![]() Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick From technology acquired from EXOS, Inc, Microsoft then released a product called the Force Feedback Pro. Thanks to the timing of the launch of the Precision Pro to coincide with the widespread launch of USB along the ergonomic corrections and rarity of the static charge problem, the Precision Pro saw a much higher sales volume and review scores than the earlier 3D Pro. The Precision Pro 2 had reintroduced potentiometers to save money and thus their lifetime was limited to wear and tear of the potentiometers. ![]() The only moving parts were mechanical on the throttle and joystick pivots which gave this joystick virtually unlimited lifetime. ![]() This is also one of the first joysticks to use light sensors instead of potentiometers so it required no calibration, and thus had no electronical moving parts. However, due to a flaw in the design of the Precision Pro, in rare cases the stick would build up a static charge in its electronics and require either a complex process to discharge that was not always successful, or simply needed to stay unpowered for a number of hours to slowly discharge on its own. ![]()
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