birdstrike

thats not true. i use CH Control Manager every day just fine. still works perfect for me on Win10. having said that, if CH Control Manager really isnt working for u, or u just refuse to use it, there are still other tool out there to calibrate you max and min range for your controllers just like DIView. and yes, you can also do this directly in DCS, within the axis settings menu.

pretty much what u say. prop birds in dcs could need an FM update.

what exactly does he refuse to see?

thx Mustang! that did it!

oh that was quick...ill give it a try an report back.

noticed a problem with vsynch...as soon as i use it, the frames are locked at 30fps, while without it, i can hold easily above 100fps in any situation. but i would prefer a steady 60fps rather than fluctuating high fps without vsynch. any ideas why its holding me at 30fps, while it easily can hold above 60frames?

in my experience, using input curves in dcs is problematic. it seems to cause small but perceptible input delays, and setting a curve on 1axis, does for some reason influence other axis. i.e. setting a positive curve on the rudder axis seems to affect the elevator axis as well. its not like the same axis is applied to the elevator then, but somehow feels like you have to put in more stick movement to get the same results like when you have no curves applied at all.(pretty obvious on some modules like the 109). i know that sounds strange, and i guess many will tell me that i am wrong on this, but throughout the years i get the same outcome with all the dcs modules i own, so i avoid using curves and rather try to get used to the behaviour of each aircraft with 0/0/0 settings. thats not an F-14 problem though(i think the F-14 flies pretty pleasent without any curves), but a dcs core problem.

no i dont mind at all...of course this thread is meant for all the pilots out there searching for a RIO, and all the RIOs out there searching for a pilot. ;) if this thread helps people to to find buddies, then it was definitely worth it.

cool ill drop u a pm

i am from austria, and most of my buddies are from germany so zulu time is no problem. english is no problem either.

are there actually people around, who prefer to take the backseat in the tomcat, that are still in search of a pilot? would love to have a human RIO to fly with me, but all my buddies prefer the take the pilot's seat, just like me. so we would need to expand our team with RIOs. :) i thought its worth a try to ask.

PC-6 turbo porter....don't ban me for this :)

have MFG at home, and really like them, but ordered TPR pedals since they have the "heels on the ground" design which i am used to in my daily business. i should be able to pick them up later today from my post office...i am really curious how they will compare to the MFG pedals.

mh ok...got the board and put everything together like u guys suggested. windows instantly recognizes it as BU0836A Interface. but it doesnt seem to recognize any axis from it. i cant even try to calibrate it as the calibrate button in windows is greyed out. the connections to the pots must have been working, as its still seeing the msffb2 axis without any problem. EDIT: ok its working! had to switch the connectors on the bodnar board 1 pin each to the right and then it was working...now windows is recongizing it as y and z axis...

one thing is for sure...f-14 is very capable in the right hands. it will just need training, probably more than in other jets, but that makes it even more attractive. PS: nice session on sunday with Hummingbird and others. maybe slightly too much booze involved, but still lots of fun and good training.

of course u are right with doing it the professional way, would be a better approach, but i will still try it the dirty way and see how it works.(as i dont have a soldering iron, and right now also dont know anybody who does and who is into such things). anyway i will report back and let u guys know how it went once the board is here...hopefully soon.

^^thats strange, as trim is working on my end properly, and also my friends with a msffb2 stick dont have any such problems. just to make sure, are you 100% you have checked the swap axis tickbox under the ffb tune settings, and un-checked the invert x and invert y axis tickbox?

perfect! thx to you both! so i will order the A board and the connector now. in regards of soldering...well, i will just do it the dirty way, cut the wires half way, connect them to the wires coming from the bodnar board, and put heat shrinking tubes around them to keep them fixed. is a dirty way, but works perfectly fine. re-connected all the wires this way from my ch-fighterstick grip back to the board again, back when i replaced the sidewinder grip with it. now there is only one question remaining. sokol, you talked about re4ly doing mag rez sensors...would it be worth it to replace the still working pots with such sensors? i heard replacing the pots with hall effect sensors isnt really an improvement...but what about those mag rez sensors? i guess they are better than the 100year old pots in my sidewinder, question is, would it be worth the effort, and how much effort would it be to replace the pots?

ok...damn, i just saw, that the A board seems to be much much smaller... i already got the board of the ch-fighterstick put into the msffb2 base, so there is not much room left, but i think i could still fit the A board into it maybe...so i might just buy the A board as well... (the reason i bought the X board was that there is no soldering required. i dont have a soldering iron, and the last time i did some soldering work, was like 15years ago. and i sucked in it back then, so i want to avoid it if possible. the wires themselves i would put together with heat shrinking tubes, just like i did with the ch-fighterstick grip, that is now placed on my msffb2 base) so just to confirm, i would only need to connect the 2 wires (red and green) to the bodnar board and thats it? if thats the case, than this would be really easy... now looking at the A board though...could i somehow avoid soldering and still get the wires onto it? looking at the bodnar site: would this work: http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=83&products_id=209 ?

hey sokol! thx for your answer. i have the X board....now on the first glance, it doesnt seem to fit into the sidewinder base, its bigger than expected. so i have to come up with a solution on where to place that board now... looking at your picture, i assume these are the wires for the pots? so i could just connect the bodnar board to the wires instead of to the pots directly?

ok...got the bodnar board finally...now are there any pictures around showing the wires of the pots of the msffb2, and where to connect them to the bodnar board?

sounds to me like u didnt understand much of my post. :)

and i really thought for a second that this is the funniest bug ive ever encountered...then i started thinking...wait its april 1st. looked on the forums to confirm my assumption and immediately see this thread... :)

please keep the different strenght on pitch and roll axis though! this is definitely a big improvement to the initial ffb support you provided.

yeah it seems as if this really is only happening when spawning mid air. made a cold start yesterday, and there the centering forces felt strong!