Anyone that uses the throttle of the T-Flight HOTAS X will quickly (Read: instantly) feel the spot in the throttle's middle position where it just... sticks. It has a mechanism inside it that forces the throttle to sick in place when the user moves the throttle to the very middle.
I freaking HATED that sticking. It takes a bit of force to push it out of the middle when it sticks, and that pretty much always means you're going to jerk the throttle forward for about the space you would use to speed up by a value of five. You can probably guess that a few large headaches were caused by then when attempting to use my cargo scoop.
So, I fixed it. I figured "I'm a man and pretty tech savvy. I don't have to put up with this. Men fix things! I AM MAN! FEEL MY SCREW DRIVER!"
Alright, so let's get down to business. (That song is now stuck in your head.)
Step one: UNPLUG YOUR T FLIGHT HOTAS X!
Step two: NO. REALLY. UNPLUG IT.
Step three: I MEAN IT!
Step four: Remove the 8 screws on the bottom of the throttle and separate the cover from the top portion of the throttle.
Step five: Alright, you should be looking at the inside of your throttle. If you are instead looking at an elephant's bum hole, you did not infact purchase the T-flight HOTAS X and are probably the local homeless guy that keeps making his way into the public zoo.
Step six: You'll see a little plastic cover held onto the actual throttle by two screws. Remove those and pull the plastic cover off. Be careful. There's a spring behind it and it might have just enough power to launch the sucker directly into your eye.
Step seven: Alright, on the inside portion of that plastic cover, you'll see a small indention. That's what's causing our issue. You need to fill it with something. I used hot glue, and that worked perfectly. I would guess candle wax would work just as well, but I don't know.
Step 8: Put everything back together the way it was and enjoy.
Anyone trying to do this should probably evaluate why they might want that detent gone. It doesn't take that long to fix, but it is kind of a weird solution. I wanted to do it simply because I now have better control over the throttle.
WARNING: Thrustmaster actually programed/built/designed the throttle to have that detent in it. There is a deadzone pre-built into the throttle. While the throttle is dead center, there is space where it will not register movement EVEN WITH THE DETENT GONE. I don't know how to fix this, or if it's even fixable to begin with. The deadzone is super small, but noticeable.
I freaking HATED that sticking. It takes a bit of force to push it out of the middle when it sticks, and that pretty much always means you're going to jerk the throttle forward for about the space you would use to speed up by a value of five. You can probably guess that a few large headaches were caused by then when attempting to use my cargo scoop.
So, I fixed it. I figured "I'm a man and pretty tech savvy. I don't have to put up with this. Men fix things! I AM MAN! FEEL MY SCREW DRIVER!"
Alright, so let's get down to business. (That song is now stuck in your head.)
Step one: UNPLUG YOUR T FLIGHT HOTAS X!
Step two: NO. REALLY. UNPLUG IT.
Step three: I MEAN IT!
Step four: Remove the 8 screws on the bottom of the throttle and separate the cover from the top portion of the throttle.
Step five: Alright, you should be looking at the inside of your throttle. If you are instead looking at an elephant's bum hole, you did not infact purchase the T-flight HOTAS X and are probably the local homeless guy that keeps making his way into the public zoo.
Step six: You'll see a little plastic cover held onto the actual throttle by two screws. Remove those and pull the plastic cover off. Be careful. There's a spring behind it and it might have just enough power to launch the sucker directly into your eye.
Step seven: Alright, on the inside portion of that plastic cover, you'll see a small indention. That's what's causing our issue. You need to fill it with something. I used hot glue, and that worked perfectly. I would guess candle wax would work just as well, but I don't know.
Step 8: Put everything back together the way it was and enjoy.
Anyone trying to do this should probably evaluate why they might want that detent gone. It doesn't take that long to fix, but it is kind of a weird solution. I wanted to do it simply because I now have better control over the throttle.
WARNING: Thrustmaster actually programed/built/designed the throttle to have that detent in it. There is a deadzone pre-built into the throttle. While the throttle is dead center, there is space where it will not register movement EVEN WITH THE DETENT GONE. I don't know how to fix this, or if it's even fixable to begin with. The deadzone is super small, but noticeable.
