Thrustmaster II

I recently bought a T2 and reckon its pretty good except for one thing - sometimes when I hit one of the pedals, the other end of the unit flips up. This is pretty annoying. Does anyone have any ideas on how to reduce this problem? I know this has been asked and answered before, but I didn't have a T2 at the time and didn't take a note of the responses. Thanks

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> I recently bought a T2 and reckon its pretty good except for one thing - > sometimes when I hit one of the pedals, the other end of the unit flips > up. This is pretty annoying. > Does anyone have any ideas on how to reduce this problem? > I know this has been asked and answered before, but I didn't have a T2 > at the time and didn't take a note of the responses. > Thanks

Yes, had same problem. What I did is to get a piece of plywood, the about 12" wide, and about a foot and a half long (this how far my peddles are from my wall) put one end against the wall and the other end against the front of the peddles, this seemed to stop my pad from flipping over.

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>Subject: Thrustmaster II >Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 18:08:26 +0000 >I recently bought a T2 and reckon its pretty good except for one thing - >sometimes when I hit one of the pedals, the other end of the unit flips >up. This is pretty annoying. >Does anyone have any ideas on how to reduce this problem? >I know this has been asked and answered before, but I didn't have a T2 >at the time and didn't take a note of the responses. >Thanks

Perhaps you can find an answer at http://huizen.dds.nl/~jjcox Greetings, Tim

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> I recently bought a T2 and reckon its pretty good except for one thing - > sometimes when I hit one of the pedals, the other end of the unit flips > up. This is pretty annoying. > Does anyone have any ideas on how to reduce this problem? > I know this has been asked and answered before, but I didn't have a T2 > at the time and didn't take a note of the responses. > Thanks

Here's what I did. I took off the plastic cover that closes that whole thing and I rest my heel on the metal plate. My foot won't even touch the potentiometers. The pedals feel more realistic, and they dont flip.

I did two things: 1) Limit the travel of the pedals to about 2/3 of the stock range, by taking off the cover and stacking some small pieces of .040 aluminum under the stops, between the tabs that the pedals pivot on. I rivited these in place with pop rivits. I've also read of people placing coins there for the same effect. Limiting the travel has some other benefits, not the least of which is that the pedal springs last a *lot* longer! The feel is also more realistic. 2) Make a larger, heavier base of plywood. I made mine of a piece of 5/8" plywood about 2 feet square. I screwed some 1x2 blocks to the plywood, in front, behind, and on each side of the pedal base. I screwed two small metal strips to the front blocks so they just hook over the front of the pedal base. I can lift the pedals out by picking the pedal unit up from the rear, but when it's dropped in place, I can stomp away to my heart's content and the pedals are as solid as a real car's pedals. Oh yes, I screwed my plywood base to a table leg with a small angle bracket, to keep the unit from sliding away from me. My brother built similar base units, but made them longer in front so his chair legs can sit on them to keep them in place. -- Alison Hine