My Thrustmaster TCA Joystick gave up on me, so I was forced to buy a new joystick so I got the Ursa Minor instead, and I'm kind of pleased with it. BUT, I use it also for my rudders (Joystick Laxis Z), but I think it feels toooo hard to twist it, which makes it nearly impossible to turn on the ground. According to Winctrls manual, it's possible to adjust the tension with the screws in the bottom, but only for the X & Y axis, not the Z axis. Do you have the same "problem" or any advice on what I can do to make it less "tight"?

Hmmm... i have the same stick and just tried it now (although use rudder pedals and tiller) and felt fine to twist...

I did adjust my tension up for the X & Y (bit too much i think) but never touched the Z axis... perhaps the tension of the other 2 axis impacts on the Z?

I can turn mine with 2 fingers easily if needed... strange that your is so hard to twist?

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I would appreciate any suggestions, cause it's really tight and it hurts in my wrist if there's just a little crosswind, I have tried in hardware settings, but no matter how high/low I put it, that doesn't help. I hesitate to open the bottom and mess with the three screws, as I'm no tech nerd and as I mention in my first post, the screws are only for the X and Y axis.

I have an old Thrustmaster Hotas One joystick, and it works perfectly, so it's definetly the Ursa which is the problem. Maybe I have wasted my money, but I hope I can figure out what's wrong with it.

4 hours ago, jlund said:

I would appreciate any suggestions, cause it's really tight and it hurts in my wrist if there's just a little crosswind, I have tried in hardware settings, but no matter how high/low I put it, that doesn't help. I hesitate to open the bottom and mess with the three screws, as I'm no tech nerd and as I mention in my first post, the screws are only for the X and Y axis.

I have an old Thrustmaster Hotas One joystick, and it works perfectly, so it's definetly the Ursa which is the problem. Maybe I have wasted my money, but I hope I can figure out what's wrong with it.

No worries. I don't think you wasted your money. The Ursa Minor joystick is the best bang for the buck in my opinion also. So many buttons. I use it with the A-10C in DCS and MSFS using the built-in sim modifiers. Like @vonduck, I too can turn my Z axis with just two fingers, and I didn't have to make any adjustments. All default settings.

WinCtrl very recently came up with a partner throttle for that joystick. The Ursa Minor throttle:

PurchaseWINCTRL URSA MINOR Combat HOTAS-Official Store for WINCTRL

With the Ursa Minor joystick having so many buttons already, it's hard to find a reason to buy it.

I didn't have to make any adjustments. All default settings.

You haven't changed anything in the Hardware sensitivity settings?

I have tried everything on 0, and tried all axis' on both - & + at different values, but to no avail. I agree that it's a great joystick, but this problem takes the fun out of it.

I'm coming from the same path... TCA sticks got bogus and got the ursa minor... Honestly at least on my hardware version its indeed little bit stiffer than the way old normal TCA but mostly identical to the TCA X stick. I have it in use for more than a year now and still quite happy. If you keep the little pads on the base clean the ursa minor is def glued to the desk in contrast to the much worse TCA stick and using the z axis def no problem on my side for the tiller (rudder on pedals).

On 9/27/2026 at 9:54 AM, jlund said:

I didn't have to make any adjustments. All default settings.

You haven't changed anything in the Hardware sensitivity settings?

I have tried everything on 0, and tried all axis' on both - & + at different values, but to no avail. I agree that it's a great joystick, but this problem takes the fun out of it.

No change in Hardware sensitivity settings. I sent you dm. Check. If it's the solution you can post the solution here so that it may help others having similar problem.