Need some help with rudder pedal set-up

Romeo Alpha · Jul 4, 2017

Hi all. Seasoned Xbox CMDR starting to play on PC. I'm currently using my Xbox Elite controller with a set of CH Pro pedals. I'm really enjoying the set up so far. Having independent lateral thrust control with the pedals has been awesome. I'm having one problem, though...

The lateral thrust doesn't seem to kick in till about 50% rudder is added and it seems to be full blast all at once once it does kick in. I'd like the thrust to kick in as a begin to add rudder and get stronger as I add more and more rudder. How do I make this happen? I can't seem to figure it out in the controller menu. Thanks for the help. o7

Aussiedroid · Jul 4, 2017

Under the Axis/Command you are mapping you should see a little + symbol. If you expand this, there is a deadzone slider you can configure. Assuming there is no manual override of the axis in external software that should be the only thing you need to change.

GJ51 · Jul 4, 2017

I set my rudder pedals to control Yaw - not lateral thrust.

In the control settings under "FLIGHT ROTATION" select "YAW AXIS" and then just move your rudder pedals and the settings for that axis control should populate. On my setup, using a different set of pedals, it reads [JOY RZ-AXIS]

Toi the immediate right it will say "REGULAR" If you test and the setting for Yaw is working backwards from what it should, go back into the setting and click on regular to change it to "INVERTED" if you need to.

HTH

Gunnet · Jul 4, 2017

Sounds like you may have bound the separate left/right thrust commands intended for use with keys or buttons, rather than binding the actual lateral thrust axis intended for use with an analogue controller.

Romeo Alpha · Jul 4, 2017

Gunnet said:
Sounds like you may have bound the separate left/right thrust commands intended for use with keys or buttons, rather than binding the actual lateral thrust axis intended for use with an analogue controller.

This is was exactly what I did. Didn't realize there was another separate area for the axis. Thanks guys!!

Romeo Alpha · Jul 4, 2017

Got the level of thrust issue fixed but I still have to click the left stick to activate the rudder (alternative flight controls). Is there a way to make it so the rudder is always active?

Romeo Alpha · Jul 4, 2017

Ok, mostly everything is taken care of now. The only thing left is I get very slight thrust to the left if my feet are off the pedals. Guessing I can fix this with a dead zone but I don't see any dead zone settings anywhere.

Gunnet · Jul 4, 2017

FourRomeoAlpha said:
Ok, mostly everything is taken care of now. The only thing left is I get very slight thrust to the left if my feet are off the pedals. Guessing I can fix this with a dead zone but I don't see any dead zone settings anywhere.

Deadzone will fix it, and you likely want to have a bit anyway, but it would also be a good idea to calibrate them first if you haven't. You could use the in-game deadzone Aussiedroid mentioned and Windows' built-in calibration, or you can do both with the CH Control Manager.

Romeo Alpha · Jul 4, 2017

I don't see any calibration tools or dead zone settings at all in game. I downloaded the CH Manager and that worked like a charm. Thanks for the help.