Huey controls suddnely have become jittery / lock-up

[DSPALLASVI]

Have been flying Huey without any problems for the last two years with the same controls (C-Tek 12-bit: Foot Pedals - 5-button-hat cyclic - Collective).

This set-up has been working fine with no problems 'till two days ago.

 

Every time when I get in the Huey, start her up all controls work fine.

Then, at one point the pedals become jerky, and the cyclic becomes unresponsive.

This will go on for about 10 seconds, then all is normal again.

 

The same thing happens when flying; the control's rudder pedals suddenly become jerky and the collective and cyclic don't move at all anymore and have frozen-up.

The controls lock up like that for about ten seconds again, and then become operative again.

 

Updated DCS to latest 1.2.16.43180.9 which didn't help at all.

Checked axis settings in 'Options' and all axes show up properly, without hesitation and with smooth movements.

 

Would appreciate to hear if someone has an idea what is going on here..

[j0nx]

I would test these controls in another game like FSX or something to see if they behave the same there as they do in DCS. That way you can rule out an issue with the hardware or DCS. If the controls misbehave in another game then it sounds to me like there might be a problem with the USB controller box on those c-tek controls since all controls are having issues and all of them plug into that one USB controller box. Try plugging the USB controller box to a different USB port on your pc too. First rule of thumb of troubleshooting is to isolate failure to hardware or software.

Edited November 23, 2015 by j0nx