On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:43:18 +0200, Roos, wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi, after take-off any aircraft I use banks to the left (except the > Beech1900.) ..weird. It too should bank left, (or does it play the P-38 kinda games turning its 2 props both ways to cancel the torque?) > Adjusting my .fgfsrc does not change this. Anyone who knows how to > correct this? This is not like the normal behaviour (right rudder > when applying power). When using the rudder the AC just start to > 'slip' (nose right/left yaw.) ..it _is_ correct, planes with clockwise turning propellers do bank and weer left on takeoff, so they need right rudder. Those Brit etc planes with props turning the wrong way, goes right and needs left rudder. > The problem with the sim is that I am unable to control it, neither > with rudder or ailerons. ..try it without the joystick, on the numeric keypad, chk the docs for which keys to use for rudder control. Trim it at say 75% pwr cruise speed to fly in a straight line. > I'm runnng on suse linux with a microsoft sidewinder precision pro > wichis fully supported. Adjusting with the .fgfsrc-file make no > difference. ..the joystick _is_ working ok? You need to calibrate it. Read the how2's: /usr/share/doc/flightgear/README.fgjs /usr/share/games/FlightGear/Docs/README.Joystick.html /usr/share/games/FlightGear/Docs/README.fgjs , Wintendo should drop in these files too, on installing. > The AC does not crash, with a lot of work it wil stay in the air. I > think that it is a calibration problem. Besides the roll also all ac > are very difficult to fly (incuding the Beech 1900). The controls are > more or less irresponsive unless I use very small correction. When > using larger deflections of the controls the response is a full > nose-up or nose-down (fll left/right rudder). > > Any ideas on how to correct this? ..correctly calibrated, your joystick keeps your correctly trimmed cruising plane, flying in the same straight line when you push the joystick plug in or pull it out. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
