Thrustmaster T-Flight smooth throttle fix
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2016
- How to video on fixing the notch at 50% power level on the Thrustmaster T-Flight Joystick
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For those who made this modification and the throttle axis stopped working or is working incorrectly, it is very likely that when assembling the throttle, the accelerometer sensor was mounted outside of the neutral position. I opened it again and fixed it and it worked.
I used my dremel tool and ground off the notch. I didn't have any grease so I used some Vaseline. Worked awesome.. no more 50% "bump". I also stretched out the spring to increase the tension. I didn't yank on the spring too much as I didn't have any laying around in case I somehow damaged it. All in all I'm happy. If in the future I still want more tension I'll run to the hardware store and bring home an assortment of springs. Cheers everyone. Happy New year !! EDIT Jan 1st, 2021: Do not use Vaseline on plastic.... read another post and they said to use automotive Dielectric grease.
I’m going to try using electric tape for it to ride on and see if it helps with that. I hate how floppy it is too.
Is stretching the spring increase the tension on the throttle greatly?
Wish l could help you. Ive been working too many hours to play and honestly cant remember exactly where the spring is or what it looks like. Perhaps another person can chime in. I would take it to a hardware store and purchase a few. Make sure the free loaded tension is about the same. Then l would stretch one of the springs you bought. Leave the factory spring alone! That way if things get screwed up you will always have untouched factory spring to reinstall. Good luck !!!
Use silicone grease on rubber and plastic items, the ticker the grease the more drag on the throttle and / or use a stronger spring
You can also put some piece of paper smoothly insert in the gap and cover it with a well placed tape. Works just the same and it isn't permanent, in case you want to reverse it for some (crazy) reason.
Agreed. Only a crazy person would play Elite Dangerous right now. It needs a lot of patching before it becomes playable again after the last DLS.
@@ASHOT3359 im french and don’t understand the tips, can you help me ?
@@Max2corde You can try to turn on auto-generated subtitles and then turn on auto-translate. It's not perfect, but it's your only option.
Yeah that’s what I’m going to do. I hate how floppy the throttle is too so I’m going to see if I can use that to stiffen it up so it doesn’t fall forward.
Oh y god! I was like oh dam i need the tools to file it and stuff but it never accord to me to do what you say! You fucking Genius. I will definitely take the paper and tape method, that is more possible for me.
Used this tip to fix my new T.Flight Hotas One for xbox/MSFS (internals are still the same apparently). Thanks a bunch.
Perfect vid, you explained the whole thing in under 5 minutes. Thank you.
Alright so I just did it with the 4. Took about 30 minutes but I tried to preserve the notch at first by stuffing full of shit lol. Ended up shaving it down, also elongated the spring a lot AND stuffed some hard package paper inside the piece that had the bump behind the spring itself to increase the tension even more. I also put some electrical tape over the bottom plate that still has the groove. It’s much, much better. Definitely not as “smooth” because of the friction but it doesn’t flop forward anymore which is what I hated the most. Hope this helps!
It's certainly helped me! Mines like you described! Rubbish really?
Thanks Troy. Have you tried to work on the joystick? I had to disassembly it, but couldn't assembly it back together. Also, my joystick makes a lot of noise, and I wonder how to grease it. But I don't even know where to put the grease.
Don't know if you still keep up with these comments but THANK YOU for this video. Game changer!
I use my hotas for helicopter and trying use the throttle as a collective was a pain but thanks to this video I sorted it in 20 mins. I used a craft knife to cut away the detent then just rubbed it smooth with sandpaper and now it works great. Good video man. 👍👍
Exactly my situation. Trying to implement trim was especially painful... when the throttle, as collective, goes near center, it would then unwelcomely click into the middle, throwing off my trim, making helicopter trim unworkable.
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the notch is useful if you play elite and use 2 way throttle so behind the notch is backwards and in front is forward.. but i agree the notch sucks for everything else.
How about leaving the notch but moving it somewhat so it matches the flex power notch on an airbus (320)? Thinking further: adding an add notch for the cruise power setting? The precise placement might be a problem but I think fs2020 is somewhat helping as it kind of snaps into the virtuell notches. I think I try to make a replica of the lower part so that I can experiment a little an replace the original part just in case...
"Very interesting", like Arte Johnson used to say on Laugh-in. (1968-73 NBC)
To be honest with you, I don't mind it that notch. I mean that much....
It matches perfectly the cruise speed setting of my Piper PA-3ITCheyenne. (FS2004)
I do appreciate very much the "X-Ray vision", of my beloved T-Flight Hotas X.
Did you consider fitting a stronger spring?
I don't mind the 50% notch, but, i am trying to find some software, to fine calibrate the throttle, and all of it's axis, any suggestions?
Nice video it will help a lot
ive dont this mod to mine but the throttle is suddenly messed up, it shows 50% throttle instead of 0% when its all the way back. any possible fix?
This may be the best video on youtube, i was soo sick of that notch. thanks a ton!
:) So glad I could help, it was so annoying haha
Simple ,perfectly explained useful mod .
Thank you for the comment
I'm trying to clean the potentiometer but theres a piece of plastic restricting the potentiometer from coming out. Is there any other way to get it out?
Thanks for the tip!
I wonder if it would be possible to do the opposite and put 2 more notches in the plate at 30% and 90%
Thanks for this, nicely explained. Was hoping for a simpler fix though, like a lever or clip, sadly it is what it is.
Really cool bro
Great demo!! My new kit does have the notch But the handle is sooo loose it flops forward and back? Do you think I could fit a stronger spring? It feels like theres no spring in there at all?
I don't think there is a spring. I just purchased mine yesterday and havn't taken it apart to mod yet. If no spring is present, I plan on adding one.
Also, I saw on another demo that the stiffness of the throttle varies on each one. The QC isn't very good.
@@matic1203cc hi, there are some videos out there showing the spring. Maybe they aren't strong enough?
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can you tell me how many wires there are in the connection cable between the throttle and the stick?
i'd like to do an extension cable mod but first i need to know which one to buy.
thanks
16. did a mod as well.
Would it kill thrustmaster to supply another plastic slide without the ridge so we can decide middle notch or not ?
Perhaps some one with a 3D printer could come to the rescue?
Is it possible to replace the spring with a stronger one or pack it out with something to make the throttle stiffer? Or will that just give me a stronger notch and not change anything else?
It may make it a bit stiffer but mainly yes just make the notch stronger. Removing some or all of the grease will make it more stiff.
@@TroyMcMillan May give that a go, as in Elite Dangerous the throttle won’t stay in the “blue zone” (between middle and forward position). It has a tendency to fall forward to maximum thrust under its own weight!
Hi Troy. Hope ur well. Thanks for the video I did it and now is very nice and smooth to fly helis but I have a question: I have a dead zone now where the notch was. Is it normal? Or I did something wrong?
Thanks in advance
Hey man, Sounds like something went wrong you should not have a dead spot I didn't have one when I did mine. You are not doing anything to effect the electronics of the throttle is is just plastic mechanical notch that you are shaving down to make is smooth. Hope this helps. Do you fly helicopters real helicopters?
Troy McMillan thanks for that. I’ll check and try to find what went wrong. May be because my it is very old. Thanks mate
Troy McMillan sorry, yes I fly real helicopter good fun
Have you found a fix back then?
I just got the t flight hotas one. Everything good except the throttle stiffness. Any tips to increase that? I see a spring there.
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I just did this. Hated the 50% notch. Got it removed, and it feels great. But the throttle axis no longer has any response at all. All the buttons work, but the throttle axis itself is completely dead. Any idea why?
Did you fix it? Having the same problem ...
wonderful!
how tf did u get the bottom back on? i put the cords back where they where, none of the screws are blocked, but it wont slide back together as easy as it came apart - i just screwed it in tight enough for the thing to click and be flush again
Hmm. I like the notch for space craft games, but your right, it is little to noticeable
Also any advice on extending the cable between the throttle and stick?
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I plan on doing the same mod to mine. The stock cable is unbelievably short.
Thanks!!!
My throttle isn’t working and I don’t know why
All other buttons on the throttle work but it it doesn’t work when I push it forward and back. Does anyone have a solution
The notch at 50% is annoying when trying to do small adjustments for aerial refueling because you are required to use ungodly amount of force to just add 1% of throttle when at 50% while trying to hit the basket
I did this and now when I play msfs 2020 it only starts to register the throttle when I get to 50% so I can’t get it to full throttle
do you or does any one else happen to have the dimensions of the piece he removed the notch from?
Mine is kinda floppy in and near full throttle , no way it will stay 8f i want to use normal thrust
My problem isn't with the notch. I like that so I know where mid throttle is. My problem is the throttle is way too loose and it falls forward and backwards making it impossible to set a throttle position other then idle full or mid. Anyone have a fix for that?
That’s my complaint too. Im going to do what he did but stretch the spring a little and layer some electrical tape over the notch and see if it stiffens it up. I can’t stand how floppy it is drives me crazy.
@@kosnow11 Yeah I was thinking of trying that, or maybe even taking the spring to a hardware store and trying to find the same size with more tension. If I go that route I'll probably pick up a couple different springs so I can find the one that feels the best. It's just so annoying when I get the throttle set to where I want it and accidentally bump it or the table it's on and it falls forward. Other then that I really like the kit. I got the full kit with the rudder peddles and it's really improved my flying coming from an Xbox controller!
@@TheShredderofsnow so I ended up doing it. I stretched the spring and then stuffed some glossy paper inside the piece that has the bump on it behind the spring. I also put a couple pieces of electrical tape on the curved piece. Worked like a charm. Isn’t as “smooth” per se when you move not enough to care and it stays where I put it now.
I don't understand why the notch is there..
Has anybody rplace the spring for a stronger one?
I put mine in one of those Kiln-things.. Melted the thing right up proper. -_- Honestly, How in the name of ALL that is holy can you A) , as far as I know at the time of this rant - Have ONLY ONE flight stick option for the FLAGSHIP Console (?!?!?) and B) Have that option NOT have a simple freaking tension adjustment for the farking Throttle - And nOT have a notch smak in the middle of it.???
I'mean, Sure... Maybe some engineer thought it might be a good idea to have a static setting for cruising, but .. Having a throttle Not looser than an empty can of melted playdough in the first place would have solved that real quick. WTF Microsoft!?! So close, yet, ... no, not even. Just repurchased an Ace Edge AC6 white and green flight stick.. Gonna solder in some hilariously absurd hardware that actually made some sense, if not all that well executed. -And if that fails, will make a flight stick out of a bunch of cats. Why, Oh Why, would they just not support an X52 or.. Anything?? Lol
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Nah mate, the notch is useful for me in Star Wars Squadrons since middle power is used for the best turning, it gives me the feedback I need without looking
But its still quite detrimental for everyone else who is playing sims and flying airplanes thats why the vid exists after all
@@kballs94 That's why I said for me?
NO matter grease you put and in anywhere in this shit it will stay making noises specially when you pitch up. The worst joystick ever and that's why it's very cheep
This joystick is garbate
The notch has a function, you now don’t have a neutral…