UN_B732 From United States, joined Jul 2001, 3913 posts, RR: 3 Posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 942 times:
How do you guys stay on the centerline during T/O? I can never get my wheels right, and always veer either to the right or to the left during T/O
-Mr. X
PJFlysFast From United States, joined May 2006, 412 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 933 times:
With the power of the engines it can make it difficult to stay centerd on the runway. This force is called torque. With jets it always turns left when you use thrust so to counter that force you need to us right rudder. Make very light rudder movements on takeoff though! In prop aircraft it caused by prop rotation and in single engined aircraft it is also caused by the prop wash that goes over the fuselage and hits the rudder. Straighten up and fly right!
But don't go for the cheap one, or you will regret it later.. buy a good solid one from microsoft. Sidewinder is the best! :P I have a logitech wireless joystick which is okay. I've had cheaper joysticks earlier which didn't last for more than a few months. Then they started to make the plane do right turns all the time and I had to compensate by pulling a little to the left, even after I tried reconfiguring the joystick
I just said that because he made it sound as if he hasnt got the funds for a decent one at the moment so atleast with a CnC one he can atleast make the simulation that more well simulated!
Rgds ---James--
You cant have your cake and eat it... What the hells the point in having it then!!!
AirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 23 posts, RR: 12 Reply 13, posted (2 years 5 months 1 week 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 661 times:
Quoting Jamesbuk (Reply 12): I just said that because he made it sound as if he hasnt got the funds for a decent one at the moment so atleast with a CnC one he can atleast make the simulation that more well simulated!
Oh okay.. but I'd rather save some money for a decent one then
CptSpeaking From United States, joined Apr 2006, 557 posts, RR: 1 Reply 21, posted (2 years 5 months 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 561 times:
Quoting PJFlysFast (Reply 2): This force is called torque. With jets it always turns left when you use thrust so to counter that force you need to us right rudder. Make very light rudder movements on takeoff though! In prop aircraft it caused by prop rotation and in single engined aircraft it is also caused by the prop wash that goes over the fuselage and hits the rudder. Straighten up and fly right!
I hope you meant props...jets don't have a torque effect. The turning prop is the action and the left-turn is the reaction, one of those laws some guy named Newton came up with
If you are flying a prop in FS, you can choose to turn off the torque effect as well as the p-factor (two of three left-turning tendencies) in the realism menu. This might help you a bit if you don't have a joystick, but as others have said, a joystick is what you really need to get if you own any flightsim. You can get a really good one for $35 or so. I fly with one I got for $30 discounted, have had it for 2 years and it still works like a champ!
Delboy From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 562 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (2 years 5 months 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 534 times:
I've had my little Saitek for nearly two years and it's good enough for the job. About £20 GBP, which is not a fortune in the FS world, quite a few programable switches, twist handle for steering, built in throttle etc etc. Go on, treat yourself!!
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Best joystick out there IMO!