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After helping all of my squad guys with nose bounce an epiphany struck and I learned not only how to fix it but which sticks suck and which ones dont after trying to help others use this to get rid of nose bounce. Learning all of this took many many hours of work in the TA with squaddies to sort it all out and many many hours talking to guys that have flown AH for years longer then I have. Every time someone in our squad had to do a reinstall or bought new equipment we would start all over again and finally we got this down to a science and everyone on the same page. At least this is a good place to start and you can modify it for your own tastes.
As far as bounce goes and you can have your own opinion obviously but mine is as follows: A little bounce is a good sign and a lot is bad. Fighters have to be a little unstable and lack of nose bounce is a pretty good indication of stability. Too much is very very bad for gunnery and a little is good for freedom (the six-degree kind). If you are going to make adjustments I suggest going to the advanced window enabling scaling and pushing all bands to 100% and then while flying level at above cornering speed for the plane you fly most and advance deadband until auto pilot holds and the plane does not come out of autopilot on its own. Repeat this after deadbands are set correctly and then turn off autopilot (and dont even try combat trim) and slap/pull the stick rapidly and let go. CH is easiest to set this way because of the quality springs. Advance the dampening until your nose bounce just disappears and then back it off to give your plane a little freedom. You have to do this for the three axis (elevator rudder and ailerons).
Some sticks require that the 10-30 or even 50 band sliders are turned down from 100% in order to completely be rid of bounce (a nice gradual curve of response on those kinds of sticks works nicely). I have never seen a CH with that problem. If you turn up your dampening beyond what might seem reasonable then try to turn down the band sliders a little and start over. Might seem like a lot of work but once you have this right you will be a deadly shot and more importantly you wont snaproll in tight turns unless you want to and even blackouts become rare.
Now you are ready for ACM 101.
