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Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 10:01:35 +0100
From: Michael Turner <mturner@webfactory.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Continual Joystick problems
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I have just come in on this thread so pardon me if any of this is old hat.  I
use a Logitech Extreme Digital joystick with FS98 and SPP in W95R2 on a K6 233
with 64MB, 4Mb S3 Virge and 4MB Righteous 3dfx.  I _always_ recalibrate the
joystick because of the problems I have.  If I have been in level flight for
sometime, the first time I move the joystick the plane swings wildly all over
the skies.  In the SPP Citation on a flight plan at 6500 feet I can gain almost
2000 feet in seconds.  Does it sound like a faulty Joystick or what?

Mike

Chuck Topinka, AVATA Director wrote:

> How often do you re-calibrate the joystick?  This should be considered
> "preventive maintenance" on your aircraft, and performed probably weekly at
> a minimum.  Joystick electronics are based on different output signal
> voltages at the port, and differences in temperature and humidity can make
> a noticeable difference.  Usually this difference is more apparent on the
> $20 joysticks, but it effects all of them.
> --
> Captain Chuck Topinka, AEI001
> AmEuro Airlines Training Director, Houston Hub Commander
> http://home.mpinet.net/cjtop/aetrain
> http://www.v-business.com/ameuro
> SATCO ID 952401
>
> Chris Korn <pone@goodnet.com> wrote in article
> <czjQ1.1296$85.142042@news.goodnet.com>...
> > I have been playing flight sims for allot of years now and I have had
> > continual joystick problems. What I find unusual is that they are always
> the
> > same even on two different computers and several different joysticks
> ranging
> > from Suncom To Thrustmaster and Logitech Digital. I have also replaced my
> > game controller twice and am currently using a thrustmaster ACM. The
> problem
> > has also not been specific to just one game or flightsim. So Here is the
> > problem. After a period of use the joystick's become erratic and jump
> around
> > when the are moved. Sometimes they jump to the left when moving them to
> the
> > right and they do the same thing in the up and down axis. The throttle in
> > FS98 constantly jump up and down. I currently have a Suncom SFS stick and
> > throttle and like the rest of the sticks after a few months they started
> > becoming erratic they all have worked fine when new> I have tried
> cleaning
> > the pointers or reiostats to no avail. Has anybody had these problems?
> >
> > Computer P166 32meg of ram SoundBlaster 64  Matrox Mystique 220 video
> card
> >
> > pone@goodnet.com
> >
> >
> >
> >

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