnt think it could be broken.
The aircraft elevators wont pull up. The aircraft want to nose over. The elevators are at a neutral position or either in the down position that makes the a/c nose dive or not pull up. So I tried calibrating the stick. It shows the little marker "x" will not center and is located towards the upper center of the calibration box for the "Y" axis. Anyone else have this problem??? What should I do?
Thanks in advance!
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Mar 31
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you using os to calibrate stick? eg. xp or vista.
control panel, hardware, game controllers, properties, settings, calibrate.
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Mar 31
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Its XP
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Mar 31
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start,control panel, hardware, game controllers, properties, settings, calibrate :you done this? don't know if that stick comes with it's own calibration programme
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Mar 31
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I havent tried it this way. That was the other problem. I couldnt actually find the place to correct the calibration. I would only see the the output of the throttle, and X & Y axis. Let me see if I can get it corrected. And Ive noticed it will stick like my problem and then other times it works just fine. I wonder If Im hitting a key on the keyboard that might effect it somehow?...
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Mar 31
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Elroy13 wrote
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I havent tried it this way. That was the other problem. I couldnt actually find the place to correct the calibration. I would only see the the output of the throttle, and X & Y axis. Let me see if I can get it corrected. And Ive noticed it will stick like my problem and then other times it works just fine. I wonder If Im hitting a key on the keyboard that might effect it somehow?...
try it my way let me know
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Mar 31
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Will do! Thanks for the help!!
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Mar 31
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You have an intermittent/faulty connection involving the "Elevator" potentiometer within the Joystick....
The Windows Game Controllers program will perform the test.
Unless you are good with electronics, then its time for a new 'Stick...
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Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004....
...!
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Mar 31
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Fozzer wrote
on Mar 31
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, 2009 at 5:10pm:
You have an intermittent/faulty connection involving the "Elevator" potentiometer within the Joystick....
The Windows Game Controllers program will perform the test.
Unless you are good with electronics, then its time for a new 'Stick...
...!
Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004....
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give him a chance
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Mar 31
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waspiflab wrote
on Mar 31
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, 2009 at 5:11pm:
Fozzer wrote
on Mar 31
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, 2009 at 5:10pm:
You have an intermittent/faulty connection involving the "Elevator" potentiometer within the Joystick....
The Windows Game Controllers program will perform the test.
Unless you are good with electronics, then its time for a new 'Stick...
...!
Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004....
...!
give him a chance
...the clock is ticking...
...!
Paul....
...Saitek Cyborg Evo Force...!
Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.
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Sheeesh!
I have to leave the office and go home and give it a shot first!
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Elroy13 wrote
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Sheeesh!
I have to leave the office and go home and give it a shot first!
aaah man I thought you were at home, and you kept me up and you were at work!!
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Ok guys, I found some what of a calibration process but I dont have any confidence in it. Going through the process that was recommended led me to a dead end. But here what I found. Through the Saitek icon in the lower right of the desktop there is a settings/calibration. This will show on a graph the X & Y axis and the throttle plus rudder twist. For the Y axis the red line was twitching far to the left. So to get the axis back to the middle where it should be you have to push the whole stick down (its like a pressure point). This would bring the axis back where it should be, in the middle. But the red line still twitched. So I fired up the sim, took off in my Tomcat...and crashed!
Just time for a new flight stick. I mainly wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem.
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Apr 1
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Elroy13 wrote
on Apr 1
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, 2009 at 11:47am:
Ok guys, I found some what of a calibration process but I dont have any confidence in it. Going through the process that was recommended led me to a dead end. But here what I found. Through the Saitek icon in the lower right of the desktop there is a settings/calibration. This will show on a graph the X & Y axis and the throttle plus rudder twist. For the Y axis the red line was twitching far to the left. So to get the axis back to the middle where it should be you have to push the whole stick down (its like a pressure point). This would bring the axis back where it should be, in the middle. But the red line still twitched. So I fired up the sim, took off in my Tomcat...and crashed!
Just time for a new flight stick. I mainly wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem.
Sticks don't last forever...
My Stick of Joy is 75 years old this year, and it no longer performs in the way it did many years ago....
...!
The same applies to Joysticks...
...
...
...!
Paul...
...
...
...!
Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.
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Apr 1
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Ya got to hate it when that happens!
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Apr 1
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Had my
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saitek-Cyborg-3D-USB-Gold/dp/B00005LOZ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UT...
for many years now, even on vista it works great and still going strong, guess they don't make them like they used to
This has taken a real beating through the years (no pun intended)
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Fozzer wrote
on Apr 1
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, 2009 at 12:53pm:
Elroy13 wrote
on Apr 1
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, 2009 at 11:47am:
Ok guys, I found some what of a calibration process but I dont have any confidence in it. Going through the process that was recommended led me to a dead end. But here what I found. Through the Saitek icon in the lower right of the desktop there is a settings/calibration. This will show on a graph the X & Y axis and the throttle plus rudder twist. For the Y axis the red line was twitching far to the left. So to get the axis back to the middle where it should be you have to push the whole stick down (its like a pressure point). This would bring the axis back where it should be, in the middle. But the red line still twitched. So I fired up the sim, took off in my Tomcat...and crashed!
Just time for a new flight stick. I mainly wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem.
Sticks don't last forever...
My Stick of Joy is 75 years old this year, and it no longer performs in the way it did many years ago....
...!
The same applies to Joysticks...
...
...
...!
Paul...
...
...
...!
They have pills for that
and drivers for joysticks.
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