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Offline Onyx13

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Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« on: January 23, 2011, 12:09:49 PM »
It seams like almost every time I dive and get over 450 mph, my joytick gets all out of wack. I get a orange message that says moving controls to quickly. If I can regain control and recalibrate everything is OK again.
Also on takeoff the auto takeoff will click off after start up, just as the engine powers up for takeoff.

What can I do about this, it happens about 75% of the time.

Thanks for any help
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Offline The Fugitive

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 12:13:31 PM »
What kind of stick? Some sticks just go bad after a bit, the cheaper the stick, more often than not the quicker it looses and has trouble keeping calibration.
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Offline falcon23

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 12:19:27 PM »
onyx..go into preferences,controls,map joystick,and on the x and y highlight one at a time,then click on the advanced box,it will open up another window,,u will see 2 small white boxes that say deadband and damping..

 Try adjusting deadband up just a smidge on the one side that is giving you problems..
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Offline Onyx13

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2011, 12:42:08 PM »
Thanks for the help but when I go to
Controls
Map controllers and click the advanced box on the top left.
The dead band or dampers wont move ?????????????
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Offline Chalenge

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2011, 12:44:20 PM »
On the right hand window click on the Aileron or Elevator axis and then you can move them.

What stick are you using?
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Offline Onyx13

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2011, 01:02:13 PM »
Iam useing a Saitek x52
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Offline mbailey

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2011, 01:19:28 PM »
One thing that recently helped me (constant loss of calibration on my X52) was buying a powered USB hub. I got it about a month ago, not one issue with calibration loss since.

(I was re calibrating almost every sortie,and it still wasnt working)

I purchased this one, Its working great

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=cyberpower+usb&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=6085953379952018377&ei=45kJTahlg__wBomwmZ8B&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQ8wIwAw
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Offline SPKmes

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2011, 05:47:17 PM »
Quote from: Onyx13 on January 23, 2011, 12:42:08 PM
Thanks for the help but when I go to
Controls
Map controllers and click the advanced box on the top left.
The dead band or dampers wont move ?????????????

when in there check the enable scaling....and as Mbailey said...powered USB hub...helps alot....
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Offline falcon23

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Re: Recalibrating joystick 3 0r 4 times a night
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2011, 08:05:15 PM »
Quote from: SPKmes on January 23, 2011, 05:47:17 PM
when in there check the enable scaling....and as Mbailey said...powered USB hub...helps alot....

 DOH thanks spk,forgot one had to click enable scaling..  :salute
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