Hardware & Technical Saitek X52 modified to have better access to T1-T6

Loetmichel

Loetmichel
Hi there!

As i have angered myself some time about the nearly useless toggle buttons on the base of the joystick part i finally decided
to do something about it.
First i checked different locations for the buttons.





I liked the second one better, so i got to dismantle the Stick...



After that, i started my CNC mill and made some button holders and -caps.
... fits like a glove...





Now i had to do some SERIOUS fiddling to get the 10 wires thru to the base,
and solder the wires to the approbiate places...



In the end it all worked well:



[video=youtube;LTDYI1BeZFc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTDYI1BeZFc[/video]


So, now tear me to shreds for using magnet wire in a moving part ;-)

cu ingame, Michael
 

Davevti

Davevti
That's awesome!

I won't ridicule you ! Lol but did you do the magnet on the sensor "mod" whilst you were there?
 

Loetmichel

Loetmichel
Hi!

After a Bit of googling i found out about the Magnet mod. And no, I didnt do it because my x52 dosent have centering issues.
It has slight issues of wandering off center in both the analog rings around (E) and (I) on the Throttle, which i use as
Thrusters horizontally and vertically at the moment.
but that can be reset by unplugging the stick shortly and plugging it back in. CENTERED of course.

cu ingame, Michael.
 

PsykomantaBrain

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Sorry to necro a two-year-old thread, but I just found this and was amazed that someone else had this same idea (and made such an impressive job of it, really, mine isn't anything quite as elegant).

Here's my version of the same mod, on my X52 pro:

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Mine is obviously much more ghetto. Where you actually have new buttons inside the finger guard, what I did was move the entire toggle assembly (it does thankfully come out as a unit) to the side of the guard.

I didn't have the tools and the materials to properly run the cables through the base (more than a little bit jealous of your CNC mill), so what I did was get a length of 20-wire flat ribbon cable to extend the existing wires leading to the toggles, and just run that externally. I find it gave it a sort of post-apocalyptic vibe, that I actually kinda like. :)

I have plans to eventually construct an entirely new enclosure for the base. Inside it's mostly empty space, the size of the base being mostly for stability when it's placed on a surface. Here I have it mounted to a locking camera arm, so now that it doesn't have to hold the toggles anymore, I would make that base a much more compact format.

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That's just one of the many, many projects I have on hold pending the arrival (and preceding purchase (and preceding wife-approval)) of my 3d printer.

I just find it awesome to find someone else that did the same mod! :D

Awesome job!

Cheers
 
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