Goflight TQ6 Throttle

[burm 3]

Hi

I just bought this product about 6 months ago and have since then broke 2 of the lever pots.

The plastic sleeves where the lever fits broke on one.

the second one broke at the base.

I am going to send it back to be repaired {I think this is possible}

I am surprised and disappointed with this happening to this expensive product.

Anyone else out there had this problem with Goflight products?

Paul

[sgreen91 182]

I thought about getting those but instead went with the VirtualFly TQ6 throttles.

 

Sorry about your issue I'm sure they will fix or replace.

[Samaritano 304]

I have one but so far I've been lucky. I guess I have to be very careful from now on. Hopefully you can resolve the problem with them.

[blackkat002 0]

If you are handy you can purchase from their site the pot replacement kit. Not that hard to replace.

[Chocorua 112]

Yep, my good friend in FL had to replace all the pots for the same reason, however I must admit his unit is very old. 

 

Greg

[burm 3]

I almost bought the pot package but sent it back to Goflight to be fixed.

I was not afraid of fixing them but I have no experience with soldering.

Anyone out there done this with the TQ6?

[DescendDescend 25]

Having used two sets of Saitek throttles and both ending their life with one or more defective pots I decided to move on to something I thought would be of better quality and more robust.

 

Having spent £400+ on the TQ6 ADV around four years ago I expected the pots to last much longer than on the Saitek. Unfortunately this is not the case with the F lever now faulty.

Looked at the Go Flight site with a view to repairing it with a new pot. While the repair kit is around $35 the delivery to the UK is a mind boggling $80+. Not sure if any duties will be added.

I messaged GoFlight (no response) and then emailed Customer Service a couple of days later (21st Dec) to see if the kits are available in the UK. 

 

Response currently awaited. More to follow only if I get a response otherwise you can draw your own conclusions.

 

Not too sure what high quality alternatives are available.

[DescendDescend 25]

Got a response from Goflight a couple of days ago.  Parts are on back order in the UK.

[Camsdad13 64]

Sorry to bring a thread back from the dead. I bought my Go Flight GF-TQ6 back in October 2016. Spent over $300 usd on the product. I have hardly used it since life has been getting in the way. This past sunday, I had some time. The flaps arm started behaving erractic then just broke at the base. I found air bubbles in the plastic which weakened it to where it broke at the pot. There wasn't a number to call Go Flight. I sent an email to Go Flight which Tony responded. He said I could order replacement parts. I would have to pay for them. Go Flight did not have any stock and would have to have them made. No ETA on when. I ended up ordering the GF-TQ6 tune up kit from Aerosoft which is due to arrive from Europe. 3 days total from order to door. It's costing me $135. I also ordered the Logitech throttles. (Saitek) I've had the Saitek throttles since 2010. Never had a problem with them. you could get two for a third of what the Go-Flight TQ6 is. The only reason why I ordered the TQ6 was my original Saitek throttles and yokes disappeared when I moved. Bottom line is the GF-TQ6 is expensive. The cabinet it comes in is durable but the internals are very poor quality. Its not worth the cost. Thankfully I only ordered the GF-Pro Yoke and GF-T8-2 when my Saitek gear went missing. I was going to order the Go Flight GF-Ultimate pilot but thankfully this happened before I spent that money and ended up with the poor quality and service I've experienced with Go Flight.