Hello,It’s possible that this type of question or similar has been raised before, but I couldn’t see one exactly the same – if so, I apologise in advance!My PC uses Windows 7 64 & the Yoke is on a USB port . The problem is that my CH Flight Sim Yoke - which is a few years old – had been working perfectly . It had recently developed a tendency to swing to the right when in flight. So I re-calibrated it through FSX - (big mistake!) since then things have just got much much worse! Only now any aircraft swings sharply to the right, or sharply to the left whether inflight or on the ground , consequently it’s very, very difficult to re-centre it or control it on manual flight . I’ve tried altering the trim wheel button to no avail. I’ve used the CH Control manager as best as I can –but some aspects of it seem too technical to me. I just cannot get the Yoke to fly the aircraft straight anymore without this swinging effect – does anyone have a solution? or can someone help to sort this out – I hope so.Thanks in advance,Ian

IanThe usual suspects are:Duplicate axis assignments (even with the mouse and keyboard) check all and delete as appropriate.Null zone full left (0) and Sensitivity full right (100) for ALL axes. FSX expects these values but can be changed later.Try CH Map in Direct Mode if using mapped mode.Power settings in Windows need power on at all times to USB port where the yoke is plugged in.The windows calibration routine (and via FSX) is pretty good so can be trusted to give reasonable effects with the yoke.Hardware fault (and rarely USB fault).The "trim" wheel which is not a true trim wheel needs to be reset to the centre or whatever as per the manual, otherwise you may not be able to calibrate the Yoke correctly).If all of this fails there is a wonderful guru called Bob Church over on CH Hangar forums who can sort it out for you.Hope you get it sorted.PeterH

Hi ianzee,

 

>> It had recently developed a tendency to swing to the right when in flight. So I re-calibrated it through FSX - (big mistake!) <<

 

Exactly so. FS9 and FSX running under 64-bit Vista or Win7 let you calibrate from within FS. That sends you through the standard Windows calibration which makes registry entries that prevent the Control Manager drivers (map or no map) from operating correctly. You have to calibrate it only from the Control Manager GUI, never from Windows. You need to clear the Windows calibration data.

 

There are a couple of ways to do it. Probably the quickest is to go back into FS and start calibrating the CH Device(s) again. Early on in the process, you'll be given the option to "Clear the Calibration Data" or something like that. Do that, then don't finish the calibration. Exit as gracefully as possible, close FS, and calibrate with the CM again.

 

The other, slightly more drastic, action is to drop by the Logitech WingmanTeam site: http://www.wingmanteam.com Look for a free utility on the first page called "ClrCalib.exe". Download that, unplug all your controllers (note which ports they're plugged into), and run it. It wipes the data for every controller on the machine. Plug things back into the ports they were in before you started, then restart Windows. You'll need to recalibrate everything again. For the CH stuff, use the Control Manager GUI calibration.

 

If you've got non-CH gear on the machine too, just calibrate in FS or using the Control Panel. That should fix things up. Do make sure that any trim wheels on the CH gear are centered before you calibrate (on the yoke, it's only the one on the main housing to the left of where the yoke shaft comes out of the case, not the ones on the Eclipse hub if you've got one of those). After that, don't use the trim wheel again, it just screws up the calibration. If you need to trim, use the button trim or analog trim that FS itself supplies. Give that a try, see if it doesn't sort things out for you.

 

Best regards,

 

- Bob

 

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