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Jul 18^th, 2004 at 9:37am

dazraz Offline
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hi i have a saitek sp550 joystick and before i play fs9 i always calibrate my joystick. When i takeoff sometimes the plane goes in a straight line but most of the time it turns to the left and makes takingoff very difficult. Has anyone got and ideas as to whats wrong ?

Many thanks daz

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Reply #1 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 9:57am

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Does this happen when you are flying props?

If yes, then its nothing to do with your joystick. This turning is due to the propeller spinning and can be turned off in the realism settings.

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Reply #2 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 10:00am

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It does it with the learjet also. What setting is it in realism ?

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Reply #3 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 12:39pm

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Hi Daz,

A few ?? I'd ask myself if it were my problem.....

Why calibrate every time, does the calibration appear to change? Does the clibration appear solid or are things jumping around?...If so could be a joystick problem.

Try 1) increasing the 'null zone' in joystick sensitivity settings, or 2) remove your joystick rudder from assignments and use 'autorudder' from aircraft/realism. ( then use ailerons to taxi) or 3) disconnect joystick and fly with the keyboard. Any or all of these should help to verify if it is a joystick problem.

Are rudder and aileron trim (if any) centered or in TO position?

Do you have a cross wind? shft/z to check wind direction and speed.

Aircraft/realism (for left turn tendency) should only affect props, but you could try setting to easy.

Autopilot off?...(I know, but gotta be asked

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Low tire pressure or chock still under left wheel? Wink

If none of these help, we'll press on....

Cheers,
Dave

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Reply #4 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 12:52pm

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yes the calibration does jump all over the place when i return to it , and ill try some of your other suggestions thanx.

Daz

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Reply #5 - Jul 18^th, 2004 at 8:53pm

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I have a Saitek EVO (USB) Joystick and experienced a simular problem. I also often had to recalibrate it when first loading ACOF, ater rebooting etc.

Purely by accident I "solved" the problem.

I discovered that when first loading ACOF after rebooting, if I hit the "slew" the aircraft will travel wildly in one direction or another without any control input.
Obviously this indicates a joystick out of calibration.

I discovered that if I first move the joystick to the limits of its travel a couple of times in all areas of movement before takeoff , the joystick will "re-calibrate" its self.
You do check control surface travel before flights anyway......don`t you? Wink

Anyway, after doing this and hitting "slew" the aircraft now stays put until you give desired input to move it, indicating that the joystick is indeed calibrated properly.
Everything then works fine until I reboot no matter how many times I reload ACOF.

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Reply #6 - Jul 19^th, 2004 at 11:07am

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Yeah my EVO sometimes is just a tad off, normally the rudder.
If you just twist it about, the problem rights itself. You can do this anytime, either in windows or in the game.

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