Stick Centering Issues

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Madoch

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Greetings All,
I've been having an issue with my flight stick (CH Fighterstick) and I'm curious if anyone else is having the same issue.

My first sortie in a Bristol Scout nearly ended at the edge of the airfield when I took off. I had to hold the stick all the way to starboard and full back just to maintain level flight. Fortunately I was able to set the "trim" wheels on the flight stick to stay aloft, but it seemed odd to me. At first I thought my stick was out of calibration, but I checked the ailerons and I saw they were visibly displaced to maintain level flight. Just odd. So I switched to a FE2B, and I had the same problem maintaining level flight. The FE2B has a gun emplacement, so I switched to the forward gun and discovered the "trim" I set to maintain level flight slewed the gun to the right. Once I returned the "trim" to neutral, the gun pointed exactly where it should. In short, it doesn't appear to be an issue of calibration.

While I know these kites fly far differently than a modern plane, I doubt they required full right stick to stay level, especially once they're up to cruising speed. I've been flying OFF P2 for a while now, and I've never seen this kind of behavior. For reference, I'm running a Dell M1730 XPS laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 (2.4 GHz, 800Mhz, 3M L2 Cache), 2GB ram, with at NVIDIA SLI Dual GeForce 8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3 memory. My HOTAS is all CH products, Fighterstick, Pro Throttle, and Pro Pedals. I've been flying computer flight SIMs since they were invented, and I've spent many happy hours in both CFS3 and OFF P2.

Does anyone else have this kind of stick control issue? I would appreciate any insight you might have...

Thanks,
-Madoch
 
I don't have ANY control problems, go CFS3 QC in Workshop, when you get the old phase 2 Hanger Page, control options

Must say: MINE
 
Thanks, I probably should have indicated that I have been to the CFS3 QC control screen. All the controls respond exactly as mapped and just like they did for P2...except this odd level flight problem. Probably also should have stated that I did patch to version 1.1.

As I said, I don't believe it to be a calibration issue. (Although I did try clicking the "calibrate" button on the control screen just to check....and it promptly caused my game to lock up. Haven't tried again yet.) I was just curious if anyone else had to hold their stick full right and back to keep the craft straight and level. I thought maybe it was an oddity of the Bristol Scout and FE2B flight models in some way, or some interface issue with the CH products that someone else might have experienced.
-Madoch
 
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