MadRR
Just curious has anyone else had any problems with their throttle? Mine seems to be acting funny sometimes. Sometimes it will only go to 80% or so throttle and sometimes when I let off there is about 5% still being applied for a couple seconds. I have to reset the pedals in order to get it back right.
I adjusted the rod and spring pre load nuts on the throttle pedal when I was setting them up and had to adjust it a couple times to get full throttle and tonight loosened the screws on the sensor on the throttle pedal and I moved it a small amount back probably just a mm or so, like towards my foot, and re tightened it. I played for about an hour after that and it's working for now but I'll try it tomorrow for a couple hours and see what happens. I had all the same problems/things to do on my CSP V1's. Didn't know if anyone else was having any of the same issues. I might take the sensor off the clutch and swap it out to see it that's it or not.
I also thought the brake pedal travel was pretty short on the V2's as well as it being so sensitive and stiff. On my V1's everything was stock and I had the brake sensitivity turned as much as it would go. All the way to the right or 10 on the V2's. I started out with it on 10 on the V2's and 1200 oil. I had all the problems with wheel lockup like everyone else. I turned it down to 8 and that helped right much. Today I put in the 800 oil and have the sensor on 7 and it feels much better to me. I still need to get used to them, but I'm back running pretty close to the times I was running with the V1's. I used those for a year and the V2's for only 3 days now so I, like everyone else just needs to get used to them. I would like to upgrade the shock to something that's a bit better. The spring is so weak it doesn't even extend the shock all the way out if you compress it by hand.
The throttle pedal jumping or not going all the way up or down. I had that and I fixed it.
Just curious but do you have both USB and PS/2 cables attached and using either one at one time? Also do you have your CSP mounted on a metal plate? If so then what might have happened is that the unused cable's connector is touching the metal plate creating a electrical ground loop with the metal plate, through the mounting screws, through the CSP chassis into the PCB somehow. Either via the main PCB directly, or more likely since that is shielded; the load cell adjustment knob which is directly connected to the PCB and chassis.
Fix: just remove the second unused cable.
I did this yesterday and it worked for me. Had the issue for a while and sometimes it was and sometimes it was not there. The cable sometimes and sometimes not touching explains that erratic behavior.
Okay different way of looking at how a load cell works:
I assume you all have a headset or knob how a microphone works?
See the load cell as a microphone, the adjustment knob as the microphone amplifier knob. And your foot is your voice, and the pressure of your foot is the sound level of your voice. ie. the loudness of your voice is equal to the pressure of your foot. If you would raise your voice, then now you would have to raise the pressure of your foot.
That said. If you guys would set the amp all the way to the left, the microphone picks up very little of its surroundings. You would really have to shout off of the top of your lungs to let your voice be picked up.
So with the load cell... Knob to the left, you have to stand on the brake and apply max pressure to let the load cell pick up any of your input.
If you would turn the knob of your microphone amp up (clockwise (turn to the right)) then you will notice you have to shout less into your microphone before your microphone picks up your sound. And you tend to turn it up to a point where you can speak normally but do not have unwanted noises of the background picked up along with it.
Same again with the load cell. Turn the load cell amp up (clockwise (turn to the right)) then you will notice you have to apply less pressure before you have reached max input levels. You just have to keep turning it to the right until you are comfortable with giving max pressure at (depending on the strength of your foot). Also you do not want to turn it too far because it will react too heavy on the slightest pressure changes making it not precise (resulting in quick lock ups for example) as you end up at maximum load cell input too easily.
True! (I hope there will be soon lighter - leather covered - and cheaper- rims)
