Rudder deflection speed

[OleBoy]

Hello Mr. Dowson

I bought the Logitech G940 Flight Control System not too long ago, and used settings strictly within FSX. While it worked OK, many control options wound up being cumbersome to configure. Even when I got the settings somewhat figured out, I ended up having to reinstall FSX, only to have forgotten to save my FSX config file, then I was back at square one of having to remember how I had it set up. I'm using version FSUIPC4, Version 4.728b, running FSX with service pack 2 and acceleration. I have been trying to sort issues with the rudder and the throw sensitivity.

Having to fumble through the settings of FSX, disabling within so they don't cause conflicts between the G940 settings, FSX settings, and FSUIPC, I managed to get everything set-up and working as I need without too many headaches. Well, actually, it was a real big headache. I don't know how many times I closed FSX out of frustration.

Here's my trouble. All my control surfaces work fine, except an issue I'm having with the rudder. The rudder works, although I've a feeling there are settings somewhere that I'm not finding to eliminate my symptoms. The G940 rudder pedals (all rudder pedals for the sim) have a lot of distance for movement (left, right), but my issue is that when I move the pedals in either direction, the rudder is moving to full deflection in a short amount of throw (movement) of the pedals. I have tried changing the curve setting within FSUIPC, but that doesn't seem to help.

I know I have to be missing something. Some setting that slows the curve speed of rudder deflection.

I hope I make some sense in my explanation.

[Pete Dowson]

... my issue is that when I move the pedals in either direction, the rudder is moving to full deflection in a short amount of throw (movement) of the pedals. I have tried changing the curve setting within FSUIPC, but that doesn't seem to help.

I know I have to be missing something. Some setting that slows the curve speed of rudder deflection.

There's nothing except proper calibration. If your pedals have no changing values outside your "short amount of throw" then they are broken, and nothing can be done in any software. Put simply, if there's no change in the input there cannot be any change in the output (the result).-- the software has no way of detecting any extra deflection.

If you are still seeing the "IN" values changing beyond your "short amount of throw" then you simply have no calibrated suitable minimum and maximum values for that movement. Check the numbers.

Are you sure the rudders are actually behaving as analogue inputs and not digitally (i.e. just "off" or "on" with nothing in between)? I have heard that folks can have such problems with some joystick devices or drivers. I think its a bug in the driver installation which needs some registry change to fix. Have a search, maybe on the Logitech support forum, if there is one.

Regards

Pete

[OleBoy]

If I understand you right, I need to set the numbers low to high, to calibrate the amount of deflection input by the pedals. Something I don't think I have done. Didn't think about to be honest.

Thanks for the response. I'll investigate further, and have a look at the logitech forums also. Hopefully it's not a driver or registry issue, and I can get it sorted.

My searching here didn't come up with much related to the Logitech G940 system

OleBoy

[Pete Dowson]

If I understand you right, I need to set the numbers low to high, to calibrate the amount of deflection input by the pedals. Something I don't think I have done. Didn't think about to be honest.

If you are using FSUIPC to calibrate you do actually need to calibrate, otherwise it really isn't doing you anything useful at all. Calibration is a matter of setting the end points and centre, but please follow the numbered steps in the user guide. It helps to leave a little leeway at either extreme and in the 'centre'.

if you haven't been calibrating then I'm really not surprised the slope selection has no effect, because that works on the calibrated values.

Thanks for the response. I'll investigate further, and have a look at the logitech forums also. Hopefully it's not a driver or registry issue, and I can get it sorted.

If the "IN" values from the pedals are giving a range of values, not just two (full and off) then it isn't a driver or registry issue. That was only a thought, as I've seen it mentioned before -- though mainly with toe brakes.

Regards

Pete