I have had a CH yoke & rudder pedals for about 5 years. Recently I seem to be having problems controlling the plane in the pitch & roll axis. The plane will just start to roll to one side or the other with no wind or input. Mostly the problem is excesive down elevator sensitivity. I have a hard time on approach not having the nose just dive for the ground with the least amount of down elevator. I have tried to calibrate it multiple times with the WinXP applet & FSUIPC module. Is there a way to test a yoke or do I just have to get another one? Any suggestions? Thanks.Pat Callaghan

If you are considering getting a new yoke anyway, you may as well carefully pull the old one apart, give it a bit of an internal spring clean, then put it back together. I've done this a few times with my rudder pedals when I thought they were on the way out, and I'm still using them now. Just be careful and note where each screw/spring goes. What do you have to lose? Gary

Turns out, somehow I had turned the trim wheel on the side all the way up. I never use that wheel but with the use it gets & me cleaning & lubing it over the years it got moved. The thing flyies great now. Thank for the info though.