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Topic: A help guide for adjusting your Joystick
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Sturm Spieler
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posted 11-08- 07:20 PM
  
Maybe some of the SDOE experts could make a quick, how-to-adjust-your-guide, at the very least an explination, in the simplest of terms, about what deadzone is, how sensitivity works, and playing with trim?Don't laugh, some guys like me still find it hard. Sturm IP: Logged |
Himdog
Pilot
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posted 11-09- 01:11 PM
I'm not an expert and I'm not laughing either.
Trim: In sdoe what I've found that works best for me is to get your plane in level flight at 60% throttle. Let go of your joystick and note which way the plane turns. Now adjust the trim using the opposite trim button (if the plane turns left, use the right trim button, down use the up). You'll have to level the plane again with the joystick, then let go, does the plane fly level, or still turns the same way or now turns the other way? Adjust again until the plane flys level and your done.The sticks I've been using are fine with out playing around with the Deadzone but the deadzone is just what is says. Your stick doesn't move the plane until it leaves the deadzone. The trick is your stick makes up in the rest of the movement, which could make it more sensitive in the last part of movement. For example: lets just say you have 4" of movement and you set 1" for deadzone, the last 3" will make up for the 4" or you could say once you pass the 1" for the deadzone the next 1" would be equal to 1.3" of movement. If your stick is too sensitive right off the bat in movement then you would setup a deadzone but it does take awhile to find the right spot. You should do a search for setting up the stick, Zur had a good guide that was posted year(s) ago here but I forgot what the title was. Hope this helps, but I'm not an expert on the deadzone or anything else.  ------------------
7./JG3_Himdog out
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Blind Faith
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posted 11-09- 02:33 PM
This is my suggestion on this sticky subject 1) Make sure you have the best possible drivers and support software from your manufacturer 2) Check calibration using Windows utilities. 3) Try those guys they seem to have devoted their lives to the joystick.
http://home.att.net/~stickworks/ I do not use the software they make but have seen it mentioned many times and it sure gives you a good idea of what is what. Good luck [This message has been edited by Blind Faith (edited 11-09-2001).] IP: Logged | |
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