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SammyWI:

Back to the stickyness of the stick itself - or not self centering well.  I just swapped out the stiffer spring and went back to a stock setup - lighter spring and no restrictor.  Definitely reduces the sticky feeling of the stick and self centers much better.  Stands to reason I guess: less force pushing against the ball joint will reduce the frictional force.  Still don't like the long throw with no restrictor.  I'll probably put the circular restrictor back in with the stock spring, maybe mount it a little lower under the panel to shorten the stick.

I/O:


--- Quote from: kegger on May 22, 2010, 07:57:14 am ---Ok so I tried this all over again on a win 7 pc, my cab is xp and still have the same problem. So I/O could you attach the firmware file you used that was successful so I could try it?

Reason I'm asking as the 2.5 and 2.4 are the same size and this might be the case but for the added shift function I thought it might be a bit bigger than 2.4. This is just a shot in the dark.
 
Thanks Keg    :cheers:

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I doubt that is your issue, but here you go.

SammyWI:


--- Quote from: I/O on May 29, 2010, 02:52:52 am ---
--- Quote from: kegger on May 22, 2010, 07:57:14 am ---Ok so I tried this all over again on a win 7 pc, my cab is xp and still have the same problem. So I/O could you attach the firmware file you used that was successful so I could try it?

Reason I'm asking as the 2.5 and 2.4 are the same size and this might be the case but for the added shift function I thought it might be a bit bigger than 2.4. This is just a shot in the dark.
 
Thanks Keg    :cheers:

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I doubt that is your issue, but here you go.

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That zip file won't unzip for me - reports as corrupted.  Unless that is just the 2.5 firmware with the extension changed to .zip for some reason?

kegger:


I doubt that is your issue
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Yea I agree as I finally was able to upgrade 1 stick but I can't get the other one to take the firmware so now I'm stuck and wondering what to do. I tried it on 3 different Pc's and the exact same problem on all of them,...Thinking it's now a hardware issue with this board on the joystick :banghead:

SammyWI:

I picked up a JLW spring and tried it in the U360.  Feels almost identical to the stock spring.  Maybe a touch stiffer but if you put them side by side, I'd never tell the difference.  So if the JLW stick has a stiffer feel than the stock U360, I'm guessing that the spring in the JLW is held compressed a bit more than the U360.  I don't have a JLW to try side by side or measure up.  There may be other factors too: Is the throw the same?  Stick length?  Etc?

So I'm thinking that you could fine tune a U360 by adding some extra washers to pre compress the spring more.  You might want to use nylon washers since Andy has posted that the stainless steel washer may be the cause of the metal shavings people are finding on their magnets.  Of course, self centering may suffer some with more spring tension.  FWIW, I measured my washer as .79" OD X .1345" ID X .02" thk.

Also, I still can't get my U360 to update the firmware to 2.5.  Emailed Andy and got the file direct from him but still no luck.  He did offer the update it for me if I send the board to him.  I'll probably just live with 2.4 or use an encoder for the buttons if it really ends up bothering me.





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