Rudder input

[BobbyDevo]

Hi, it seems that if I use my rudder it throws the nose of the airplane across the sky. Even just a little input gives a lot of response. What am I doing wrong?

[fatboy]

Try making some curves on the rudder axis. What pedals are you using?

[BobbyDevo]

Thrustmaster tfrp's

[Mars Exulte]

Curves will probably help. Also, keep in mind, ''normal'' ruddering is going to be very light. You will not usually do full, or even 25% rudder even in combat. It's for fine tuning nose position. So if you're ''throwing the nose around'', even if you think it's ''just a little'' it's still way too much.

[BuzzU]

What plane are you talking about?

[fatboy]

Try +20 on the curvature axis and see how that feels then play with different numbers and fine tune it till you feel happy. Good luck, remember you can always reset to default.

[BobbyDevo]

What plane are you talking about?

 

All of them

 

 

[BobbyDevo]

Try +20 on the curvature axis and see how that feels then play with different numbers and fine tune it till you feel happy. Good luck, remember you can always reset to default.

 

OK, thanks, I'll play around with that and see what I can do.

[BobbyDevo]

Curves will probably help. Also, keep in mind, ''normal'' ruddering is going to be very light. You will not usually do full, or even 25% rudder even in combat. It's for fine tuning nose position. So if you're ''throwing the nose around'', even if you think it's ''just a little'' it's still way too much.

 

Did not expect that 25%. I'll move the curves and see what I can do

[sthompson]

Curves will probably help. Also, keep in mind, ''normal'' ruddering is going to be very light. You will not usually do full, or even 25% rudder even in combat. It's for fine tuning nose position. So if you're ''throwing the nose around'', even if you think it's ''just a little'' it's still way too much.

 

An important caveat is that you sometimes need a lot of rudder to counteract torque/gyro effects when flying warbirds with massive rotary engines, especially when taking off. The engine itself will "throw the nose around" in such aircraft and you need the rudder to counteract it. You sometimes need a lot of rudder to keep the slip indicator centered when lining up guns shots or bomb drops in such planes. Warbirds also often require you to "dance" on the rudders during landing to keep the nose straight and avoid a ground loop. This involves big rudder inputs for a very short period. That said, using curves for the rudder is good advice even in warbirds.

 

And while I don't fly helicopters, my understanding is that the "rudder" (that is, pedal control of the tail rotor) gets a lot of use in those as well. Jets are a lot easier to fly.