Engines RPM at FS2004 startup

[hkpgr]

Hi

I have a minor problem. I have Calibrated all my joysticks via FSUIPC 3.9, and disabled Joystick in FS.

Every time I start Flightsimulator no matter what aircraft i choose the engines are not running idle. They are running with RPM between full and idle.

My solution is to hit F1 and after that everything is OK - I mean alle joysticks are then performing perfect.

What can cause this?

Regards

Henrik Korning

Nuuk

Greenland

[Pete Dowson]

Every time I start Flightsimulator no matter what aircraft i choose the engines are not running idle. They are running with RPM between full and idle.

Your default flight has them set so. FSUIPC does not set any values till you move the levers -- it also ignores the first few values to avoid setting spurious values. Just save a flight with the engines idling (or more more realism, with them off).

My solution is to hit F1 and after that everything is OK - I mean alle joysticks are then performing perfect.

Why not simply waggle the throttle levers up and back a little?

Regards

Pete

[hkpgr]

Hi Peter

"Why not simply waggle the throttle levers up and back a little?"

Yes -it does the same.

But I have found the culprit. When checking under Windows Game Controllers I see the same. Looking at Properties the throttle stay halfway between top and bottom, but as soon as I toutch the throttle handle the marker jumps down to idle. So the problem is not caused by FSUIPC.

But now I am at it - On My Computer I have always had that funny problem that everytime I start my Computer and not toutching any controller, taking a look at the Game controllers properties, my yoke stays full right and full back (The cross is staying in the right lower corner of the box), same for the pedals staying full right !!

The Cure after every Computer restart is to move my yoke full left and full right, full forward and full backward and move Pedals full left and full right. After that everything is perfectly centered. Its strange isn't it? I am fully aware that this hasn't anything at all to do with FSUIPC - but perhaps a guru as you has an idea about what can cause such strange behvaviour? :shock:

Regards

Henrik

[Pete Dowson]

But now I am at it - On My Computer I have always had that funny problem that everytime I start my Computer and not toutching any controller, taking a look at the Game controllers properties, my yoke stays full right and full back (The cross is staying in the right lower corner of the box), same for the pedals staying full right !!

Those positions sound like the ones which would be shown if the unit was "off" or disconnected. Check the USB power management -- go the the windows Device Manager (part of Settings -System, or My computer (right-click) Manage) and make sure you haven't got Windows set to turn off power to any of the USB ports. This is done by removing a checkmark in the Power Management tab of the properties of the USB Root Hub entries (right click for properties).

The Cure after every Computer restart is to move my yoke full left and full right, full forward and full backward and move Pedals full left and full right. After that everything is perfectly centered. Its strange isn't it?

Actually it's a good idea, and very realistic, to do such control checks in any case.

Regards

Pete

[Andydigital]

Some hardware especially from Saitek is self calibrating and you have to move all axes through their full range of movement for this calibration to take place. You have to do this every time you reboot the PC, or at least I have to with my Saitek Cyborg Evo Force joystick, my Saitek rudder pedals don't need to go through this routine though.

[hkpgr]

Hi Peter

I will go home and check that tonight. Thanks for that info.

BTW - My controllers are CH Flightsim Yoke, Pro Pedals and CH Throttle Quadrant.

Regards

Henrik