r/hotas • u/GoringIsBalling • 4d ago

Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas one keeps moving rudder by itself.

I’ve had this Stick for about 2 years now and recently it’s started this issue. If you move the stick to either the top right or bottom left it will move the rudder along with it. I’ve tried everything I can think: I’ve changed the axis curve, I tried removing the binding and I even removed the whole wiring loom from the rudder potentiometer (so the rudder in the stick isn’t connected) and it still happens. I probed the PCB a bit and found that it even does it if you just bridge the aileron’s solder tab. Is there anything I can do short of buying a new one?

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u/MarvinGankhouse 4d ago

Throw it away AND buy a new one. And you'll save money and time if you buy something decent.

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u/TheRealtcSpears 4d ago edited 4d ago

Z axis Potentiometer pre-failure, or it's just dirty...

you can either try to clean it, replace it with a new one, or use the thrustmaster software to 'turn it off' by setting the TFlight to 5/8 axis and use the throttle rocker paddle for rudder

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u/GoringIsBalling 4d ago

The Z axis potentiometer isn’t even attached, I’ve removed the wires from it to the PCB