[CORRECT AS IS]Horizontal tails stay at full up/down on ground with keyboard commands

[F16FLCS-SME]

1. Physically disconnect your HOTAS from the USB port.

2. Bind the arrow keys to the pitch and roll HOTAS commands and some other keys to the yaw command.

3. Before takeoff, use external view to see the tail.

4. Use your pitch command keys to move the horizontal tails full up or down.

5. Both horizontal tails will defelect to the maximum correct position.

6. Release the pitch keyboard key.

7. Both horizontal tails will stay at the last commanded position.

8. Try the roll and yaw keyboard commands.

9. Flaperons and rudder will return to original position when key is released.

10. Connect your HOTAS to the USB port.

11. Check again with your HOTAS.

12. Everything works as it shuold, when pitch stick is released, horizontal tails return to their original position.

It seems only the keyboard pitch commands are bugged.

Keyboard commands should simulate the spring inside the stick force transducer and the rudder pedals that return them to neutral position when no force is applied.

[Svend_Dellepude]

Works like this for all A/C in DCS and always did.

[F16FLCS-SME]

Works like this for all A/C in DCS and always did.

 

I understand but what is the logic behind this?

It causes me to stall very quickly and the aircraft is hard to keep at level flight.

Why is it working perfectly for roll and yaw but not pitch?

[Svend_Dellepude]

You'd have to get an answer from ED for this. I guess it's an old idea from the lomac or flanker x.x days, where the FM was different and you will with this system not have to trim the russian birds. But I don't know.

IMHO using keys to control an A/C in a flightsim got obsolete with the introduction of analog joysticks.

[F16FLCS-SME]

Exactly, I used to have a laptop to play flight sims when I had to stay at the base for long weekend shifts.

So obviously, keyboard was my only choice.

I do remember tring the MSFS but it had the same pitch problem so I uninstalled it for good.

Other sims worked perfectly with pitch keyboard commands.

Now I have the HOTAS Cougar but sometimes I use the keyboard for debugging.

ED, kindly explain the logic behind it, if any, and if still applicable to modern days.