Just wondering if this is normal- i almost always seem to need some rudder input to keep me centered as I'm taking off...the issue then is once I lift off I start to turn slightly in whatever direction the rudder is. I've got the saitek pedals configured to the settings the manuf recommends.I don't notice any wind registering on the PFD...and I'm pretty sure its not me overcorrecting (thats what I thought it was initially)is this normal?

. Start up the plane (on a runway so it's already lined up for you) with zero wind & see if it happens without touching the pedals at all.If it doesn't, it's just the wind pushing you about. If it does then fsx is probably reading some signal from the pedals. Adding a small dead/null zone should fix it. Another thing to check for is inadvertently added rudder trim. I don't recall the exact keystroke, but there's a key command to recenter it.

good idea. i will try it

Hi.Asuming no problems with the nose wheel and no assimetryc thrust, I was told a few weeks ago by the experts here at the PMDG forums that it is indeed normal, and that it happens in "real life".Regards,Armando Arjona

#1 the spooling engines create a "yaw" effect i do believe due to spinning air mass and whatnot, and B, the pfd cant show wind component until you are in the air since it is a calculation of your true speed and headind compared to the indicated speed and heading of the aircraft.EB Wallace

Ensure wing tank fuel quantity equal.

The aircraft wheels in FSX don't seem grip the ground properly. When you use rudder to compensate for a sidewind you just go skating sideways across the runway anyway, wet or dry.

yeah its the wind. Cleared all weather in FSUIPC and it went straight down. What's surprising is even with a little wind it starts to veer off around 40 knots

Nope, if there is no controller calibration involved or wind, I have been told by real pilots that you have every now and then to correct left or right during take off and engines discrepancies are not involved as well.So it seems a normal behaviour, assuming the corrections are not above very few degrees.

I had this occur constantly under zero wind conditions, and thought that it might be the Saitek drivers - but it doesn't occur when I test it with the Level-D, so I'll assume (dangerous, I know) that it's modeled that way in the NGX.Nice to hear that someone else has noticed this.