dresoccer4 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) Something has changed or broken with my Hornet flight stick. So at first I thought it was a FFB issue as I'm playing with a Microsoft FFB2. However as the Hornet doesn't have any FFB I realized it's something else. Take a look at my screenshot. When I'm at straight and level and at cruise power (with 0 kt wind), I let my joystick be centered (remember this is a FFB joystick) and the plane now dips and rolls to the right. I try to press "trimmer switch - pull(climb)" but nothing happens and she continues to dip. I'm not sure if the little red box in the corner is supposed to show trim, but pressing trim up or down does nothing. Before I believe the FBW (or something similar) would try and keep the nose pointed in the general direction you wanted her in, but now it's like any sort of flight control systems aren't working. It's hard for me to explain but hoping the screenshot shows something that someone will spot and understand. Again I've been holding down all of the trim buttons. Also the smart fbw system jsut doesn't seem to be responding. *shrug* EDIT: also can't get any of the autopilot functions to work. it just beeps at me while I'm trying to hold her straight and level What are those other little symbols for, as they don't seem to be doing anything? Edited June 8, 2022 by dresoccer4 Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foka Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Sounds like problem with your joystick's center. If joy isn't in exact neutral position, AP won't engage. This same whould cause roll/dip. Trimm works ok for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresoccer4 Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Foka said: Sounds like problem with your joystick's center. If joy isn't in exact neutral position, AP won't engage. This same whould cause roll/dip. Trimm works ok for me. I thought that maybe too, however trim should still be working, i use the numpad keys for that. Is the little red cross supposed to represent trim? joystick works fine with other modules, which is strange if it's a joystick issue. Edited June 8, 2022 by dresoccer4 Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresoccer4 Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) UPDATE: it was, in fact, a joystick calibration issue. The trim part was what was throwing me, but now I don't believe you can actually trim it in flight, just in landing configuration. That's why it worked in other modules, as I could trim the mis-calibration away, but in the Hornet you can't Hope anyone else who finds this finds it useful Edited June 8, 2022 by dresoccer4 Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foka Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 You can trim it in flight, just in landing configuration trim works in other scale and is more noticable. During flight, you're not supposed to trim pitch (it's FCS' job) just sideways to compensate uneven loadout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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