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I can`t figure out how to fly the planes using padlock. the stick seems usless,everyone seems to think its the best way to go but, I can`t seem to figure it out. Is there a trick to it?

There's several.

The 'Brit-Window' (named after EURO_ACBrit1, my old C.O.), which I showed you this morning, is the best one I've found.

I used to have a page on my website about the Brit-Window. I'll see if I can find the files and re-load it all. These are buried deep on my computer and the page will not be re-appearing any time soon (lolol).

You da man "shades" thanks again for all your tips.
Gonna reformat the xp "extra problems" sys tommorrow. Then fly on the zone and see if I lose the lag. I flew on an xp sys this afternoon and loved it. What a diff.  Thanks again.

Ur welcome.
I must agree.
My online game has been much enhanced since installing XP, although (to be fair) it used to be on ME which was BSOD hell.
lolol

I know flying in padock mode is a bit weird at the start, but it's really usefull once you've mastered it.

The best way to learn is practice. Get a feel for the plane. Know how fast it pitches, rolls and/or yaws when you move the stick into a certain position.

Here you go 'ferlin'.
I've begun to rebuild MY SITE which now includes a CFS1 page. It links to the old EURO article on using their version of padlock (Brit-window), as well as some other stuff.
I have used this for almost the whole 5 years I've played CFS1 and would find it very (if not impossible) to fly without it now.
It took me about 3 months to get back to the standard I was at before I started using it (which wasn't good, lol) though. It takes a lot of familiarisation practise.