Saitek PF Pedal brake problem

[CaptainKorhonen 6]

Hi, I'm having serious issues with the toe brakes on my saitek pro flight pedals. There's a real nasty and sharp deadzone kind of thing at the lower end of their range of movement. What i mean is that before i push the brakes over something like 20% of their range of movement (where 0% means that the brakes are off and 100% that they're on), absolutely nothing happens. Then, when i press them beyond the 20% point, they suddenly snap into action (As you can imagine, this is not good). Between 20% and 100% they are smooth as silk, no sudden spikes or anything. I've even tried setting the pedals up with FSUIPC, still no luck. Is this caused by bad calibration or are my pedals broken? Cheers KorRacer

[Guest jahman]

...I've even tried setting the pedals up with FSUIPC, still no luck....

Well, with FSUIPC you can easily create a dead zone that is just a bit larger than your current pedal's dead zone and then map that remaining range to 100% of the software range that FSX sees, so the hardware spike is excluded. Here's an easy-to-read FSUIPC Guide by John Cook (for CH hardware, but the concepts apply to Saitek) that might assist you. Cheers, - jahman.

[CaptainKorhonen 6]

Yeah, i thought of the exact same thing. I'm gonna go try that now, let's see how it goes.

[CaptainKorhonen 6]

That did the trick. They feel perfect now Thanks!

[Guest jahman]

Your welcome! Cheers, - jahman.