I've never seen a MS sidewinder stick that was a power hawg. However, rather than run the ancient 3dpro I'd suggest you get a modern USB sidewinder like the MS Prec 2 USB.
As to the Sidewinder being bouncy, a bit of deadband, and a bit of scaling can quickly tame that bouncy beast.
Instead of using the scaling at the default stairstep, try a low curve.
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Something along this line.
Ghosth:
Always a help!! (Ghosth is the guy that found me in the TA 3 years ago on my FIRST DAY, ground rolling an F4U.....18 times in a row according to my 8 yr old son that reminded me how terrible I was at the game)Is there a scaling "guru" here at HTC in the training corps or offices that could write some explanations on scaling? Maybe ask Skuzzy to create a forum topic for joystick scaling? The reason I ask is because I have spoken with 30+ pilots ingame about scaling and all of them have helped in specific situations but all have admitted limited understanding of each slider and how it works. I know that when scaling is understood and applied as correctly as possible, it is a tremendous aid in the game...bouncy sticks, torque rolling when unwanted etc.
If any of you folks think it would be a good BBS Category too, sound off because I would really like to understand it better. Fixing some of these issues for me through scaling would make the game a ton more enjoyable and it would add a topic resource for new folks that might get unnecessarily frustrated with their equipment. Just a thought...
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