2 new FS problems, need advise

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Bobr2

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My CH Peddles now all of a sudden have the brakes come on when you take your feet off of the peddles. I have to push down hard on the low end to get the brakes off. How do I fix this problem.
Second when I load FS now the Failure in the elecatronic section comes up. I go in and uncheck it though when I close it it will go and automaticaly check itself again so every time I fly I will loose all electrical system in about less the 5 min.
 
I ain't no expert, and I don't even have FS2004...so I can only hazard a guess...and this is a guess only.

Sounds to me like your CH Peddles have taken a dump and are throwing a constant brake signal to the sim...and this is causing the electronics systems in your planes to go kapoot!

Get yourself a can of compressed electronics cleaner and give your peddles a good spraying..could be dust, dirt, grime in there causing the peddles to stick. Once clean, they may resume working normally and stop throwing a bogus code to your sim.

OBIO
 
teeps said:
I would check the axis hasn't been set to reverse somehow in the FS settings...
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Yup, he has the right idea. When I installed mine, I actually had to check the reverse axis box, and that solved the problem. Work fine now.
 
Bobr2 said:
My CH Peddles now all of a sudden have the brakes come on when you take your feet off of the peddles. I have to push down hard on the low end to get the brakes off. How do I fix this problem.
Second when I load FS now the Failure in the elecatronic section comes up. I go in and uncheck it though when I close it it will go and automaticaly check itself again so every time I fly I will loose all electrical system in about less the 5 min.
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Bob, not sure what is going on lately but my CH Flight Sim Yoke which I have had for three years, suddenly went ape with the sim effect throttles revving up in erratic manner. I have done a re-calibration, but that made it worse with aircraft now swinging to left and right on take off...have to investigate further.

UPDATE:- actually the problem may not be yoke related. I just flew using the keyboard and the throttle oscelations continue. I noticed that this started after I installed and tested the Alpha Spitfire and Typhoon....not sure if it has anything to do with the problem.
 
I have a similar snag with my 5 year old pedals, I have to put pressue on the back sections to ensure brakes are off.

Recalibration helps a bit in sim, but I guess the analogue 'wipers' of the pots may be wearing a bit, they are very sensitive.
 
go to the ch website

and download the ch manager. thiss will allow calibration for any ch product on your system.
should solve your problem.

pd
 
Oh the joys...
After a 4 month ;ayoff from FS I got back to flying - and noticed that my joystick (Saitek x-52) throttle was not functioning properly (Throttle would only give 85% of full/zero power) so time to recalibrate.... :banghead:
Got the recal. utility, ran it and it worked fine for a few runs then recreated the problem.
Recalibrated again and then lost the brakes in the Saitek pedals... no brake mapping first then the old "reverse sensing" issue ... fixed all that and found I had NO joystick inputs... assignments went away .. fixed that... and found x/y Axes somehow got reversed ( pull=down - push=up!) .. back into the assignments and cured THAT one... now it all works fine (fingers and toes crossed)....
The lesson?? the interface between the calibration and the FS assignments AND the controller software can really get garbled -- so... if you reset something, go through ALL the settings to make sure the apple cart hasn't been upset. (Besides, it's good to check the settings and assignments now and then anyway esp. when you have some odd commands that you rarely use... 100ft AGL inverted is a lousy place to find some control is out of whack)

Be methodical and thorough.. when it all works make sure you do a neat shutdown of FS so it saves properly

Rob
 
I've found quite often that when mine act up, (Saitek pedals/X52/yoke & throttles with extra throttle quadrant) I just have to unplug the USB cable, blow it out with compressed air from dustcleaner can, and plug back in. Usually fixes problems.
 
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