Pedals

[Yarbles]

I ve just got my  pedals delivered and I want them obviously to be like a real plane.

My (next)  ambition is to fly a real Tiger Moth for my next birthday and I am hoping the pedals will be at least a bit more realistic than the twisty stick.

So what should happen when you push the right leg forward to the rudder and which direction should that point you in??

[Ghosth]

Right leg in, should kick right rudder, which should "yaw" your plane to the right.

[Yarbles]

Right leg in, should kick right rudder, which should "yaw" your plane to the right.

So just to be 100% clear push your right foot forward and the nose points more to the right?

[Anaxogoras]

For anyone who wants to fly a tigermoth, ghosth's explanation should be 100% clear already.

But to avoid being a total jerk, yes, push your right foot forward and the nose should point more to the right.

[ImADot]

Another good way to remember is to "step into your turn".  You want to turn right, step on the right pedal - turn left, step on the left pedal.

[Yarbles]

For anyone who wants to fly a tigermoth, ghosth's explanation should be 100% clear already.

So if I could find a 3 seater I am guessing you wont be coming to 

[Bubbajj]

The biggest problem I had when I got my pedals was keeping it straight too. I tried to steer with my feet like it was a steering wheel. It took a bit to get over that. I'm still learning the pedals. It was a tough transition from the twisty.

[Belial]

How easy is it to get excited and blow your foot through them pedals?

[BillyD]

I heard it was good to twist the stick ( flame ) but disable the feature of rudder from the twisty stick ( huh huh) and rudder away the same direction.... with each twist you make to your stick ( flame ) thus triggering the reaction of pedllin and creating a connection from your twist of your stick to the push of your foot.


when you get good at it  you don't have to twist anymore....however I don't have the authority to tell you what to do. you can still twist your stick for fun....if it's legal in your neck of the woods.



 


good luck brother yarbles

[mensa180]

I went from using the keyboard rudder commands to ch pedals, it was quite the transition but you get used to it fast.

[Ack-Ack]

I went from using the keyboard rudder commands to ch pedals, it was quite the transition but you get used to it fast.

How do you keep the peg leg from slipping when you push forward on the pedal?  Rubber stopper?


ack-ack

[A8TOOL]

Right leg in, should kick right rudder, which should "yaw" your plane to the right.

Thats odd,.... I always figured it was opposite. I've had my peds set up so that if i push forward on the right ped (CH USB PEDS) I yaw left. Just seems more natural to me.  My neighbors green machine worked that way too and so did an arcade helicopter game I played as a kid.

When I first got my peds I just could not get used to right makes me go right so i inverted them and everything was fine.

 My toe brake is set left to apply all brakes....was never much of a tanker but if I was I'd have those inverted too. Step right turn left.



For those who don't know what a looks like


Now this I had... It was indestructible. Had holes in all the wheels, the handle bars were bent to sht and the belly dragged across the ground by the time I had finished with it. Tried killing it with stolen m80's but it was the gas that did her in    There was black sooty smoke everywhere..a neighbor called the FD and my mother chased me down the block with a strap in her hand.

 I was the cool kid on the block till that happened. All I heard after that was... "here comes your mom or I think I hear your mom coming" jokes

[PFactorDave]

Switching from a twisty stick to pedals was easy for me...  But, I imagine that is true for most of us who have real life pilot experience.  Before I had the pedals, using the twisty stick always seemed very very wrong and I never really got the hang of it.

[Shuffler]

So if I could find a 3 seater I am guessing you wont be coming to 

 

Yarbles on another note...

Don't forget to use those rudders to help you roll faster when needed. Rudder into your roll.

[VonMessa]

How easy is it to get excited and blow your foot through them pedals?

I have jumped the track on my Saitek ones so many times that I only have 1 screw in each corner so I can get it fixed quickly.  Sucks when it happens in FSO.