joystick in plane

**Muqtar SGT_Clintok** · 03-12-08, 05:12 PM

It became apparent to me the other night that I am not making much progress towards taking that next step in airplanes.

I fly using a joystick. The problem I seem to encounter is that if I pull the yoke to one side, I hit the physical limit of how far the joystick can be pulled, but the plane's transition is too smooth and doesn't respond as quickly as I would like. Any of you care to weigh in on this? The sensitivty settings don't seem to make any difference, so I am left with my plane feeling sluggish and slow to make the change in direction that I need to get away from my insistent enemy.....say for instance.... Chosen.

Do I just suck or is there any advice that may be rendered here?

**~~Cpt.Reiskis~~** · 03-12-08, 05:14 PM

I can adjust my sensitivity for my joystick that helps, try boosting the sensitivity in your plane controls.

**Muqtar SGT_Clintok** · 03-12-08, 05:18 PM

I will do some more testing. Perhaps I wasn't making big enough adjustments or paying enough attention when testing.

**~~Cpt.Reiskis~~** · 03-12-08, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Muqtar SGT_Clintok

I will do some more testing. Perhaps I wasn't making big enough adjustments or paying enough attention when testing.

Roger, let me know if all go's well...

**Xavsnipe** · 03-12-08, 05:21 PM

try flying with the keyboard...good control and mobility :9

**~~Cpt.Reiskis~~** · 03-12-08, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

try flying with the keyboard...good control and mobility :9

You use keyboard and mouse for jets..... Damn!!!

I use mouse for the chopper, joystick for plane is a MUST!

**w4jchosen** · 03-12-08, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

try flying with the keyboard...good control and mobility :9

pffffttt...

Clint my joystick is set to roll if I pull it from one side to the other i.e. left and right. To turn it is the twisting motion of the joystick. The combination together allows you to bank and turn i.e. twist and pull left will bank left.

One manuever that works well for me in evading is to make sure the bottom part of your jet is to the inside of your turn. Do this while gaining altitude and when your reach the top of your flight ceiling (this varies for different jets) come out and level off and hit the after burners. Also be very judicious in the use of your afterburners. Pump them, do not burn them out because a good pilot will chase you down in a second because they have been managing their afterburners properly.

Just some tips.

**w4jchosen** · 03-12-08, 05:34 PM

Oh yea one more thing. If you do not have your camera views mapped to your joystick you're dead meat. Get those mapped. Constantly checking your six will keep you alive more than anything else.

**w4jchosen** · 03-12-08, 05:39 PM

Here's something else that might help. Here are my settings for my joystick with site that explains it.

Originally Posted by w4jchosen

Axe here is my set up. I'm using a Logitech 3D gamer. It should be similar. Also check out this http://wiki.bf2s.com/tactical-guides/aviator-tactics
[img width=700 height=525]http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/8599/joystickav3.jpg[/img]

One more tidbit of info.

Originally Posted by w4jchosen

Originally Posted by wildsrv

The only thing I'm having to work out is exactly what buttons I want to assign to what. I use the top hat for my front/rear/cockpit views the top left of the joy is my weapon swap (bombs/rockets) bottom left is flairs, top right is map and bottom right is after burner. I use the thumb button for dropping bombs, and the trigger for the obvious. The buttons on the bottom of the stick I only use the two close to me, squad chat and commander. Teamspeak wont recognize those and that kinda sucks but that's not a major problem. Its conformable while flying and fits my hand well. As y'all know I spend a small amount of time in the air.

What is your config chosen?

Trigger=machine gun
Top hat (up)=firing missles, dropping bombs depending on what weapon I have selected
Top hat (down)=pull up map
Top button left of top hat=flares
bottom button left of top hat=after burners
Top button right of top hat=chat with commander
bottom button rigt of top hat=chat with squad
Thumb trigger=toggle between missle and bomb mode
bottom Four buttons on left side of stick (I believe there are six on that side)=different camera views. Not in front of it right now, but from the one closest to the stick is cockpit view, the one to the left is front view, the one below cockpit view is chase and the one to it's left is rear.
Throttle up=increase speed
Throttle down=decrease speed

added addtional content

**11Bravo** · 03-12-08, 08:55 PM

I attempted changing the control settings for my Jet, all I did was make it harder to control. When I reinstalled my system earlier this year I went with the default settings and it's easier for me to control. Now I can actually control my Jet.

If you aren't noticing a difference then max out the controls, but remember what the default settings were. From there depending on what you notice, bring the settings back down. Adjust sensitivity separately from the Yaw/Pitch.