VintAge111

Realizing this is an older thread, except for the last post a few days ago (with which I agree as to the method of cleaning!), I have a different issue with my Saitek throttle quadrant and am hoping someone might have some ideas? It was working perfectly until it wasn't. Power light is on, swapping usb ports on the Saitek yoke with my Thrustmaster joystick makes no difference (joystick still works fine) but there is nothing from any of the three potentiometers nor from any of the buttons. Anyone ever have any experience with a sudden failure like this? Thanks, Andy

Sounds like a plan. I'll give that a try. Thanks, Andy

I use a Saitek AV8R-01 joystick for FSX; Windows 7, 64bit. Sim worked well with Saitek yoke/pedals/throttle quadrant and worked well with the AV8R-01 for a bit. Now, however, keeping it calibrated is an ongoing effort. The X axis eventually goes right of center. Test and calibrate through FSX works for awhile, sometimes just rapidly moving the X axis between its limits will "fix" it for a bit. I've gone into devices and unchecked the "link deadzones" box and then bracketed the X axis indicator, etc. It works too, for a bit but the issue is that the X axis is almost constantly fluctuating back and forth - sometimes quite a bit - and the brackets have to be too big to contain it. Does this indicate a worn out stick?

John B., Raymie, Thanks both for your replies. Feeling better about downloading a new 172 now! We'll see how it goes. Thanks again, Andy

Hi, Interesting (and gratifying) to me to hear of your success when FSX was installed in the root directory instead of program files (x86). I had done some research before I installed my boxed FSX and chose to do it in the root directory and, so far, it's worked perfectly. Now to completely betray my ignorance of all things computer: I'm thinking of trying an aftermarket C172, either the A2A or Realair, but am not sure about where to direct the download. Is this a non-question, i.e., will it automatically find its correct place relative to FSX, or do I need to be sure it goes to the root directory, or....? (I know just enough to ask embarrassing questions). Thanks, Andy