ArtMan_NL

Good news. Thanks for sharing!

Please see this topic http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=157268 for a solution. //Arthur

I had the same problem and the temporally fix with copying the 1.2.16 UH1 folder over the same folder in 1.5 or 2.0 (replacing) and do a repair is the only solution. There are other topics in this forum about this subject. As far as I know it is an official registered bug. If somebody needs the required folder please PM me. I have the old 1.2.16 UH1 folder or the 1.2.16 installation files. The UH1 in the 1.2.16 installation folder doesn't have to be activated by the way. //Arthur

I have the same issue. Warthog Joystick and Throttle not working in the Huey. Other add-ons no problem. DCS World 1.5. The Huey seems to be frozen when I start up a mission.

Thanks for sharing :thumbup:

A big hug from me :) Excellent guide for this beginner and it is certainly not to long. Thank you for all your effort :thumbup: /Arthur

Thanks for the video's. Picking up the Shark again.

Wouwww a new 3-rd party developer !!! Does it come out with the release of the new EDGE engine???? :hehe:

Hi Molevitch, Still experimenting. Today I disconnected the lower msffb and that gave me the feeling I could better hoover the Huey. I used one of my friends XF65 joystick. These joysticks are extremely precise and it was easier to hoover on one spot. However it's not so easy to control the Huey when you have to trim. The modified stick give you more control in proper trimming. I'm still wondering what stick the guy from Belsimtek is using for his pick-up instruction video on youtube. (DCS: UH-1H Huey in-game training - Pickup)

Maybe this is an good alternative for our project :D Click!

Answer in red:

I didn't know that :joystick:

Please do not change the pots. It is not necessary because if you have a look at the red mini controls hud (RCTRL-ENTER] you will see that the diamond will follow the smallest inputs from you cyclic. It s not really a dead zone. I'm almost sure they programmed it as well to behave the stick like a real one. In real life a chopper cyclic has the same issue as well and makes it easy to "stir in a pan of soup" which you HAVE to do to keep the Huey on one spot. But, honestly speaking, my first reaction was the same like yours. :) Until my friend, who is flying choppers for real, came over and fly the huey with 2 fingers in his nose. He was very impressed over the correctness of the stick. As a guide for starting hoovering. Trim your cyclic just in the left under quadrant (mini hud) and slowly start raising the collective. During that proces give a little left pedal pressure. Hold your Cougar grip with 2 fingers. Keep practising, practising, practising. No need t change the pots until they are becoming spiky. However, Microsoft made a vey good quality joystick, far better then a logitech G940. Good luck.

Thanks. I will do.

I didn't test it but technically spoken there will be always a little bit difference. Just think about those pots they have used and the motors. It's not the highest quality you can get so I expect there will be some difference in the movement.

I did some primitive testing and I'm afraid it is a no go. The trim function is not working when changing potentiometers connected to leo's board and moving the msffb simultaneously. Probably yes but the quality of the joystick as well of course. I think a 12 bit pcb in combination with Hall censor give you very precise control. I read on different places on the forum no curves for MSFFB is better. Thanks for your advice and 2ct's C6_Hellfrog. That's a coincidence :) Yesterday I have spoken the friend who did some flying on a chopper and he told me: Hoovering is all about stir in a pan of soup. You can't hold your stick on one place.... He told me as well the stick will feel loose around his centre that you just have trimmed. Yesterday I did successfully hoover for about some minutes in the Huey. Yesterday I made an important discovery. I changed the x + y axis to the other msffb in the DCS option tab. Then I had a much better control !!! So as a follow-up to my guide: check with the control mini hud which msffb gives a smoother control on the diamond in de controls mini hud. First: the diamond was very jumpy, second: the diamond followed my stick with the smallest movements.

Hmm, it seems we have the same feeling. Did you try the shark already?

Yesterday evening I installed 1.2.8 and did some flying. I´m still practising hoovering in the Huey but I find it extremely difficult. Maybe I have to do the Shark first but I thought the Huey is better for testing the modified stick. I got the feeling the potentiometers from the msffb are not very precise. I was wondering if it should help to modify my project with hall censors. I´m thinking about mounting cylindrical hall censors and connect those to Leo Bodnar BU0836X 12 bit cicuitboard. Then assign the axis in Huey to the BU0836X X and Y. I think you get a far more precise control system because it is a 12 bit controller. I don´t want to replace the potentiometers from the MSFFB because, according to PeterP experience, it does not make so much sense. Very logical because the MSFFB pcb is not 12 bit. That´s why I´m thinking about the BU0836X which I have already (for some years) in stock. But I´m just thinking about it. First do some more practice in hovering.

So its working in RoF as well. Great! Happy flying.

Excellent! Please post you progress in chopper flying. :thumbup: /Arthur

Please look at my picture: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2033680&postcount=167 and see the difference. PeterP is right.

Exactly. @Viper-lupi: yes I saw those pictures but I want pictures when these connectors are in their sockets. Then we can compare it exactly the situation with my pcb. It is weird situation because the colours are right. So I'm afraid the connector in socket situation is different. Molevitch had the same problem and he solved it after seeing my pictures. Just to be sure: you have only the lower msffb connected to your rig in this test situation?

+1 :) At this moment I'm giving all the FSX stuff away to some good friends.

My compliments !!!!! Wauww what a nice frame! Can you please put the connectors on the print and show some picture's here? Then I can give you better support. I'm afraid there is something wrong. Thanks, Arthur

I'm looking for rotary Hall censors which are easier to mount and more accurate. Unfortunately those hall rotary censors are quite expensive. I keep searching for cheaper ones.