Hi there,I've been a lurker at the forums here on avsim for some years, and am quite pleased (in a way) that I finally have something to post :-) My problem is really vexxing me, and I hope that you can get to the bottom of it because I can't lol.For years I have run FSX no problems, but switched to fs9/2004 to get better frame rates. Up until recently my fs9 was running no problems, but the last few times I have flown, the folllowing is happening:-- when I taxi the aircraft nose is drifting (not steering I think) either left or right by itself.-- on take off and landing roll I am constantly having to apply rudder just to stay on the runway.I find this freaky, I have not made any changes or installed any add-ons other than recently upgrading fsuipc. This problem seems to have come from nowhere. I guess it helps to say the following also:-- I have a thrustmaster joystick, rudder on the throttle control. As far as I know it is calibrated and working ok, I get no problems in-flight.-- it is not a line-up problem, I'm no master-flyer, but I've been taking off and landing straight for a couple of years.I'd really appreciate what you guys make of this, it's really doing my head in ... and my passengers are not all that thrilled about it either lol.regards,John

you dont say what aircraft, but:a prop plane will have a tendency to turn left even in zero wind.any plane will turn "nose into the wind" on taxi/takeoff due to the wethercock effect.I think you have just discovered where the realism controls are :(

you dont say what aircraft, but:a prop plane will have a tendency to turn left even in zero wind.any plane will turn "nose into the wind" on taxi/takeoff due to the wethercock effect.I think you have just discovered where the realism controls are :(

lol, geez, is it that simple? :-DThe main aircraft I fly and the wilco 737 but it also happens with feelthere's dash 8

I'm having the same problem. I've just purchased a new system and installed FS9 as I had on my previous computer. when I first began using the sim on the new PC, steering whuile taxying and on take-off and landing was pretty straightforward - then just since yesterday the problem you describe started (maybe it's something to do with New Year)Also I'm having a strange problem where rotating the joystick and then holding it in the left or right turn position. turns the nosewheel, and then it straightens up all by itself, even though I haven't released the stick. I can't understand why this is happening - I'm using a different joystick to the one I had previously, which was a Thrustmaster ( I now have a Saitek X52)However I don't think it's something to do with the new joystick. Maybe adjusting the settings in FS9 would solve the problem, but I don't know how to do this.name='JLS001' timestamp='1269866030' post='1742367']Hi there,I've been a lurker at the forums here on avsim for some years, and am quite pleased (in a way) that I finally have something to post :-) My problem is really vexxing me, and I hope that you can get to the bottom of it because I can't lol.For years I have run FSX no problems, but switched to fs9/2004 to get better frame rates. Up until recently my fs9 was running no problems, but the last few times I have flown, the folllowing is happening:-- when I taxi the aircraft nose is drifting (not steering I think) either left or right by itself.-- on take off and landing roll I am constantly having to apply rudder just to stay on the runway.I find this freaky, I have not made any changes or installed any add-ons other than recently upgrading fsuipc. This problem seems to have come from nowhere. I guess it helps to say the following also:-- I have a thrustmaster joystick, rudder on the throttle control. As far as I know it is calibrated and working ok, I get no problems in-flight.-- it is not a line-up problem, I'm no master-flyer, but I've been taking off and landing straight for a couple of years.I'd really appreciate what you guys make of this, it's really doing my head in ... and my passengers are not all that thrilled about it either lol.regards,John

If you are using Win7 first thing to do is turn off the power saving setting. This will prevent your joystick "going to sleep".Then calibrate in Windows joystick calibration tools (if possible) without FS9 launched.Then calibrate in FS9. If you still are having problems you could try the calibration tools in the registered version of FSUIPC, or it might be a faulty joystick/USB connection.Finally dont forget the realism settings in FS9 will affect how much prop torque you will experience, and that wind will also have an effect.Peter

I'm having the same problem. I've just purchased a new system (again with Windows XP) and installed FS9 as I had on my previous computer. when I first began using the sim on the new PC, steering whuile taxying and on take-off and landing was pretty straightforward - then just since yesterday the problem you describe started (maybe it's something to do with New Year). In this case, the drift is always to the right. Also I'm having a strange problem where rotating the joystick and then holding it in the left or right turn position. turns the nosewheel, and then it straightens up all by itself, even though I haven't released the stick. I can't understand why this is happening - I'm using a different joystick to the one I had previously, which was a Thrustmaster ( I now have a Saitek X52)However I don't think it's something to do with the new joystick. Maybe adjusting the settings in FS9 would solve the problem, but I don't know how to do this.