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Offline Max

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CH Fighterstick issue
« on: February 12, 2020, 06:58:32 AM »
Lately my Fighterstick will set itself into auto - level flight. The dashboard yellow light illuminates when doing so. Any stick input negates the situation but the same thing happens again while maintaining straight and level travel. What's causing this to happen?

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Re: CH Fighterstick issue
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2020, 07:14:25 AM »
Check in controller / stick mapping in the game and see if button 14 ( I'm pretty sure that's the one) has been mapped to something else

iirc, button 14 is the one that changes the stick through the modes unless I'm mixing it up with the CH pro throttle

You can go into windows/devices and right-click your controller/stick and see which button # it actually is

Edit: on the CH fighterstick the stick's button to change the stick modes is button# 3....  on the CH pro throttle it is button# 13.... <------ this has nothing to do with how you might have your 4 modes set up in-game...
« Last Edit: February 12, 2020, 09:47:24 AM by TequilaChaser »
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Re: CH Fighterstick issue
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2020, 10:43:18 AM »
Sounds to me like one of your switches is flaking out. I don't recall that particular issue happening to me when I was using mine. So to be clear it's just kicking on auto level without any input? No button press? Just flying? Only other thing I can think of and again never had this happen, check each mode and look at the X and Y axii and see if anything is mapped along the travel. That's in map controllers. I had to reset some stuff there after an update long ago but don't remember exactly what. Worth a look.

If you don't find anything in the mapping then you're gonna have to test the buttons. Bring up a testing app and move the stick around and see if you can replicate it.

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Re: CH Fighterstick issue
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2020, 10:54:03 AM »
I misread where the yellow light was coming from...... Max said dashboard yellow light and my brain said yellow mode light on the fighterstick :D

With that acknowledged, if you have cntrl-x programmed to one of your hats, buttons, switches that input could possibly becoming flaky as Drano said.....but am betting that a windows 10 update may have messed up your stick map settings


Good luck
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Re: CH Fighterstick issue
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2020, 03:46:06 PM »
also you may want to check options>preferences>flight
and make sure you haven't accidentally checked auto engage autopilot

this will turn the ap on when you release the stick
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Re: CH Fighterstick issue
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2020, 03:53:12 PM »
If none of that works try a cat scan as it may all be in your head.   :neener:
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Re: CH Fighterstick issue
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2020, 04:20:42 PM »
also you may want to check options>preferences>flight
and make sure you haven't accidentally checked auto engage autopilot

this will turn the ap on when you release the stick

BINGO! Was experimenting with stall limiter the other week and must have accidentally checked the engage auto pilot box in the process.

Appreciate the replies gents!

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Re: CH Fighterstick issue
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2020, 04:36:43 PM »
excellent, glad you got it sorted and it was an easy fix.
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