Help guys. I use the MS sidewinder joystick and am having some problems that probably stem from real stick time.
Do you real pilots ever manage to learn to isolate all rudder input while applying heavy elevator and aeileron input? Its hard as hell for me to do right now. If none of you has ever managed to do this despite lots of hours with the sidewinder then Im gonna go get some rudder pedals. Rudder pedal suggestions appreciated by the way. Looking at my sidewinder very closely I determined that if Im trying to hold 20% right rudder input, and have 20% input while holding 10% elevator input, if I increase elevator input to, say 30% then I actually have to adjust my rudder input to go to 20% after the elevator input. Did that make any sense? In other words, I cannot isolate wrist rotation to lock rudder input at a certain level and this seems a heck of alot more complex than doing the same thing with pedals. I know the body is much smarter than most give it credit for, so does your wrist just 'learn' to make the adjustment based on visual input of the slip indicator and other things? The bottom line is I want to know if any of you have ever mastered the ability to maneuver with great precision with this stick. If one of you has, then Ill stick it out, and sorry about that pun.
What are your input settings? I set all of them to MAX and with no resistance or close to no resistance like the sidewinder has and no physical sensation of movement to tell me what the hell Im making my poor aircraft do Im not 'Mr Coordination of the Aces High Skies' to say the least.
Please help me here. I dont wanna be a flopping fish in the vertical anymore.
[This message has been edited by slammer120 (edited 01-23-2001).]
