My aiming sucks!

[ooKUsh]

Every time I engage the enemy and I have them in my sights with hand on the trigger ready to fire the nose of my plane jumps and bobs about like a headbanger in a mosh pit! I find this very frustrating and annoying as I have done most of the hard work getting onto his 6 after a dog fight. At best all I manage to do is pepper the whole arena with my bullets and if I'm lucky get a few pings on him. I have had the odd kill now and then, but I know I should be doing a lot better.
I have my convergence set 350 - 450 but I know it`s something to do with the scaling but I have had to resort back to default every time I mess with them. Is there anyone who could point me in the right direction? At the moment I fly with a Logi Extreme 3D Pro, I know there is mixed feelings about this stick but I find it to be ok, for now anyway. My 2 weeks are up and I am about to sign up to AH again after flying some years ago. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Kind Regards

KUsh.

[Obie303]

It's your joystick.  Go into advanced settings and scale it.  Then go over to the far right and adjust the dead pan and dampening. 
Helpful instructions can be found step by step under "setting up your controller"
http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/

[flatiron1]

maybe you got buck fever

[BaldEagl]

If it's only happening at very high or very low speeds turn combat trim off.

[Kazaa]

If your using a mouse, adjust the sensitivity. 

[ink]

i have tried to do all that, and have ajusted my stick so many times,

screw it i suk and thats the way it is, i know i can fight with the best of them, but my targeting skillz are so bad i cant seem to hit crap, i know i am not leading my target enough but still doesnt help knowing, lol

so to OP dont worry about it, get you subscription, and have fun.

[uptown]

your nose bouncing around is what obie said..adjust your stick settings. and your convergence for your guns are too far out. pull them into a single point. practice your gunnery and fly a bird with cannons for awhile....Typhoon, Nikki, or Hurricane 

[BaldEagl]

...and your convergence for your guns are too far out. pull them into a single point.

Convergence is a matter of personal preference and what you're used to.  Most wouldn't agree with my set-up but I use single point convergence set at 650 for all planes including the German 30mm's.  The exceptions are the Russian and Japanese planes and the early Spits which I set to 400 due to ballistic/hitting power issues.  I normally fire at 400.  My hit % is normally in the 10% range although it's close to 13% this camp; maybe not the best but fine by me.

Also, I use and always have used the default axis scaleing.  It seems to work just fine for me.  I've used it with my old MS Sidewinder 3D Pro, the Saitek ST290 Pro and the Saitek AV8R.

[shiv]

Are you zoomed in all the way?  It seems like that would help your aim but it actually makes the nose bouncing worse.  When you shoot, be in the normal view.

[PFactorDave]

Are you zoomed in all the way?  It seems like that would help your aim but it actually makes the nose bouncing worse.  When you shoot, be in the normal view.

It doesn't actually make the nose bouncing worse.  In fact, it just shows you how your current nose bounce is affecting your shots.  If your nose is bouncing when you are zoomed in, it is bouncing the same amount when zoomed out.

A better reason not to zoom in all the way is that it really screws with your situational awareness and your perception of distances.

[shiv]

It doesn't actually make the nose bouncing worse.  In fact, it just shows you how your current nose bounce is affecting your shots.  If your nose is bouncing when you are zoomed in, it is bouncing the same amount when zoomed out.

A better reason not to zoom in all the way is that it really screws with your situational awareness and your perception of distances.

Well, what I'm getting at is that if you're zoomed in all the way it's harder to line up a shot.  And when you pull the stick the movements of the plane in reaction to your inputs are magnified making it trickier.

Unless you think it's better to zoom in, maybe i should rethink it.

[PFactorDave]

Unless you think it's better to zoom in, maybe i should rethink it.

Oh no, I agree that zooming in all the way isn't the way to go at all.  I personally use a little zoom occaisionally, but almost never full zoom.  I was only trying to point out that max zoom can give you a really good lesson in nose bounce and how it affects shooting.

[Spatula]

you tried increasing your damping setting? Add about 5% at a time and see if it stops - dont add too much tho else it will feel like your flying drunk!

[jazzman1315]

I got some help from moving my trigger off of the joystick. It's just like firing a rifle, you have to squeeze the stock... In this case, moving the trigger to the keyboard keeps you from jerking the stick when you shoot.
Hope this helps.

[MotleyCH]

This is the setup I use for that stick, for Elevator, Aileron and Rudder. It takes the nose bounce away a little.