Whenever I take off, with nearly any aircraft my plane starts to drift off to the left, also when I land, it has happened to my mates also, I want to know if its normal, and how it can be avoided or if its my and my friends game thats messing up, in the air, the aircraft is fine..

I'll check, i'll turn real weather off and get back to you!

EDIT: Nope its on fair weather
EDIT No.2: When I put it on calm it took off fine!

alrot wrote on Sep 1^st, 2007 at 4:32pm:


I just re-registered to this board to say the same thing. I used to (re:FS9) have the exact same problem, regardless of what in game settings I changed. Unfortunately it persisted after I calibrated my joystick too.
By any chance are you using a Logitek joystick? When I first queried the FS forums about this they told me that Logitek joysticks have a habit of developing a lean to the left. They also told me that I should try cleaning the inside of the joystick, but since I'm lazy I never got round to it.
I guess that's the best advice I can give you.

If it is a single, propeller, piston engined aeroplane, it is perfectly normal, due to the rotational gyroscopic forces of the engine crankshaft and the propeller.

The aeroplane will drift in the opposite direction to the crankshaft/propeller rotation, and is most noticeable on take-off.

Apply slight opposite rudder to counteract the effect......!

It is accurately modeled on most piston prop aircraft....eg:....Cessna 172, etc...

F....G-BPLF.... ...!

alrot wrote on Sep 1^st, 2007 at 4:52pm:


Alex......

You have been spending far too many hours driving those horrible, commercial, aluminum, jet-propelled, cigar-tube, passenger 'buses... ...!

Time to regain control of a nice little Cessna 150 again....

...trust me.......LOL... ...!

F....G-BPLF... ...!

If your flying a prop then I doubt it's the joystick, as Fozz mentioned, it's more likely to be caused by prop-torque. You either need to apply some opposite rudder (perfectly normal & true to real life) or go into your settings & set your 'P-factor' to zero.

The easiest way to see if it's your joystick is to try the same take-offs with a prop plane & then again with a jet - the jet shouldn't drift like a prop will.

Cheers,

TSC.

NO NO.. don't turn the P-factor off      It's part of flying   

Managing the rudder on takeoff roll, and especially during high-angle-of-attack climbs, is as much a part of flying as applying power and pitching away from the ground is, to get airborne..   

Been drinking before take off?



I also suggest you see if auto rudder is activated because that might be the reason why your plane swirl out of controll.

It is nice to keep it deactivated provided you ahve a decent rudder controll set.

Mouse