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Help setting up Yoke/Throttle/Pedals


Daniel Macfarlane 1033470
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Daniel Macfarlane 1033470
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I just bought X-plane 9 for giggles and to see what X-plane is really about ( Seeing the recent screenshots, I will be also buying X-plane 10 ). I am having some trouble setting up my Saitek flight controls. Does anyone know any tutorials that could help me set it up?

 

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Dan

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Keith Smith
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A new user recently asked me how to configure X-Plane to get the best results...here was the summary I posted with the time I had.

 

- set video rendering options to give you the best visual experience whilst still having a nice, healthy frame rate (30+). The product of density and visibility of objects will have the most direct impact on your framerates (in v9)

 

- all joystick axis and buttons mapped to meet your needs

 

- realize that xplane is always calibrating the joystick in real time. Be sure to the move the controls through their full range of motion each time you start xplane

 

- make sure that when all controls are released that xplane shows 0 input on all axis (use Settings->Data Input & Ouput, row 4 or 8, I forget which, column 4 for visual output)

 

- set realism sliders to full realism. The artificial stability introduced by the default 25% setting makes the flight feel like it's running on rails. That's not how GA airplanes fly. They waddle and wallow.

 

- use exponential sensitivity to mute the response about the center. This will give you more fine grain control for subtle movement.

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