of the Saitek rudder pedals and it's toebrakes

[HarvesteR]

Hello...

i've been meaning to ask this for a while now... since i couldn't solve it on my own... not quickly at least..

so i got my ProFlight Rudder Pedals a while back, and since i was busy playing other games, i didn't mind much then that the toebrakes in FSX weren't functioning as they should... now that i'm playing FS more constantly, it began to become somewhat of a nuisance

what happens is that, at any given time, even with the toe brakes completely released, the brakes won't let go...
i tried reversing the axis... and that helped a little in the sense that apart from this problem, the brake axis was also reversed.

but the matter remains that even if i let go of the brakes, they will not disengage fully, and the BRAKES message is never not displayed... taxiing feels like driving an 18 wheeler with clogged airlines

the only way to release the brakes fully, or else taking off would be impossible, is to press the trigger, which i have mapped to the parking brakes...

also i have the regular brakes mapped as the primary trigger, and the parking brakes are on the secondary trigger (it's a Saitek X52... it has 2 trigger positions on the same button, so when you press it all the way in, it's a different button... but the first one doesn't let go) i think this could be adding to the problem... but i'm not sure, either way, but right now it's my only way of actually releasing the brakes

something i noted and thought weird, was that on the joystick properties/calibration dialog, i see that by default, that is, until moved, the toebrake axis reports being at 50% of the way in, and not at 0%, which is where i would think it should be...

i don't know if this is a problem of the dialog itself, or the axis is actually reporting being in that position.. which could further add to the matter at hand

well, i am in need of insights on this most unsettling matter...

thanks in advance

Cheers

[garymbuska]

I use the CH peddles and have never had a problem with them. It sounds to me that there is a problem with the device driver. Try uninstalling your peddles re boot then reinstall and see if it clears up.
8-)

[jasonfriedlin]

Try this, it worked for me, I just didn't feel like typing it again.

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1227043464

[HarvesteR]

thanks Jason!! your solution worked!

this fixed the brakes issue and made all other controls much more responsive  :D

i guess these things are made to not need any null zone... so any will cause trouble...

Cheers  :)

HarvesteR

[jasonfriedlin]

Glad I could help sir, took me a while to figure it out and damn near drove me crazy.