X55 Rhino - drifting from centre - help with deadzone setup

Rardain

Rardain
Hi all, I have noticed that whilst flying to a target centred in the HUD that very quickly my ship drifts either left, right, up or down. This is most noticeable whilst exploring and flying long distances to a star or planet within a system and it means constantly having to adjust for the drift. It also means that if I am scanning a target such as a planet or star that sometimes the scan will stop before it reaches its conclusion if I am not manually correcting.

I am not talking massive movements here, just a gradual drift. I haven't set up any dead zones in the Saitek software (mainly because it confuses the hell outs me). Has anybody else come across this issue and resolved it? Maybe got some settings they can post up for the X.Y and Z axis on the stick.

Thanks.
 

Aussiedroid

Aussiedroid
I havent had any issues with drifting at all with my X55. I do have some custom settings in the Saitek software but even by default it was no issues. I dont really have a deadzone set but just a change in the acceleration curves. Can follow the link in my sig to get my profile if you wanted to try.

Does changing the springs to a stiffer one improve it?

Do you have the analog thrusters mapped to anything like the rotary switches? I found that if I had them on, that it was easy to leave it moving foward/back/side etc if I didnt center them again. I've removed these now to avoid issues.
 

ShadowWolf Kell

ShadowWolf Kell
Here's what I use. No drifting at all with the deadband at 60 and 150 for the yaw twist. Saitek suggests a deadband of 50 iirc. Make sure you have no dead zones enabled within the game and use the deadband option in the X55 software in stead. It's a much smoother transition.

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freehotdawgs

freehotdawgs
Calibrate your axes and set a small deadzone if you haven't already. I always have to adjust my ship when flying any distance, I just attribute that to not knowing exactly where center is and the enormous distance being traveled makes even small errors significantly larger the farther you go.
 

Rardain

Rardain
ShadowWolf Kell said:
Here's what I use. No drifting at all with the deadband at 60 and 150 for the yaw twist. Saitek suggests a deadband of 50 iirc. Make sure you have no dead zones enabled within the game and use the deadband option in the X55 software in stead. It's a much smoother transition.

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What about the Y axis? And your rudder is set to 60 and 150?

Ta
 

ArakAtak

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You sure it isn't because you are aiming at a moving target?

Al those planets and stations are whizzing about in space
 

Rardain

Rardain
ArakAtak said:
You sure it isn't because you are aiming at a moving target?

Al those planets and stations are whizzing about in space
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I wish that was the case. Doesn't matter whether I am moving or stationary. I can see it most obviously with the orbit lines enabled. There is a slow rotational drift even at zero speed and nothing I do setting-wise seems to countermand it.

EDIT - I think I have sussed it...I uninstalled all the drivers for the stick and throttle, rebooted then installed them again. Carried out the calibration and it looks to have cured the issue or at least massively diminished it :D
 
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Hoshikomi

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The ED in-game setup allows you to set a deadzone for all axes. With my X55, I just launched the first training mission (can-shooting) and tweaked it until everything was stable; haven't had a problem since!
 

Rardain

Rardain
Hoshikomi said:
The ED in-game setup allows you to set a deadzone for all axes. With my X55, I just launched the first training mission (can-shooting) and tweaked it until everything was stable; haven't had a problem since!
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Yeah, looks like it was my windows drivers that were the issue...it seems pretty stable again now. Gawd, I can't even remember the training missions, its that long since I did them lol.
 

Zulu Romeo

Zulu Romeo
This is all interesting and useful information. Thank you.

I've been having drift issues with my X55 for a while now, but today what seemed to cure it was adjusting the in game deadzones only by just a small amount, not the ones on the utility. Now there is absolutely no drift at all, and by setting the utility deadzones to the ones Madkatz recommend, the stick is now even more responsive than before, while completely still when left at rest in the neutral position. A one way trip to Hutton Orbital was the ultimate test of drift, and it passed perfectly. :)
 
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Yodafone

Yodafone
It looks like you've set everything up now with the help you've had but perhaps I could add a few tips. Here's my own profile with a snapshot (all axes the same) and one can see the little circle at centre axis. One can check if the amount of deadzone is enough by moving the relevant axis to get the circle to appear and see if it ever sits outside this deadzone with your hand off the stick. (Ignore my saturation values)

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Sadistic Intentions

Sadistic Intentions
PhazonAran said:
While we're talking about the X55, has anyone managed to break the rudder axis ? I think I just did :D
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No but the upper mini hat s/w on my throttle stopped working completely and the lower one only works with the throttle axis in certain positions. Is there an Aussie support site for Saitek? Not sure where to get warranty service here.
 
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