centering joystick?

[nick10]

Hi. I have a logitech pro. how do i centre my joystick?

 

I think i'm drifting a bit to the left!

[LankNZ]

Under controls you can set deadzones and curves for your joystick. Otherwise the actual joystick calibration is most likely done through windows.

[nick10]

Under controls you can set deadzones and curves for your joystick. Otherwise the actual joystick calibration is most likely done through windows.

 

sorry - must be blind. I can't see that? i can see the controls tab but no calibration thing?

[PeterP]

Where did you look for a calibration "thing"?

As LankNZ said:

DCS has nothing like this on-board - you only can alter the respond of your axis via saturation/dead-zone/curvature in DCS.

 

You have to search in your controller options of windows for a calibration function.

Go to "Windows-Start" and type: "Set up USB game controllers".

It is somewhere in this application.

 

If your Joystick is calibrated fine and you still experience this slight "left drift" you may want to look deeper into the flight-modelling of the P-51D .

Especially Propeller-torque and how to trim properly.

 

If you having still issues with your joystick and it is caused by an axis and/or windows don't offers you the option to calibrate - than check out one of these tools for a deeper look:

corrupt calibration? crazy joystick response? Use this tools Fix it:

have a close look at "clear calibration utility".

[ALDEGA]

In DCS you can define sensitivity of the axis and set a deadzone for the center.

 

* Go to Options / Controls

* Select Axis Commands in the dropdown list

* Select one of the assigned axis by clicking it

* Click the Axis tune button in the bottom

[ErichVon]

Hi. I have a logitech pro. how do i centre my joystick?

 

I think i'm drifting a bit to the left!

 

Hi,

 

You usually have to start with setting up within the Windows game utility 1st, before fine tuning in somebody else's game.

 

My CH Control Manager works that way at first, then my controllers are re-calibrated through CH Control Manager, then fine tune within both sims I play.

[PeterP]

I still have the feeling that it isn't his joystick...

It is the propeller torque that causes his drift to the left...

Propeller Torque Effect

Propeller torque acts in the opposite direction to the rotation of the propeller. For this post I will only be considering propellers that turn in a clockwise direction when viewed from inside the cockpit. This is the direction that the majority of propellers turn.

With the propeller rotating in this clockwise direction, the aircraft will experience the effects of the engine torque acting in the opposite direction (an anticlockwise direction).

During the takeoff roll with full power applied (we are producing the most amount of torque) the torque force will try to rotate the entire aircraft in an anticlockwise direction. This results in the left wheel of the aircraft having a greater force applied to it.

The extra force that is placed on the left wheel results in the wheel acting as though the left brake has been applied. This in turn causes the aircraft to yaw to the left.

To counteract this effect during the take-off roll we should be using our rudder pedals as required to keep the aircraft on the centre line.

Same applies when being mid-air and sudden changes to the power-management are made.

And you have always to counteract this effect slightly during the whole flight.

Trim,trim-trim, bada dim!

Edited May 6, 2012 by PeterP

[ErichVon]

I still have the feeling that it isn't his joystick...

It is the propeller torque that causes his drift to the left...

Propeller Torque Effect

 

I know what you are talking about.

 

Imagine how much fun it would be with a Spit or Me-109 and their fragile landing gear systems as the 1st propeller plane here.

 

The P-51D tutorials are very good. Just do them, one by one.

 

The one on taxiing and following the jeep all around solved that stupid issue I was having.

[ALDEGA]

I still have the feeling that it isn't his joystick...

It is the propeller torque that causes his drift to the left...!

Oops, didn't read that line ...

 

The one on taxiing and following the jeep all around solved that stupid issue I was having.

I remember that one ...

[Rotareneg]

Don't forget to use rCtrl-Enter to turn on the control indicator, that way you can see if the game your stick is actually off-center or not.

 

If the stick actually is centered, you'll need to learn to use the aircraft's trim controls to balance out the torque from the engine, or else try to convince the developers to see the error of their ways and make a P-38L simulator for relaxing, torque-free flight.

[leafer]

else try to convince the developers to see the error of their ways and make a P-38L simulator for relaxing, torque-free flight.

 

:D