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82 lines
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Instructions for putting FCS handle on CH Flightstick base
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Here's a quick file to explain the procedure for taking a Thrustmaster
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Flight Control Stick and mounting it on a CH Flightstick base, while
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keeping all FCS button and hat functions (and only losing the throttle
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wheel on the CH base.)
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You'll need a small phillips head screwdriver, a pair of wire-cutters,
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a pair of wire-strippers, electrical tape, and a T-10 star screwdriver
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(or similarly sized allen wrench)
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First, remove the bottoms of both bases. Look at the internals.
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You'll see that the potentiomenter layouts for both sticks are very
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similar. The key to doing this whole procedure is removing the cable
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from the FCS and installing it in the CH base. In the Ch, you have 3
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wires that connect the pots (1 black, 1 blue, 1 tan) There is also a
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yellow wire that goes to the throttle wheel pot (the blue wire also
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goes to this pot as well) Ignore the throttle wheel pot as it won't
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work after the procedure (it uses the same pin assignments in the plug
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as the 4-way switch).
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Cut the Black, blue, and tan wires that go to the cable. Cut the
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wires leading up to the CH handle triggers. Cut the yellow wire leading
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to the throttle wheel pot. Now, remove the cable from the base. On the
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FCS, there are also three wires for the pots...a black wire, a white
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wire, and a tan wire. There is also a gray wire connecting the pots
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together in the FCS, but you can ignore this wire completely (the pots
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in the CH are connected already by part of the blue wire) Cut the white,
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tan, and black wires leading to the FCS cable. Cut the wires leading up
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into the handle of the FCS, making sure to leave plenty of extra wire on
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either end as you'll be connecting them right back together.
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Now, remove the FCS cable from the base. Unscrew the CH stick handle
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screws and remove the handle from the shaft. Notice that there is a small
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pilot hole on the shaft. This is important as it allows the FCS stick
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to fasten to the CH shaft. Unscrew the FCS stick screws and remove the
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free half of the handle. The other half is screwed to the shaft via a
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similar pilot hole. (At this point, use great care with the FCS stick...
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the buttons and solder joints are extremely fragile and break easily.)
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Unscrew the other half of the handle from the FCS shaft. Use the screw
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to open the small pilot hole in the CH shaft...then connect the handle
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to the shaft using the screw. Thread the wires from the handle back
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down the CH shaft, then screw the other half of the FCS handle on to
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the assembly.
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Well, you're almost done!! Now, take the FCS cable and connect the pot
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wires as follows...
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FCS Cable Ch Base and pots
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Black wire to Black wire
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White wire to Tan Wire
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Tan Wire to Blue Wire
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Now just reconnect the FCS handle wires to the cable wires, slip the
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cable stop into the space provided in the base, and button her up!!
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Then just check the stick out using any program that takes advantage
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of the FCS features (I use AOTP to benchtest my stick...it was a dog
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with the FCS, but very sprightly with the CH stick...now it has the
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best of each!)
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If you have any questions or problems with this procedure, contact
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me through CI$ Mail at Account Number 70761,1103. Hope it works as
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well for you as it did for me. Good luck!!
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********************************NOTE**************************************
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I downloaded this file from Compuserve because of the problems I experienced
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with the Thrustmaster Flight Control System. I have since converted my FCS to
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my old CH Flightstick base and have had NO problems since doing this. The only
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real problem I found was that the person that wrote this left his number only,
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and not his name. This makes it very hard to contact someone to find out how
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well it worked. Well you can contact me, Albert Lowe, here on the MPSBBS, or
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through Compuserve at 73233,2455. If you need help. I must stress that you
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shouldn't try this unless you have a good dexterity and have worked with
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electrical wiring before. If you want this done, but don't think you can do it,
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get someone that you think can.
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Good Luck,
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Albert Lowe
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