Steering tiller problems

[frazer84]

Hi!

I'm having problems with the steering tiller function used through FSUIPC in FS9.

Here's how I set it up:

On the FSUIPC Axis Assignment tab, I press rescan and move the axis where I want to have the tiller. I can see the movement of the axis in the "IN" and "OUT" datafields, works perfectly this long. I select "Send direct to FSUIPC Calibration" and then tick the first checkbox and select SteeringTiller in the drop-down-box.

Then I go to the Joystick Calibration tab, and press the right button until I get to screen number 9 ("Pan axes (etc)"). Here I should be able to see the SteeringTiller move as well, but it doesn't. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, which makes it very hard to diagnose. It sometimes helps if i check and uncheck any of the checkboxes in the calibration part for the tiller (Filter and Rev). I have also noted that if I takeoff and then land, come to a complete stop, and then start taxing again, it suddenly often work!

Is there a bug in the SteeringTiller-function in FSUIPC or have I missed something out? It has never worked from the start, I always has to try all types of tricks to get it going. Sometimes it works, sometimes I will have to fly without the tiller.

Any ideas?

[Pete Dowson]

On the FSUIPC Axis Assignment tab, I press rescan and move the axis where I want to have the tiller. I can see the movement of the axis in the "IN" and "OUT" datafields, works perfectly this long. I select "Send direct to FSUIPC Calibration" and then tick the first checkbox and select SteeringTiller in the drop-down-box.

Then I go to the Joystick Calibration tab, and press the right button until I get to screen number 9 ("Pan axes (etc)"). Here I should be able to see the SteeringTiller move as well, but it doesn't. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, which makes it very hard to diagnose.

Have you also assigned and calibrated the rudder through FSUIPC in the same way? Otherwise it cannot work correctly. It is using the rudder and has to balance the two.

Is there a bug in the SteeringTiller-function in FSUIPC

No. i have always used it in my cockpit, but it does depend on routing the complete rudder control through FS, otherwise they interfere or simply prevent operation.

sometimes I will have to fly without the tiller.

You never fly with the tiller. It is completely inoperable as soon as the wheels leave the ground. There's a gradual crossover from tiller to rudder as you accelerate. The default max tiller speed is 60 knots (GS), meaning that at 30 knots you have half the control from the tiller, half from the rudder. This is all because the only way to steer on the ground in FS is to use the rudder. FSUIPC is merely simulating a tiller.

Regards

Pete