Hi !
I've saved Idiamn's wrote about deadbands etc on this BBS (Thx Idiamn).
Hope it helps.
"If you allready have a good understanding of these settings than dont bother reading this, but if you are one of those flyers that are still kinda unsure what the hell damper and deadband settings do, read on, i hope this helps.
You see, for those of you that havent DL'd aces high, they have a pretty spiffy stick setting program that displays your stick movements on a graph. Each input is represented, ie, a line for pitch, yaw, roll, and throttle, and you see the graph while you move your stick. It also has a thingie that shows you how fast your inputs actually are which can come in handy for figuring out why you're stalling, or snap rolling, etc, when you are pulling on your stick. I have a crappy old slimewinder 3d pro that I just cant give up so...
So I adjusted the settings and looked at the graph to see how my adjustments actually effected my stick. What I found was that when I pull or push pitch, I was also getting yaw movement...not good. And when I put input for yaw, I was rolling the aircraft as well. This is where an understanding of the deadband comes in....
By increasing the deadband setting, I was capable of pushing or pulling my stick in one way without effecting the other, ie, pitch inputs would ONLY move elevators, roll inputs would ONLY effect ails etc...
So the deadband mystery is solved, now what the hell is a damper??
With the graphical interface of that program, you could tell how fast your stick input was actually happening. By increasing damper settings you are slowing down the rate of your input. This knowlege is handy because some planes are just plain twitchy for me (the F4u) and now I know that by adjusting the damper when I fly them, I can reduce some of the twitchiness.
Now only if wb's had a graphical interface that you could use to see exactly what the hell your stick is doing. By using correct damper and deadband settings I can allmost garantee that my flying will be much more efficient and my E retention will increase. Adjust YOUR settings properly and so can yours. I'll find out this weekend.
C U above,
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Idiamn"
