I have the Thrustmaster Airbus joystick, and it has the well known problem of the twitching rotation axis. I have now opened it up and adjusted the position of the wires inside to move them away from the potentiometer three times. However, the problem keeps coming back. I think normal forward/back and side to side movement of the stick gradually pulls the wires back down into the stick base, so the tension returns. I can temporarily stop the twitching by vigorously twisting the stick a few times, but of course this is not ideal when you are in the middle of a flight.
Does anyone have any tips for stopping the twitching PERMANENTLY?
Alternatively, if I can’t make it stop, I’ll consider a new joystick. If anyone can recommend a relatively budget friendly option with similar functionality that would be great.
I don’t have the joystick you mentioned but from other mods I’ve done in electronics is it possible to hot glue the wires out of the way? Or maybe a loose rubber and so they’re not under tension but can’t shift?
I have one of these and had to re-route the wiring to ensure twitch free flight. It’s important to prevent the wiring influencing the potentiometer in any way, so try to isolate it by making a gentle bend, and fixing the wiring a short distance from the pot with hot glue or strong tape. Also check the pot is firmly seated and unable to move around. On my joystick there was a lot of excess wire in the base and no difficulty involved in elegantly re-styling the wiring.
I’ve said elsewhere this is a good product spoiled by clumsy assembly, but once that’s sorted out they are quite excellent for the price. Just a pity users have to do the finishing! Good luck with it.
Yes, if it wasn’t for this one issue, I’d be completely happy with the stick. I do think the pot may have some wiggle room so I will see if I can stick it down a bit.
Yeah I have one and same issue. However I also have rudder pedals so don’t use the twist stick. So what I did was to centre it and remove the twist stick potentiometer from the mount and just leave it hanging loose inside the housing
I modified the joy. The throttle axis has gone and now there is a rotary pot for the tiller. I got rid of the clumsy rudder system, replaced with a Hall sensor that is stable and precise. A little handwork and the stick is more usable. The mechanical part is always the same, though.
I think I have now fixed this problem after following a very unclear mumbling Youtube video. Inside the stick, I made a hole in the column to the right of where the wires come out, and routed just the wires that supply the circuit board at the top through this hole, leaving only the wires that supply the twist control emerging from their original exit inside the column. This means the two sets of wires now don’t touch each other at all and the problem appears to have gone away. For now…
I hope your solution works out long term, but I had to endure this for a year or so.. it eventually comes back. The pot is not of great quality.. at least that was the case for me.. I know that because after enduring that for a year, I did a hall sensor mod on that stick’s twist axis.. it was a pain to collect correct parts and calibrate but it worked out eventually after a few trial and error, and eversince it’s been more than 2 years without any issues. I upgraded to a vkb stick earlier this year when the hat and thumb buttons started failing, so now it has become a back up stick for my 4 year old to wreck planes around.