On 1 Oct 2007 at 19:49, Brian Keener wrote: > I seem to have an issue in Flightgear. I usually use one of the Cessna > Aircraft and when I start the program in Windows and the display starts it > seems the plane is already rolling and if I try to brake to stop on the end > of the runway it will pull right. It will eventually stop but sometimes I > am off the runway. I thought it was related to my joystick (Saitek Cyborg > EVO Force) and tried revving the engine and then braking just to make sure > things were calibrated and responding but it still always seems to want to > be rolling and pull to the right - I did find if I was quick with the > parking brake that would stop it and then I could release it when I was > ready and start my take off roll.
Brian, you're not the only 1. A few years back I was working with 0.9.6 which had the same problem. Recently I installed 0.9.10 which does this too. In most cases the sim starts with full power, elevator full down, ailerons for a full left turn and rudder to the right. In combination with the torque effect this will make it hard to get off because also the planes are NOT on the brakes, with 1 or 2 exceptions. I flew 0.9.6 on a stick, this one on the keyboard. Ron already suggested to add a line to some files to have at least the brakes on but a centered control would certainly be an advantage, plus a zero throttle. This btw is not the only prob I'm encountering. I tried the Citation Bravo, which comes with a nice panel but won't respond to any AP input. Well, flying a Citation could be nice but imho it would certainly add to the fun if I could get it to listen to at least a heading mode, alt mode and NAV mode. But mine won't. This happens with more of the available a/c from the default versions. The MAJOR prob I'm encountering with FG (both versions) is that after flying for some extended time (an hour or more, and this goes for ANY plane), FG drops back to framerates below 10 at ever increasing times, whereas I normally get around 30. Which in turn makes using FG for longer flights just a pain in the neck. Sadly, because I think it could be the ultimate sim. Scenery is perfect, night lighting is unsurpassed. I'm not a MS FS man, but I've been running Propilot-99 and Fly! plus Fly!-II for years and I still run them basicly because FG thusfar has been no match in flying. FWIW, I'm using an Athlon 2200 64 bit, gfx is an older Geforce MX440, 1 Gig of RAM, OS Win 2K with all SP's. Fly gives me continuous framerates of between 30 and 54, also after flying for 10 hrs. So what is it? Louis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
