Saitek Throttle offset changing

[flamer 3]

Hi all,

 

I have the saitek throttle quadrant, been using it for a while now and have it configured in fsuipc. What I am noticing is, with the mixture lever, it works pretty good, its reasonably smooth and idle cutoff on the lever shows 0% on the sim, and rich on the lever shows 100% on the sim so all good there. but the throttle lever, I go full throttle and sometimes it will show 100%, some times 88% almost something different everytime. When I pull back to idle on the lever (into the detent area) sometimes its 0% sometimes its 12% etc - same spot different value.

 

When I looked at the axis config in FSUIPC, sure enough, putting the lever to full 4-5 times in a row shows a different max value everytime! The other issue is, using the throttle from idle 0% and slowly pushing it up wont register any change until it jumps to 26% so its not smooth at all. Have played around with the slope but has not made any difference.

 

I guess this is a cheap hardware issue, but would be great if there was a way to fix it. If all also fails I might try setup the pitch lever as the throttle!

[Ray Proudfoot 8,955]

When you say ‘a while’ is that a few months - so inside the warranty period- or somewhat longer?

It sounds like the potentiometers are getting worn. I have the same problem and sadly there’s nothing you can do about it. They’re poor quality pots built to a price.

I’m looking at the FlyHoneycomb units due to arrive in the next 2-3 months. I’ve had close to 8 years out of my Saitek throttles. The yoke is still okay so I may sell it on.

The FlyHoneycomb units have higher quality components so will last a lot longer. Check the thread in this section if you’re interested.

[Dougal 165]

I've also suddenly started getting massive issues with BRAND NEW Saitek Quadrants when using FSUIPC.   See my post above.  I wonder if a Windows update is causing issues?

[Ray Proudfoot 8,955]

1 hour ago, Dougal said:

I've also suddenly started getting massive issues with BRAND NEW Saitek Quadrants when using FSUIPC.   See my post above.  I wonder if a Windows update is causing issues?

Check outside of FSX/P3D in Control Panel, Devices @ Printers. That will confirm one way or another. If you have another PC with Windows7 that would tell you for certain if it was the throttle or the OS.

[flamer 3]

I actually managed to solve my issue, the "min movement" value in fsuipc was very high for the throttle, after changing that to a lower value I managed to get a far better improvement in throttle repsonse, I would not say butter smooth but lets call it $50 smooth!