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Dave - that link was very timely! Once I got the stick working I found my throttle was doing really weird stuff, took it apart to find I had 10+ wires cracked and there was shorting amongst them due to the grease. Took a hell of a lot of cleaning up so I could solder and tape them, as a temporary repair whilst my ribbon cable is on it's way for the permanent fix. Saitek X55 has got to be the worst quality controlled HOTAS ever produced!!!

G25 is a great wheel, I really miss mine still (FB has it now so not too sad) and I have promised myself a replacement in the not too distant! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good write up Fen! I found personally that chopper flying had prepared me, once I got my joystick issues resolved, and was able to float her up of the deck, and back down again! Taxiing - now that is a different story but your post has been my lightbulb moment, thanks! Loving DCS now and hoping to lay the 'ground crew' title to rest [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Dave, that may prove useful when I get more use out of the throttle now I have *finally* fixed the stick! Fixing the stick - wow what a saga! I was able to extend the stick and made it floor standing using 1.25" diameter PVC tubing, latex and plaster for various moulds (getting that pesky screw thread bit for example) and had really fine control with no spikes at long last! Unfortunately as predicted the stick displacement meant separation between stick and desk an chair became uncomfortable - I could set curves but a bend is really required to permit pitch up to be with stick 'in lap' whilst permitting full pitch down without striking the desk. Bits on order for this so I revisited the initial issue. Design flaw with X55 is the centering is via a spring loaded conical collar running on a cylindrical shaft, both made of ABS. Tolerances are so slack that the shaft is actually not cylindrical, and this causes binding of the collar. This manifests as intermittent sticking as it travels up the shaft, which results in sudden jumps in control input. Far from ideal with a flighty warbird (or helicopter for that matter). I bit the bullet and disassembled the entire lower half of the stick, this required cutting the 10 wires that transmit the button presses and rudder input (I don't use the latter). I was then able to separate shaft and collar, and applied abrasive paper using a cordless drill to get the shaft more truly cylindrical, and polished to a high gloss finish. Reassembled and Vaseline applied, I now have a joystick that performs as originally designed - took a freaking day to do it though!!!! Can now take off, land, and maneuver the spitfire at long last [emoji4][emoji4][emoji4][emoji4][emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe I should 'accidentally' buy the Kurfürst too.. loving the Spitty and have the 190 and P51 already... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hoping you are all Merry! And wishing you all a fabulous 2017 [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice to read this on Christmas morning Arjen [emoji4][emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Get Nevada whilst on sale if you can! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi guys, and Mick . I have installed a country flag mod now, you need to log out and back in for it to work though! Also please ignore the recent announcements, they appear to be a nagover from 2012 under the old software, and relate to Vault file uploads..

Fixed that one

And thanks again Todd, injectfx looks like a must have! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cheers Todd! That easy... I saw the ATAG announcement this morning too, exciting times! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok see what you mean about the likes thing, added to my list [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for pointing that out about the announcement posts, must be a permission thing that is new with this version. Will look into it. As for who likes, usually you click on the likes icon and it shows you? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

:):) I'm very close to buying a 3D printer, so many things I would like to make. Being able to drive a CAD setup helps of course, as does the fact that I was a manufacturing engineer once upon a time.. First project will likely be an ABS gear to repair the foot pedal adjuster in my car, then there are joystick ideas I have!

Hi Chaps, Can you point an old fart in the right direction to getting CLOD setup to suit our server? Would like to start shoveling some of the dust off (going to need a pick axe to start with though) and seeing if I can get muscle memory working again.. Have Steam version..

lol Rox! Turns out my X55 is officially a POS, so sticky any semblance of fine control is impossible. Looking at modding it now, guy who works for me has a 3D printer so going to get him to make a couple of couplers for me, and extend the crap out of it (floor mount the blasted thing so I get a ton of leverage). I can make it so it is fully functional by including the electrical connectors and keeping the twisty bit I don't actually use... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bought and paid for mine too, not downloaded it yet (work is such a drag sometimes)..

Very nice Dave, not a model I am familiar with but looks damned good! Getting used to the 'merican makes and models so am out of touch with the Euro stuff. Will go google now [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We have RAM we can allocate if required, 32Gb available and webserver doesn't need that much? it would require a restart though.

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Thanks Pooka! That made it so easy for me [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Might be Opera? Firefox and Safari seem to work ok for me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I blame Nick, although it was probably me!

If you happen to have the rights a menu appears to the left, you can then add or edit the placement of widgets. Home page can have a different setup to the forums.. i will get the chat/shoutbox reinstalled at some point this week.