Hi All,

 

I've got an x52 pro from Saitek that I love, its a great stick with one issue; the PS/2 cable.

 

I've recently got back into simming and using my oculus rift, which is great. THere is one small problem, because of the way I need to configure everything to be near to hand whilst flying, I often have to have the joystick on a tray on my lap, or on a custom made joystick holder fitted to my chair.

 

The problem is that if the chair, I, or the Cat(!) move it often pulls the cable out of the joystick, which has resulted in several fatal virtual accidents...

 

Does anyone have a nifty way of securing that cable in the hole that works? It's driving me mad!

 

Thanks,

James

What you describe is the one flaw in an otherwise great joystick in my opinion. I've owned 2 of them and one was more of a problem than the other.

 

With that one, what I did was take some duct tape and literally tape the PS2 connector onto the base of the unit that had trouble staying connected. Not pretty, but it worked.

 

The first time I did this the connector did not stay - seemed like the duct tape slipped. So I bent 2 large paper clips into 90 degrees and placed them on opposite sides of the PS2 connector, THEN taped that up tightly. Worked for a couple years before it loosened. Again, not "pretty", but it worked. Still does.

Hi All,

 

I've got an x52 pro from Saitek that I love, its a great stick with one issue; the PS/2 cable.

 

I've recently got back into simming and using my oculus rift, which is great. THere is one small problem, because of the way I need to configure everything to be near to hand whilst flying, I often have to have the joystick on a tray on my lap, or on a custom made joystick holder fitted to my chair.

 

The problem is that if the chair, I, or the Cat(!) move it often pulls the cable out of the joystick, which has resulted in several fatal virtual accidents...

 

 

 

Does anyone have a nifty way of securing that cable in the hole that works? It's driving me mad!

 

Thanks,

James

have the same joystick, only use it for buttons, however although not a problem at the moment have just tried securing it with an elastic band.  loop it round the ps2 connecter and back through itself and the stretch it to the adjuster knob on the side.

 

bob

I used the belt clip off a old tape measure here is a picture.  Josh

 

 

That belt clip idea is probably the best one I've seen.

Why didn't I think of that? :facepalm :excl:

What you describe is the one flaw in an otherwise great joystick in my opinion. I've owned 2 of them and one was more of a problem than the other.

 

With that one, what I did was take some duct tape and literally tape the PS2 connector onto the base of the unit that had trouble staying connected. Not pretty, but it worked.

 

The first time I did this the connector did not stay - seemed like the duct tape slipped. So I bent 2 large paper clips into 90 degrees and placed them on opposite sides of the PS2 connector, THEN taped that up tightly. Worked for a couple years before it loosened. Again, not "pretty", but it worked. Still does.

 

Thanks for this suggestion! I did this with one exception, couldn't find any paperclips, so a pair of my wife's hair clips had to do... Lets hope she doesn't go looking for them!!

 

Seems to be holding now, like you said it's not pretty but so far it's doing the job.