Does your joy stick slide around on your desk? ... (read this)
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Dying from a joystick malfunction....
I was in stitches reading that! I have to admit my Hotas X slides all over the place, or it did until I g clamped it to my desk, Lakon style.
I was in stitches reading that! I have to admit my Hotas X slides all over the place, or it did until I g clamped it to my desk, Lakon style.
So much time and effort adjusting ourselves, I am truly impressed and ashamed of my own setup being placed on the desk without screws/ brackets/ or velcro!
Ooooh, I should try that. My TFlight doesn't have suction cups, but I did find that wetting the rubber pads does create a grip on the table (must be the finish on the table helping? It doesn't come off most of the time, but that's partly me training myself not to jerk on it too hard. if it does come off, I might use some blu tack and see if it helps
Cool on finding the pads, hope they work for you.
The Wet Wipes in Outfitting might be TMI though
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Agreed, it's weird, but somehow I now feel unworthy...
Dr. Baltar, it would be just like you to claim that you've "discovered" a revolutionary way to utilize negative fluid pressure on a non-porous surface to prevent flight sticks from sliding...by using a method that's been around since 300 B.C.E! Now, if you could please stop re-appropriating other people's ideas and get to work on actually building a working cyclon detector (rather than lying about it and having your strange fantasies), Humanity would be forever grateful to you that they're not turned into processed meat by Cylon hybrids....thanks.
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Yep, same here. I drilled holes in my keyboard tray and secure with wing-nuts underneath. Wing-nuts make it a sinch to take it off if you can't have it perm attached. I thought all diehard X52 users used the screw holes Saitek so generously incorporated into this awesome HOTAS.
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Blimey a rather large masonry bit to make a hole in a plastic joystick. This may not end so well
Yep, same here. I drilled holes in my keyboard tray and secure with wing-nuts underneath. Wing-nuts make it a sinch to take it off if you can't have it perm attached. I thought all diehard X52 users used the screw holes Saitek so generously incorporated into this awesome HOTAS.
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Seriously guyz. The rubber pads are sticky enough. Shouldn't need to screw or bolt the equipment down. You need to visit the gym a little less
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The reason I need stuff attached is that I unintentionally put pressure in vertical directions sometimes, and if one corner comes up or something, the whole thing is going to end up moving all over the place.
I went the route of attaching the X52 Pro to my desk chair with pole television mounts and heavy duty velcro. Works great.
I went the route of attaching the X52 Pro to my desk chair with pole television mounts and heavy duty velcro. Works great.
I use a combination of the above ideas. My X52 Pro is screwed to a wooden board (sanded and varnished, natch) and there are two small pads of the non-slip matting you get for kitchens etc between that and the table.
It has the benefit of making the joystick and throttle a single unit for carrying while also ensuring that it is not going to move anywhere without my say-so.
For what it's worth, I don't thrash my joystick around like there's no tomorrow (oo-err) but I am disabled and do get involuntary - and sometimes very strong - muscle spasms so when I do use the HOTAS I like to know it's not going to get thrown across the room
It has the benefit of making the joystick and throttle a single unit for carrying while also ensuring that it is not going to move anywhere without my say-so.
For what it's worth, I don't thrash my joystick around like there's no tomorrow (oo-err) but I am disabled and do get involuntary - and sometimes very strong - muscle spasms so when I do use the HOTAS I like to know it's not going to get thrown across the room
I use a combination of the above ideas. My X52 Pro is screwed to a wooden board (sanded and varnished, natch) and there are two small pads of the non-slip matting you get for kitchens etc between that and the table.
It has the benefit of making the joystick and throttle a single unit for carrying while also ensuring that it is not going to move anywhere without my say-so.
For what it's worth, I don't thrash my joystick around like there's no tomorrow (oo-err) but I am disabled and do get involuntary - and sometimes very strong - muscle spasms so when I do use the HOTAS I like to know it's not going to get thrown across the room
Funny, I had the thought come across my head to do what you ended up doing. To have them spaced and affixed via screws to a heavy base that wouldn't move, creating a mobile HOTAS unit. However, I opted for the direct attachment to my KB Tray via the screw/wingnuts. The solid grounding via screws is unmatched and works where sticky pads, suction cups, or velcro never did the job properly for me. The tiny holes in the KB Tray don't bother me one bit and the KB covers them up when it is in its normal position. It takes less than a minute to screw on the HOTAS or take it off.
However, your method creates a more elegant mobile piece.
Seriously guyz. The rubber pads are sticky enough. Shouldn't need to screw or bolt the equipment down. You need to visit the gym a little less
You're making a pretty open ended "one size fits all" statement out of your own individual scenario which may be fine for you.
If that were MY case, I wouldn't have used screws and wingnuts.
Fixed attachment is the best thing ever for me. I can attach the HOTAS in less than 30 seconds. Screws always sit in the x52 pro holes so all I do is set it down in the right spot as the screws fall through the KB Tray holes and then just spin on the wingnuts. Simple Fast and Permanent for the duration of Play.
In my case the sticky pads don't work on all surfaces, just as suction cups don't work on rough or porous surfaces no matter how much you wet them if there is no proper seal. Velcro was less than stellar as there was still a lot of play with harder movement. Having the HOTAS solidly affixed gives a totally different feel, something I don't thing you or anyone may realize until you try it and compare.
I have tried all those methods, and there is a BIG difference for me (and obviously many others out there). The screrw holes were the best thing eve implemented into this stick by Saitek IMO. Love it and wont ever go back.
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Use anti-slip pads for phones (They cost less than a buck each. I use 2 under the stick and 2 under the throttle). No slipping whatsoever and no reason to put holes in your furniture..
A lot of full-on solutions here. I've stuck my X52 to a plastic tray and have that placed on my lap. Easy to disconnect and move out if the way whilst I'm not using it. It also suits me a lot more than if it was up on the desk.