Controllers Calibrator?

[ErichVon]

The other online flight sim I play has a separate utility to calibrate the controllers, after doing so 1st in Windows. If this game has one, I have not found it, yet.

 

I have been mapping my CH gear as a Plug and Play setup, gradually adding items instead of keyboard commands.

 

I had an interesting problem happen. Once locking my nosewheel for takeoff after taxiing into position, upon powering up a little bit of speed, I was drifting left. I realize that is not the takeoff procedure here. Heck, i takeoff without even bothering to lock it sometimes.

 

I thought through what did I just do to exacerbate this situation? Only thing I did was set the 4 trim controls to my throttle.

 

I realized I had to go back to my Windows calibration wizard just for my Fighterstick. Currently the nosewheel lock is on my joystick. (Think I will move it.)

 

And that solved it. Then took off from an in game airfield offline, practiced using the autopilot 60 miles out and returned and landed no problem. I was not in the full sim mode.

 

The other game, in game when I log in I always recalibrate 1st. And usually also do a defrag in Windows beforehand.

 

I did some searches here. I did not see this problem addressed. Thought maybe it might help somebody.

 

 

 

Erich

[Napa]

I don't see any problem. Almost everything you described is a natural behavior of the sim.

 

Your turn Nosewheel steering ON before you taxi and you turn it OFF once you reach 50 knots while you're rolling for takeoff. If you still drift (by a lot), a lot of factors could accomplish something like that:

 

Your flightstick is not properly calibrated from Windows,

you didn't press the takeoff trim button on the SAS panel,

and there's a LOT of crosswind.

 

Is there something else that caused this behavior?