I'm new and lost

[rellick]

Hello all.Very nice to meet you.I just dl'ed the program (thx kindly) and dug up my old Wingman Extreme and gave it a go.I'm completely new to sim flying and find the whole thing somewhat overwelming.

I'm doing something wrong with the throttle.I can't get the rpms up over 250(0?) and my air speed tops out at 180.The throttle seems to function in calibration.I know there are trim and mixture procedures but right now they're just words to me.

My 1st of I'm sure many questions.Where is the best reading material for this sim?I tried hitting help on the clip board but was directed to non working websites.I've just been puttering around but would like to learn as much as I can.

I never get anything right the 1st time with computers so now that I've registered and exposed my complete and utter ignorance with all of you I'll go mess with it and check back later.

Thx,Johnny

[straffo]

Welcome Johnny !

Go here http://www.netaces.org/ and read all you can

Haven't you mapped rpm instead of throttle ?

[Schutt]

Hi man, try the help on the hitech board: htchome click on help.

Throttle and rpms depend on which plane. When your at full throttle and press p (default if you havnt changed it) on the keyboard you get war emergency power (WEP) on most fighters.
That rises rpm and mainfold pressure a bit and gives a diffrent noise.

Why i say this is you can only engage WEP if you are at full throttle, so if you are able to fire up wep then you had full throttle before.

Take up a Spitfire V. Full Throttle on the runway should give 9.5 on the mainfold pressure, 12 or so with wep. 2900rpm and 3000 with wep, not totally sure since i cant check at the moment.

When you open the clipboard and click on E6B you see the readings you should get for that plane on Emergency power (WEP) and on Military power. Compare that with the instruments. (forget the max cruise for now).

Also acceleration is only good in lvl flight, hit x for autopilot lvl. When you are in a climb or in the CLIMB autopilot you wont exceed 180mph.

There are some slow planes out there... but 180 is pretty low i think eaven a C47 is faster.

keep asking, best is to ask questions.

In training arena most of the time a trainer is online and if not another player might help for a short flying lesson.

[rellick]

Thx fellas.I've been driving racing sims for years and this is my 1st attempt at flight.When I started racing online 3 years ago I purchased a high end wheel and pedal set.The joystick I'm using is a Logitech Wingman extreme.Is this controler adequate to start with?I find it very twitchy at best.Is there a prefered setting for all tho's adjustments?Currently everythings set to default?

thx Johnny

[StarOfAfrica2]

Logitech's sticks tend to be "twitchy", as you said.  Cheap equipment leads to spikes in the signals the stick sends to the computer, and these are interpreted as movement.  In the Settings portion of your clipboard, there is a selection that brings up a window to the left of the clipboard with sliders to adjust the sensitivity of your stick throughout the range of its motion.  At the right are two sliders named "deadband" and "damping".  Deadband allows some range of motion in the stick before registering movement to your plane inputs.  Damping allows you to "damp down" some of the input coming from the stick, in the case of spikes like yours.  Move the damping slider up to increase damping and smother some of those spikes.  Adjust in small increments until you are comfortable with it.  

If you intend to stay with AH or flight sims in general for any length of time, I'd recommend investing in quality equipment.  Everyone here has their favorite, what you like is up to you.  

I'd also recommend you try the Training Arena and get one of the folks from the AH Training Corps to help you with the basics before you jump in, it will make the learning curve alot easier.  Good luck!

Oh, and dont feel stupid asking questions.  The only stupid one is the one you dont ask.

[Eztgt2CH]

Have you tried calibrating your joy stick in windows prior to starting AHII?  Once you do this go into AHII and calibrate in there.    This may get the throttle back to normal.  Welcome aboard and if you need help when online look for someone with a CH on the end of their callsign.  We are the C-Hawks and fly for the Knights.  Anyone of us is more than willing to help.