I'm *this* close to purchasing one of these beasties. Checked one out at
a Best Buy, and loved the feel. By comparison, the MS wheel felt a
little too small/cluttered, and the Logitech has fairly nice shifter
paddles.
Anyway - while I prefer the fact that the MS wheel uses an optical
encoder, I'm not at all crazy about their price, nor about the non-USB
nature of the beast. So I'm opting out of my previous "I'm not buying a
wheel with a pot!" stance. Particularly since the Logitech is so
inexpensive ($114 at buycomp.com), I can think of it as sort of a stopgap
measure until the *right* wheel is finally built. (The right wheel would
be as solid as a TSW, but with force feedback, a USB connection, and an
optical encoder.)
But I digress - my question: have any of you opened up your Logitech
wheel? How is the pot attached? Could I (eventually) replace the pot
with a high quality $15 milspec-type pot? Is the pot connected to the
shaft via a *** tube?
I ask, because I'm a little bummed that I *can't* replace the pot in my
T2 with anything really good, because it requires a knurled plastic
shaft. All the good pots have smooth stainess steel shafts, and I can't
see any reasonable way to retrofit one of those into the T2.
Thanks,
--John Bradley
Mine's not an FF, but I have had it down to bits. The pot shaft has a
half-round end that fits into a plastic collar, which in turn mates to the
metal steerer shaft. It's attached with a simple tab and stabilized with
several dabs of silicone. The fit of the pot shaft end-tab in the collar
wasn't so great on mine, causing a bit of imprecision, but a spot of epoxy
putty cleared that up. You could upgrade the pot with a little creativity, I
suspect. One thing to consider is that the Logitech has an A/D converter that
eliminates a lot of the noise you usually get with pots. You may have noticed
posts from users mentioning their jittery arm problem vanished when they got a
Logitech wheel. That's why. One thing they DO need is more than 190+/-
degrees of rotation. I modified mine easily for about 270, and the FF uses the
same stops, but I can't say about the rest of the FF mechanism. If you do get
one, be sure to download the latest software(ver. 3.12.197) from
http://www.wingmanteam.com, and keep an eye out for the next version, which is
coming soon.
Steve B.
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> I'm *this* close to purchasing one of these beasties. Checked one out at
> a Best Buy, and loved the feel. By comparison, the MS wheel felt a
> little too small/cluttered, and the Logitech has fairly nice shifter
> paddles.
You don't mention the pedals. One look at the Logitech pedals made me
switch to the MS wheel...
l8er
ronny
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> > I'm *this* close to purchasing one of these beasties. Checked one out at > > a Best Buy, and loved the feel. By comparison, the MS wheel felt a > > little too small/cluttered, and the Logitech has fairly nice shifter > > paddles. > You don't mention the pedals. One look at the Logitech pedals made me > switch to the MS wheel...>Depending on how hateful they are (after the mandatory spring upgrade!)
>I'm likely to retrofit the Logitech pedal electronics into my T2 pedal
>hardware. At least, that's the plan...
That should prove very interesting. Keep us posted.
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The MS pedals are very, very nice...
-Larry
> You don't mention the pedals. One look at the Logitech pedals made me
> switch to the MS wheel...
