Virpil CM3 Cutoff 0%

[nilpointer]

I have seen a number of posts that seem related but as yet I cannot seem to find a definitive answer.

The throttle cutoff special options seem intended for throttles with an IDLE detent. I have a CM3 which as others have said allows 0% to be set on the detent and button bindings behind. The issue here is that by having 0% at the detent the throttle is actually perpetually in cutoff when the special option is set to the lowest setting of 3%.

To try and avoid this I used the virpil configuration software to set the detent to 3% however at this detent the engine RPM is now just sufficiently enough above the 0% throttle setting (in jet is around 73/74% RPM) to make landing significantly harder to slow the jet down using the "by the book" technique.

Can someone please explain how these settings are intended to be used.

[Saber104]

Nilpointer,
I had the same problem and solved it this way. using the Virpil Software (VS), each throttle is calibrated for for the full range from “idle cutoff (all the way to the rear of the throttle base (past the warthog detent) to Max power; calibrating just to the detent produces your situation.

In the VS “Axis” section, when the throttles are in the detent position (idle thrust), left axis reads a value of 6.6% and the right axis reads 5.3%; the values are in the fourth column from left.

In the VS, when you double click in each throttle axis, i ticked 0% in the “Axis Button” column

In the VS “Button” section, I have each one of those axes assigned to a button that I used for the “Off <hold>idle” function in the DCS F15E controls (all the way back)

in DCS controls, In the “Axis Commands”, in “Axis Tune” for each throttle I configured the following settings:

Dead zone = 8

saturation X (not Y) = 72

The “Slider” box is ticked and inverted is probably already checked  

 

This should fix your problem … no more runaway Eagle at Idle thrust.  Adjusting the Dead Zone slightly in either direction to correct for the detent values indicated in your Virpil software maybe required. Works for the Viper as well. Hope this helps!

 

BTW, apologize for the multiple clarifications. Also, never changed anything the in the “Special Tab” in DCS. 

Edited December 28, 2023 by Saber104