IMPORTANT: Saitek Yoke

[Toly]

my serial # is SZ00506343

[ozziesim]

my serial # is SZ00506343

Was yours a faulty one or a good one ??

[steveeverson]

im running 2 saitek yokes and throttles at the moment - no problems so far i think. I only have one programmed for the elevator and ailerons axis but have both throttles assigned - 1st one has spoiler and eng 1 and 2nd has eng2 and flaps. have also put the cutoff switches and engine starts along with the parking brake on these. All seems to work ok. the only prob is i cant get both clocks to match... will have a dig under the mip for the serial no's later..
steve

[kwaka]

Hi.

I received a bunch of stuff from a local supplier to fit-out my new cockpit which should be ready in about a week or so. I ordered 2 x SAITEK throttles and only one of them works ok (but for how long ), whilst the other one slowly but surely takes a snooze and stops working. The LED jst fades and then stops illuminating.......then nothing. I compared the two throttles, and the faulty one makes a small rattling sound when you shake it.

The serial # is S15811291 and located in Australia.

I'm sending it back tomorrow for an exchange.

What really bugs me is that if I hadn't noticed the fault and waited a few days, it would have been glued down into the centre console of my cockpit. From here on I'll be making sure any Saitek product remains easily removable and original, and just before warranty is up it'll get a thorough inspection.

Hey CH are you listening to this? You can step in right about now and release a similar throttle and you'll OWN the market with your reliability.

I was just about to replace my CH yoke with a SAITEK and glad I didn't.

Cheers,
Nick

[BlackWidow]

I have 2 throttle units and have had no problems with them I just purchased the yoke system and will soon be able to test that out too.

[bgoodwin]

Have add Yoke,rudders and 2 throttle units since Christmas (thank you Santa).

Works great and really enjoy the quality construction.

Just AVOID the SST Software!!

[Spatate]

SST Software???

[Bob Reed]

I think that is the software that comes with the yokes and TQs... He is saying do not use it.

[steveeverson]

since my last post i have had the occasional 'phantom' keypress- seems to be the key i programmed for one of the engine starts- bit disconcerting but have manage with it so far! Had a look on the saitek forums and someone mentioned that they had the windows 'blue screen of death' due to these- have had this when one yoke stopped responding to pitch/roll and when i replugged it that happened- a reboot seemed to sort it out. One of the tips they suggested was to switch the mode selector to 2 and apparently this can sometimes help..
gonna uninstall the Saitek SST software at some point and see if this helps..
Generally though, even with a few problems the kit has performed well and is still brilliant value

Cheers
Steve

[ozziesim]

Yes unfortunately it seems that the problems that were occuring on the intial batch released overseas have still not been ironed out prior to there release in Australia.

I dont think it is a random issue either, i have sold quite a few and am getting most of them back due to the random problems many others have complained about in the past, as a result until the problem is sorted i wont be stocking them. Its a pitty as they are a nice little unit.