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Overly sensitive Joystick in Flight. Is there a fix?

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I read in some review that others also said that the joystick was overly sensitive in Flight. My stick is a "loose as a goose". That's some old expression I heard years ago. The stick gets a feel to it in FSX, and other programs, but in Flight, the stick has no center, and no feel.Do any of you know how to make the stick stiffer and more accurate? I'd appreciate the tweak if there is one.Stan

Go to the following directory:C:Users*YOUR NAME*AppDataLocalMicrosoftFlightPlayersF43EC2FEA2F6EF89CareerControls(F43EC2FEA2F6EF89 - this number will be unique to you, it will not match my copy/paste above, but it should be the only alphanumeric folder in the Players folder)Open the "standard" file.Scroll down slightly past halfway down, look for this:<SimControls.Map> <MapName>Logitech Extreme 3D{AB6DA570-6D82-11DF-8001-444553540000}.{45AAD43A-A9BC-40E0-96BA-A3E3577BBE53}</MapName> <MapVersion>6</MapVersion> <Axis> <AxName>XAxis</AxName> <Index>0</Index> <EventName>FlightControls.AileronSetAxis</EventName> <AxScale>0.900000</AxScale> <AxNull>0.200000</AxNull> </Axis> <Axis> <AxName>YAxis</AxName> <Index>1</Index> <EventName>FlightControls.ElevatorSetAxis</EventName> <AxScale>0.900000</AxScale> <AxNull>0.200000</AxNull> </Axis> <Axis> <AxName>RzAxis</AxName> <Index>5</Index> <EventName>FlightControls.RudderSetAxis</EventName> <AxScale>0.900000</AxScale> <AxNull>0.400000</AxNull> </Axis> <Axis> <AxName>Slider</AxName> <Index>6</Index> <EventName>Engine.ThrottleSetAxis</EventName> <AxScale>1.000000</AxScale>The joystick name will match what your joystick is. Change the AxScale for sensitivity, from 1.0 (fully sensitive) down to 0.0~01. Change AxNull to adjust null zone, again from 1.0 (zero null) down to 0.0~01. The above numbers are my personal settings. I was fine with the sensitivity for the most part - just took them down a notch. I added an amount of null to all axis' because my joystick is a little bit loose, especially in the rudder.Try the above settings and see if that fixes it for ya. You may want to mess with the rudder null zone - I have a lot of looseness in my joystick rudder and I needed that much null to eliminate inadvertent movements from the rudder input. Same for roll and pitch, just not nearly as much so.Hope this helps!

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Thank you for the thorough reply. Much appreciated. I'll try that.Stan

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I would like to point out that this is one of the Tutorial articles that I posted earlier this morning. I'm continuously adding new 'tips and tricks' to the Flight Game sub-section of the Tutorial. Look for TUTORIALS on the top menu bar. If you don't see it, click on the MORE button.Anyone is welcome to post a helpful tip or trick in that area (or any of the other areas for that matter). I cannot possibly do all of it by myself! :Nerd:

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