cannot reproduce Weird behaviour in roll?

[nessuno0505]

 

I haven't flown the F-5 in a while; today I've taken it for a test flight over Syria map, just bought with current sales.

I noticed some weird rolling behavior, which I didn't remember the f-5 was doing. In practice it is impossible to keep it horizontal, it always tends to slightly roll right or left, and you must costantly adjust with the aileron trim. The f-5 has always been tricky to trim in pitch, but this behaviour in roll looks new as far as I remember. Before someone asks: pitch and roll dampeners were on. My Warthog curve has always been the same: no dead zone, no curves. There's no other axis wrongly assigned to the roll except the warthog stick. The a-10c behaves normally, so my HOTAS is not faulty. Moreover, if I keep "remove aileron limiter" pressed, I do not notice any clear difference in roll, while I remember that the change was quite evident.

Is it just my faded memory or something is wrong with the f-5 roll axis?

Edited July 11, 2021 by nessuno0505

[razo+r]

I haven't felt any difference in all these years of flying it, neither do I have troubles keeping it straight....

 

Check that your throttle are 100% at the same thrust setting. A difference in thrust will result in a rolling moment.

Edited July 11, 2021 by razo+r

[Svend_Dellepude]

Probably some double axis binding issue.

[nessuno0505]

I've checked, no double axis binding. Maybe it's all ok and it's just my wrong impression. I can't do logs. If someone explains me how to, I'll put mine here to check if there's something wrong. If it's not a bug (and it's not), it's one of the two: something wrong in my settings or everything is fine and it's just me. Thanks

[G.J.S]

Try a small deadzone in your control stick. Vaguely remember an issue with constant slight roll with the F-5 that was due to a default center being slightly one way or the other?

[Svend_Dellepude]

Or try a curve of 15 or 20. the F-5 is quite responsive in roll if you have a desktop stick.

[nessuno0505]

Solved with a deadzone of 5. Maybe is my warthog getting older?

I'll try the same deadzone in pitch too, let's see if it's also easy to trim in pitch.

Edited July 16, 2021 by nessuno0505

[G.J.S]

4 hours ago, nessuno0505 said:

Solved with a deadzone of 5. Maybe is my warthog getting older?

I'll try the same deadzone in pitch too, let's see if it's also easy to trim in pitch.

 

Doubt your warthog is getting faulty, if it was then the slight roll would afflict all modules you have.

I can’t accurately remember the reason, just that the F-5 default centre for stick is slightly off.

Regardless, glad you have it sorted.