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Offline MachFly

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Re: dont move your controls so rapidly
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2011, 01:19:32 PM »
It was changed a couple of years ago.   :joystick:

Hmm, I guess I didn't get the memo.
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Re: dont move your controls so rapidly
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2011, 03:30:48 AM »
I calibrate often in windows(nightly for good luck)
but not so much in game& never through the 3 axis & then again in game isnt that redundant? I'll try it though.
Could you give me a little primer on why to do it both ways?
& how often should you have to do all of that
Its a logicrap 3d pro. 3nd one counting a used one.
For Long years I had a ms precision pro & same thing.
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I just did the full calibration & right off the deck at 130 or so gave it a quick full left & right. Same old thing.
I reset damping & it seemed some better. Ill give it a few hours & see how it goes.
This stick is cheap but less than a week old. I think many people use them for that reason so if thats it the boards would be full of it.
I appreciate your thoughts. I guess its just my own personal demon.
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Re: dont move your controls so rapidly
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2011, 07:38:55 AM »
I calibrate often in windows(nightly for good luck)
but not so much in game& never through the 3 axis & then again in game isnt that redundant? I'll try it though.
Could you give me a little primer on why to do it both ways?
& how often should you have to do all of that
Its a logicrap 3d pro. 3nd one counting a used one.
For Long years I had a ms precision pro & same thing.
---------------------later---
I just did the full calibration & right off the deck at 130 or so gave it a quick full left & right. Same old thing.
I reset damping & it seemed some better. Ill give it a few hours & see how it goes.
This stick is cheap but less than a week old. I think many people use them for that reason so if thats it the boards would be full of it.
I appreciate your thoughts. I guess its just my own personal demon.
   Thanks

the damping was what got rid of it for me....just a bit and I was good to go...with a cheaper stick you may not be able to get rid of it completely, at that point its up to you to change the way you handle your stick, by being less "ham fisted"   when I first heard that I had no clue as to what the hell it meant....but it means "rough" "jerky" "not smooth" "too fast" a smooth movement timed right is far more potent....the least amount of stick movement that is called for is what you want, by controlling it like this you conserve E better, and are forced to learn to time your move, this is very important to winning an engagement,   timing not enough people talk about this, timing is everything.....if you only move your stick at the TIME it needs to be moved you will never get that message....a smooth controlled movement timed right.   

think on this 

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Re: dont move your controls so rapidly
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2011, 08:03:37 AM »
I agree with ink. It sounds Like your just too heavy on the stick. Have you ever heard the phrase, "smooth is fast"? You don't want to jerk your stick around ever. The smoother you move your stick the better you conserve your energy.

When I started hee I had the damping turned way up because I was so heavy on the stick. It took awhile, but now I only have a bit of damping in my rudder. All the rest is gone due to how much smoother I am on the stick.