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Whenever I take off or land, my airplane acts crazy. It swerves from left to right without me even moving the joystick. whats going on?? it makes taking off in a straight line next to impossible... how can I fix this? My joystick is calibrated fine, it works perfectly when I'm finally in the air, just on the ground is when everything messes up. This is using all types of aircraft, from default ones to downloaded ones. help!

thanks!
-alex

What joystick are you using?  If its a force feedback stick, you might want to recalibrate the force feedback settings.

Wind perhaps? It has a huge effect on the plane when going down the runway I notice.

microsoft force feedback 2 joystick.

what should be the settings for each slider?

Alex is this a prop driven aircraft? If it is then it is probably engine torque effect. Just increase the power gradually and use the rudder to compensate.

Ozzy

Alex is this a prop driven aircraft? If it is then it is probably engine torque effect. Just increase the power gradually and use the rudder to compensate.

Ozzy

you da man! thanks a lot, that was the problem.

This kind of effect happens in twin engine jets too due to uneven thrust if you just go from idle to full throttle in a quick move.  Make sure that you run up the engines to something like 60% thrust slowly for a few seconds before you release the brakes and then hit takeoff throttle settings.  Otherwise the aircraft will pull to the side.

Crosswind is a definite possiblity too....... try adding wind in the weather setup gfradually..... and see what a difference it makes.

best,

...................john

I was gonna say the same thing as Ozzy, but I got beat to it. ~Shakes fist~ Darn you, Ozzy! LOL.  ;)