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Whats inside the microsoft sidewinder force feedback pro joystick. Buy microsoft sidewinder force feedback 2 joystick. Aug 24, 2012 hi all, i posted here a few months ago about programming my sidewinder but with no direct response to my question. Thats why the sidewinder precision 2 has been reengineered for even more accuracy. Not a single potentiometer to be found, all axes used digital encoders, meaning they always worked asnew, even a decade later, with no calibration. Microsoft sidewinder force feedback 2 now has a special edition for these windows versions.
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