MFG Crosswind - Review

[hansangb]

If you've experienced cheaper rudders, the sheer *lack* of drama is what elevated MFGs (and other high quality, but hard to order) rudders. You end up constantly battling the imprecise movements of the rudder. This is especially apparent when flying choppers and you want to make precise rudder movements. And as you noted, it'll last you a LONG time.

[Varis]

Yeah they do feel very smooth and precise. Not sure if it's the pedals or more the throttle/HOTAS that makes a difference but the last few weeks I've been flying almost entirely just helicopters, it's a pleasure and even on the first try I nailed the nosewheel take off and the landing with Mi-8.

 

Should probably try some games for ground vehicles... are your controllers of much use with CA?

 

I've just increased spring tension to 30mm but think that's more than enough, would add just more strain to reach the extreme deviation. My chosen CAM and other settings probably are pretty much optimal, there's little benefit in changing. Could maybe decrease brake tension by one notch, not sure of the same for pedal angles they seem quite ok-ish.

 

How the tension feels with current settings there's a smallish area in the middle with a more tense spring, quickly the tension decreases and there's the large area with mild tension until close to the very end of the movement range it stiffens somewhat again.

 

Think I'll just fine tune it a bit lower to find the balance of required tension and a light touch. I guess a fine-tuned CAM could still improve things in a minor way but that could be very subjective how much benefit it brings.

 

Durability and configurability probably add quite a bit to resale value.

Edited December 28, 2018 by Varis

[Bob_Bushman]

For helicopter flight you can just unhook the spring entirely.

 

Feels a bit odd in general but works well, especially in windy conditions.

 

But mostly I prefer a slight centering force, that I find working for everything. But un-hooking the spring the spring takes about 30s.

 

No calibration hassle or anything.

Had a few situations where I just landed the chopper, un-hooked the spring and took off again, biggest hassle was taking the headset and the rift on and off.

Edited December 29, 2018 by Bob_Bushman

[Mud]

Anybody has had issues with the MFG Crosswinds causing Windows 10 to go into a reboot loop at start-up? Sometimes none, most often just one reboot and sometimes 2 after which Windows starts doing an auto-repair.

 

Doing a quick google I did find other people reporting this problem.

[Mr_sukebe]

No issues with mine

[Flamin_Squirrel]

None here. This thread is a good reminder that I've had mine almost 6 years now. :joystick:

[Aviators]

What can I put under the pedal to keep it from slipping while I use it?

[Flamin_Squirrel]

How far away from the wall are they? A plank of wood cut to size would be my first suggestion.

[Greyman]

anyone have any idea if the combat addons are still likely to appear?

Edited October 9, 2019 by Greyman

[Yurgon]

Anybody has had issues with the MFG Crosswinds causing Windows 10 to go into a reboot loop at start-up?

 

No such problems here, they just keep working fine.

[javelina1]

No such problems here, they just keep working fine.

same here, no issues. have been working fine for the last 2-3 years. :thumbup:

[Mud]

Yeah, I 'm pretty sure it's not a Crosswind problem but rather a combination of old mobo + W10 + the Crosswinds.

[Aviators]

How far away from the wall are they? A plank of wood cut to size would be my first suggestion.

 

30 cm.

[klem]

Yes mount them on a (9mm) sheet of MDF. I drilled three sets of fixings 50mm apart to give me options on distance from wall.

Edited October 11, 2019 by klem
added 9mm

[BRING GUNS]

What's the difference between the Crosswind V1 and the V2? They look pretty much the same as far as I can tell in the pictures. I've got a graphite V1 I bought a few years ago and I was just curious about what they changed.

 

 

edit: nevermind, figured it out!

Edited July 16, 2020 by BRING GUNS

[SailorDoc4781]

I have never been able to get the Wheel Brakes to work on these pedals. Flying FA18, or trying to at least, but no joy with the brakes at all. I have right and left brakes to the appropriate axis NOT just the wheel brake. Do you guys who are flying F18 have the brakes separated right and left OR do you just have the wheel brake option, forget the separate brakes? Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. The rudders work great BTW

[LeCuvier]

I have never been able to get the Wheel Brakes to work on these pedals. Flying FA18, or trying to at least, but no joy with the brakes at all. I have right and left brakes to the appropriate axis NOT just the wheel brake. Do you guys who are flying F18 have the brakes separated right and left OR do you just have the wheel brake option, forget the separate brakes? Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. The rudders work great BTW

I use separate LH and RH wheel brakes for all planes (incl. the Hornet) in DCS World, and I use MFG pedals. They work just fine.

For the Hornet and several other planes you need to tick "Invert" in the "Axis Tune" screen of course.

Edited August 17, 2020 by LeCuvier

[MustangSally]

As above.....invert the axis in the Axis Tune area

[PhoenixRising]

I have never been able to get the Wheel Brakes to work on these pedals. Flying FA18, or trying to at least, but no joy with the brakes at all. I have right and left brakes to the appropriate axis NOT just the wheel brake. Do you guys who are flying F18 have the brakes separated right and left OR do you just have the wheel brake option, forget the separate brakes? Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. The rudders work great BTW

Have you confirmed they work in the Windows USB game controller menu? If not, verify you have plugged the two wires securely.

[dburne]

I use separate LH and RH wheel brakes for all planes (incl. the Hornet) in DCS World, and I use MFG pedals. They work just fine.

For the Hornet and several other planes you need to tick "Invert" in the "Axis Tune" screen of course.

 

Same here for me, toe brakes working fine.

[Astronaut]

I have never been able to get the Wheel Brakes to work on these pedals. Flying FA18, or trying to at least, but no joy with the brakes at all. I have right and left brakes to the appropriate axis NOT just the wheel brake. Do you guys who are flying F18 have the brakes separated right and left OR do you just have the wheel brake option, forget the separate brakes? Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. The rudders work great BTW

 

Have you installed the MFG software and calibrated the brake axis?

[X-31_VECTOR]

I have never been able to get the Wheel Brakes to work on these pedals. Flying FA18, or trying to at least, but no joy with the brakes at all. I have right and left brakes to the appropriate axis NOT just the wheel brake. Do you guys who are flying F18 have the brakes separated right and left OR do you just have the wheel brake option, forget the separate brakes? Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. The rudders work great BTW

 

Other possible issues (and sorry if these are obvious and/or already checked):

 

- Make sure there is no other controller mapped to the brake function (e.g., I have a PS4 Dualshock controller that DCS loves to default map to a million key inputs and axes for every new module I install).

 

- Make sure that the key presses for the wheel brakes are not also mapped to the pedals. The toe brakes on the MFGs can functions as buttons or axes, and I've had issues in another sim where even though I had mapped them as axes, somehow I'd gotten them also mapped to the keyboard command for brakes. Thus I was getting 100% braking regardless of the axis input.

[Darth Holliday]

I had the same issue with mine..As LeCuvier said above...Click on the Inverted box, then all will be well...