Replacing microstick double pot - latest intelligence please
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sunrrrise, writes properly, understands the subject !!
I suck at soldering, but I am able to solder TLE5010 or KMZ60 boards for MMJoy2.
I know this stuff !!Yes sunrise is trying to help the community. It is great to know it is easy to solder and you don’t need to pay rip off predator price of $250 to do it.
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I don’t think we need to “discuss” or “justify” the price any more, or how easy it is to solder, or un-solder. Nothing new is being added to that particular argument, so let’s stop it before someone gets hurt (with my ban hammer).
Market forces will ultimately decide if the price Po-Fu is asking is unreasonable. If people are not prepared to pay his asking price he will have to reduce it, or sit on a load of stock.
Feel free to suggest alternatives though; it never hurts to have choice and healthy competition
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Here is one DIY solution for the Xbox microstick.
Starting from 5:53 and till the next episode.This should be the cheapest solution I can find.
1. Make the mold, if you succeed, then 3D print it
2. Cut the Cougar six pin connector and solder the individual wire to the correct microstick pin.
3. Put the microstick into the 3D print mold and assemble it.
If anyone enjoys the DIY process, you can try.
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Here is one DIY solution for the Xbox microstick.
Starting from 5:53 and till the next episode.This should be the cheapest solution I can find.
1. Make the mold, if you succeed, then 3D print it
2. Cut the Cougar six pin connector and solder the individual wire to the correct microstick pin.
3. Put the microstick into the 3D print mold and assemble it.
If anyone enjoys the DIY process, you can try.
I am sure this solution should be no more than $20.Wow! Nice finding! Thank you!:-) Second part:
And I have to admit that I am impressed that you have spent your time for looking for alternatives and shared the findings with the rest of the community. I really appreciate this kind of attitude.
BTW. other vidoes of this guy are also interesting!
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Wow! Nice finding! Thank you!:-) Second part:
And I have to admit that I am impressed that you have spent your time for looking for alternatives and shared the findings with the rest of the community. I really appreciate this kind of attitude.
I can share more, but they really are costly.
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Little OT: have you checked how MAIN RNG/UNCAGE is built? It is the first time I see clickable pot.
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Little OT: have you checked how MAIN RNG/UNCAGE is built? It is the first time I see clickable pot.
Everything is in my FB
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Wow! Nice finding! Thank you!:-) Second part:
And I have to admit that I am impressed that you have spent your time for looking for alternatives and shared the findings with the rest of the community. I really appreciate this kind of attitude.
BTW. other vidoes of this guy are also interesting!
Yes it is good to know we can use Xbox ministick. They only cost a few bucks. I knew I had seen it before. I had these videos in my bookmarks from two years ago and did not remember that. D’oh
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I never blah blah blah…but just do it.
I made this mod back in 2015/06/04 when I just touched BMS for a few months.
You guys will see a new mod a bit later, and that might be my last post in BMS forum. -
I never blah blah blah…but just do it.
I made this mod back in 2015/06/04 when I just touched BMS for a few months.
You guys will see a new mod a bit later, and that might be my last post in BMS forum.That is a nice looking mod.
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I never blah blah blah…but just do it.
I made this mod back in 2015/06/04 when I just touched BMS for a few months.
You guys will see a new mod a bit later, and that might be my last post in BMS forum.Woah! Impressive!
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I think that finally sunrrrise and Icarus have made a peace with me ( I assume it)
The OP( I learned this abbreviation from this forum) is still silent without answering me.
Thommo( thank you!, although I don’t know you), answered the question in the very beginning.My new mod should come out next week, and goodbye to BMS members!
At least, no moderators want to cast me away, thanks -
Well this one has run a lot longer than I expected! Thanks to everyone who has contributed - and do keep on, it feels like we are getting somewhere!
So there are no more TM microsticks, but on the plus side there’s a supply of dirt cheap X-box microsticks - 2 pots and a press switch - on ebay. Great.
Leaves 4 issues I can think of: (1) physical shape is slightly different, as the switch sticks out of one side, but it looks like from those very helpful videos it will go in the available space;
(2) fixing it into place - the mould-making solution looks a bit labour-intensive for a one-off to me; I don’t for a few weeks have access to my workshop to try out alternative bodging solutions (which only just have to be good enough eg ‘araldite’);
(3) do the X-box pots actually function in the Cougar (I don’t know if they have to be same resistance, or if Cougar calibration can deal with different values - I think the Cougar pots are rated 100k but the X box are 10k?)
(4) soldering the X-box pins presumably by wire back to the connector (on the basis that making a PCB is also too much like hard work).Any thoughts? The reason of course this matters is that without the Cougar microstick you can’t actually blow anything up with your BMS F-16!
Alan
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Well this one has run a lot longer than I expected! Thanks to everyone who has contributed - and do keep on, it feels like we are getting somewhere!
So there are no more TM microsticks, but on the plus side there’s a supply of dirt cheap X-box microsticks - 2 pots and a press switch - on ebay. Great.
Leaves 4 issues I can think of: (1) physical shape is slightly different, as the switch sticks out of one side, but it looks like from those very helpful videos it will go in the available space;
(2) fixing it into place - the mould-making solution looks a bit labour-intensive for a one-off to me; I don’t for a few weeks have access to my workshop to try out alternative bodging solutions (which only just have to be good enough eg ‘araldite’);
(3) do the X-box pots actually function in the Cougar (I don’t know if they have to be same resistance, or if Cougar calibration can deal with different values - I think the Cougar pots are rated 100k but the X box are 10k?)
(4) soldering the X-box pins presumably by wire back to the connector (on the basis that making a PCB is also too much like hard work).Any thoughts? The reason of course this matters is that without the Cougar microstick you can’t actually blow anything up with your BMS F-16!
Alan
To solve any problem, you should have
1. A good idea
2. Money
3. Time
4. Endles trails and errors ( a lot of money and time )You initiated this thread, and you already have three solutions
1. TM board
2. My custom board
3. DIY solution
You still hesitate and want more.
What are you willing to sacrifice for a solution?
You may buy one more Cougar from eBay or anywhere for replacement parts (solution #4)
There is no free lunch in this world.
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Po-fu, thanks for the lecture. On your #1, there aren’t any; on your #2, no thanks; on #3, yes I’d welcome any positive ‘how to’ contributions from fellow BMS flyers who are almost without exception in my experience generous with their help and ideas. Forgive me, I’d misunderstood your last post to mean that you’d said ‘goodbye’. If in fact you have, ‘thanks’ and ‘goodbye’.
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Po-fu, thanks for the lecture. On your #1, there aren’t any; on your #2, no thanks; on #3, yes I’d welcome any positive ‘how to’ contributions from fellow BMS flyers who are almost without exception in my experience generous with their help and ideas. Forgive me, I’d misunderstood your last post to mean that you’d said ‘goodbye’. If in fact you have, ‘thanks’ and ‘goodbye’.
Can’t find a way to delete my account…still trying!
So, no worries!Solution #1 see the photos
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Radar cursor switch for sale $45.00 USD
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?36906-Thrustmaster-cougar-parts-and-Stick&p=513040#post513040 -
Does anyone here with electronics knowledge know what componente should be installed on the pcb of the micrstick?
I´m reasearching to make a pcb to be used with a ps2 o xbox controller, like the one posted, but the guy who would make me the pcb is asking me the components and manufacturer code of them, to give me a price with all installed. Otherwise he can only give me the price of the pcb alone, i would have to install the components myself, and i suck at soldering. -
there is no component on the microstick PCB
It’s only traces to wire the 2 pots and buttons to the other Cougar PCB through the 6 mini pin connectorAlthough the 14 contacts of the microstick assy are soldered on the PCB, only 6 of them are wired to the connector
There is Nothing else than the PCB, the connector and the microstick