Thanks for your reply Jeff:
Thank you for the link..this is what I had suspected was part of the
problem..i.e. a .cfg or .air file or something that maybe had to be edited a
bit. I will experiment (carefully) and see what happens. One challenge with
this hobby is, it's so hard to keep up on all the info, especially if you
spend so much time like me trying to find favorite aircraft to download and
all that. I don't know if I goofed up some settings myself (maybe adding a
plane not fs9 compatible), or its just that the default flight models
weren't tuned by MS. (I suspect it's a combination of both). I have noticed
that add on aircraft, especially for-sale packages (like flight1's
Meridian), not only often have much nicer graphics and panels and all, but
are much more enjoyable to fly than the "out of the box" planes. It's
aggrivating sometimes, but I'm too addicted to give up!
Thanks again for
your time
Regards to all
"Jeffrey Voight" wrote in message
...
I'm sorry I don't have a better description of this, but I have the
rudder control answer. It's a result of MS going from 'analog' to
'digital' in their joystick handling code. I was having severe control
issues until I found a reference to it on the web.
This wasn't what I found to fix the problem but it seems to deal with
your issues.
http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/dcfo...3/10860.html#1
rudder_effectiveness and something else are what I ended up changing.
Wish I could be more help.
Jeff...
SouthBayGuy wrote:
Hello Everyone:
I was hoping that someone with more experience than I could help me with
some questions/problems that I have with MS Flight Sim 2004. I have
owned
all of the FS since 4.0, and the one that has worked best for me has
been
2002. A couple of weeks ago, I got 2004, and am quite happy with it as
an
"upgrade," more for the "little things" (more choices in ATC, better
GPS,
etc), but have had some problems that are either brand new, or seem to
have
gotten worse in this version.
First, my system;
Compaq 1.6 GHz Pentium 4
512 mb RAM 433mhz bus
80gb 7200 EIDE HDD 80gb Maxtor external HDD (USB)
NVIDIA Geoforce 2MMX 64MB video (yeah yeah, I know)
Windows XP Home SP1 with all the lil "patches"
Saitek Cyborg EVO Joystick
This system can run FS2004 fairly well, good frame rate, not the best
scenery detail of course, but I use FS mostly as a recreational thing,
to do
the flying that I cant afford, and am not skilled for yet, in R/L. I
have
taken some flight training in the past, it's been a long time ago, but I
do
know what it's like to fly a real 182, etc. With my older video card
I've
found that the best thing to do is leave it at whatever the program puts
at
the defaults--that gives the best performance for me.
Now, to the issues:
1. Rudder control-Both my joysticks (I also have the MS Sidewinder 2.0
that
frankly I'm disappointed with), have twist for rudder. It is VERY
DIFFICULT
to taxi, to keep the plane on the taxi line and even more difficult to
track
the center on take off and landing rolls. This occurs in all planes but
is
worse in the Mooney Bravo. Is this just part of the flight model, .cfg
file,
whatever? I don't want to invest in custom rudder controls and have the
same
problem..that would be very depressing! Also once in the air, the planes
especially the light gen av aircraft, wander a bit as far as heading
(the
Mooney is worst at this).
2. Auto Pilot Problem-Now THIS is the thing that is frustrating. When
I'm
flying any of the lighter aircraft, really anything other than the
airliners, when the A/P is set for altitude it keeps the trim so nose
high,
the airplane can't pass 80 knots or so. This is especially bad in the
172
182 and Mooney. The twins do it to an extent; it doesn't really happen
in
the jets because you can set the A/P to maintain IAS. Is there ANY way
to
stop the A/P from setting the trim so nose high? I've also noticed that
when
flying along in A/P that periodically the plane will suddenly act like
it
was hit by a gust (even with wind turned off), slip, raise and fall a
bit,
then try to go back to the heading and altitude (and of course roll the
elevator trim way high! UGH!).
The Mooney for seem reason, just seems downright unflyable. Am I doing
something wrong, do I have to alter a config file or something? It just
seems, from my limited real piloting experience, that real aircraft are
about 20 times easier to control. Anyway thanks so much for taking the
time
to read my post. I would appreciate any help or advice anyone could
give.
Thanks!