Fenix Controller Question

[JughedJones 214]

Hey All,

 

Can someone help me out with their T1600 sensitivity and dead zone settings that work for them?  I feel like it's WAY too twitchy and I'd love to see someone's set up who is somewhat proficient with the aircraft. 

 

Further, as a bit of a tip, I was flummoxed for a while by my rudders constantly going out of alignment and causing my autopilot to cut out (to disastrous results). One of the issues was my T1600 twist Z axis was word not allowed and I had to replace the stick, but I also found out that the number pad which I use for camera presets are also used for rudder settings. Particularly the 0 and 5 numpad keys which I use most often and have serious effects on the rudder. I erased those and I'm golden.  Hopefully someone runs into this and can benefit, as it sure caused me a lot of heartache!   

 

 

Thanks for the sensitivity settings in advance!

 

 

[Bobsk8 12,733]

13 minutes ago, JughedJones said:

Hey All,

 

Can someone help me out with their T1600 sensitivity and dead zone settings that work for them?  I feel like it's WAY too twitchy and I'd love to see someone's set up who is somewhat proficient with the aircraft. 

 

Further, as a bit of a tip, I was flummoxed for a while by my rudders constantly going out of alignment and causing my autopilot to cut out (to disastrous results). One of the issues was my T1600 twist Z axis was word not allowed and I had to replace the stick, but I also found out that the number pad which I use for camera presets are also used for rudder settings. Particularly the 0 and 5 numpad keys which I use most often and have serious effects on the rudder. I erased those and I'm golden.  Hopefully someone runs into this and can benefit, as it sure caused me a lot of heartache!   

 

 

Thanks for the sensitivity settings in advance!

 

 

My advice, get some rudder pedals if you want to fly something like the Fenix. 

[JughedJones 214]

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

My advice, get some rudder pedals if you want to fly something like the Fenix. 

Thank you for the advice, Bob.  

 

No thanks.

 

Anyone else have some help for the question in the OP?

 

[Fiorentoni 4,227]

-30/-30 sensititivy for my Warthog axis'. Anything else is just too twitchy and unrealistic (I used to use 0/0 on the Fenix), even with the heavy warthog joystick. The real sidestick is heavily dampened so precise movements are easy.
For the rudders (plastic, not high quality) it's -40/-40.
I use those sensitivities for any aircraft I fly.

[JughedJones 214]

14 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

-30/-30 sensititivy for my Warthog axis'. Anything else is just too twitchy and unrealistic (I used to use 0/0 on the Fenix), even with the heavy warthog joystick. The real sidestick is heavily dampened so precise movements are easy.
For the rudders (plastic, not high quality) it's -40/-40.
I use those sensitivities for any aircraft I fly.

thanks so much.    I'll give it a go!  

 

Plastic rudder pedals just don't work for me.  I have the Thrustmaster and every year or so I'll try to make myself use them but, maybe I'm to tall and I can't find a place for them under my desk for them to be comfortable, maybe my feet are too big, but I'm so incredibly sloppy with them.   If I have an extra 3-5 hundred laying around sometime I'll pony up for a set of good ones potentially, but the twist axis has always worked fine for me. 

Edited March 1, 2023 by JughedJones

[RJC68 823]

2 hours ago, JughedJones said:

Hey All,

 

Can someone help me out with their T1600 sensitivity and dead zone settings that work for them?  I feel like it's WAY too twitchy and I'd love to see someone's set up who is somewhat proficient with the aircraft. 

 

Further, as a bit of a tip, I was flummoxed for a while by my rudders constantly going out of alignment and causing my autopilot to cut out (to disastrous results). One of the issues was my T1600 twist Z axis was word not allowed and I had to replace the stick, but I also found out that the number pad which I use for camera presets are also used for rudder settings. Particularly the 0 and 5 numpad keys which I use most often and have serious effects on the rudder. I erased those and I'm golden.  Hopefully someone runs into this and can benefit, as it sure caused me a lot of heartache!   

 

 

Thanks for the sensitivity settings in advance!

 

 

I have a Thrustmaster Airbus Sidestick that I use in the Fenix and have setup the curves as below. As a side note I do have Virpil rudder pedals as well so only use the twist function for the tiller.

The Axis X is Aileron, Axis y is Pitch & Axis Z is the twist (Tiller in my case) 

Edited March 1, 2023 by RJC68

[Bigbluss 304]

3 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

My advice, get some rudder pedals if you want to fly something like the Fenix. 

I've got a good friend that flies the 320 for Lufthansa - interestingly he told me they never really touch the rudder pedals other than during some particularly strong crosswind landings! The FBW handles it all in flight.

 

I think it's one of the few aircraft that are completely doable without pedals!

[Fiorentoni 4,227]

12 minutes ago, Bigbluss said:

I've got a good friend that flies the 320 for Lufthansa - interestingly he told me they never really touch the rudder pedals other than during some particularly strong crosswind landings! The FBW handles it all in flight.

 

I think it's one of the few aircraft that are completely doable without pedals!

I guess he forgot about takeoffs. Good luck trying a takeoff roll without touching the rudder pedals 🙂

Also this is nothing special to the fly by wire, no commercial airliner needs to use its rudder pedals in flight.

[Bobsk8 12,733]

1 minute ago, Fiorentoni said:

I guess he forgot about takeoffs. Good luck trying a takeoff roll without touching the rudder pedals 🙂

Also this is nothing special to the fly by wire, no commercial airliner needs to use its rudder pedals in flight.

Just landing and  taking off is a problem.  😉

[Bigbluss 304]

Yes but they're easier to handle with a twist stick - as opposed to holding down a pedal for long periods of flight

[Bobsk8 12,733]

Just now, Bigbluss said:

Yes but they're easier to handle with a twist stick - as opposed to holding down a pedal for long periods of flight

You don't have any trim adjustments in your aircraft?

[Bigbluss 304]

17 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

You don't have any trim adjustments in your aircraft?

Not at the moment - focusing on the Cessna 172 with the realism expansion. I'm lucky it's even got an autopilot!