Saitek Pro Pedals

[Wingnutt]

finally decided to jump in, my CO bought some and he loves em.. so.. what the hell..

a anyone have any tips? or helpful comments regarding setup?  I dont plan on using the saitek mapping software unless i really need to.

also..  when you push in the right foot.. that should be rudder left.. and vice versa.. right?

[Lusche]

Originally posted by Wingnutt

also..  when you push in the right foot.. that should be rudder left.. and vice versa.. right?

No.
Push right foot - rudder right - plane goes right.

It takes some time to get used to pedals. Best way to reduce that time is by not jumping directly into MA. Go to the TA first. Do some aerobatic maneuvers, force yourself to use pedals for that. If you jump directly into combat, you will more often than not forget that you have pedals.
Also I found it helpful not to wear shoes (really!). When I was tarting to use peds, I sometimes wondered why my plane wouldn't get to speed during combat and why trim was a bit off. I found later I was resting my right foot on one pedal all the time

[RTR]

Push right pedal, nose goes right.

Push left pedal, nose goes left.

easy peasey.

cheers,

RTR

[rob53]

Saitek peds here also for about 6 months.  I'm not using the SST software they come with.  Not needed imo.  I calibrate them in windows and AH now and then.  No problems.

Rob

[SD67]

Originally posted by Wingnutt
also..  when you push in the right foot.. that should be rudder left.. and vice versa.. right?

You're equating the movement with that of the steering wheel on a car. It's also a common problem for those first learning to fly if they've driven a car for a while. Coincidentally, the way people usually configure their twisty sticks reflects this too, turn to left nose goes left.
It's a small adjustment, but it will bite you for a little while.

[68Wooley]

I think I had to reverse the axis on my saitek pedals to get the expected results (i.e. right pedal = yaw right).

Either that or I was expecting it to work the other way around. Whatever, I definitely remember being confused initially.

I've never found a need to use the mapping software with the pedals.

[hyster]

i got a set of saitek peds a few weeks ago and i had the problem of right foot to go left.just seemed natural to do that.after a week of still doing this and wondaring why i had to "think" push left for left i noticed that i was not pushing my right foot for left but i was lifting my left foot for left.

this took the presure of my right foot so i was pushing down with right foot to compansate giving the illusion that i was pushing right for left. after i realised that it just seemed to fall into place and i can use the correct foot too direction now.

the biggest problem i find now is centering the peds as the detent is small and hard to feel. some1 told me to use bare feet as u can feel it better and that works beeter than shoe's or slippers.

[68Wooley]

Originally posted by hyster
...the biggest problem i find now is centering the peds as the detent is small and hard to feel.  

I agree

[Wingnutt]

Originally posted by 68Wooley
I agree

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