Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - throttle will not stay idle

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | throttle will not stay idle

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Posted onPost created on January 10 2019 14:12 ET by Erik Peterson

Hope y'all can help me with a slightly annoying problem.

I can't seem to get my throttle to stay at idle. it is always bouncing around near the bottom. If I hit F1, it will stay there for a bit, but then start bouncing again, below 10%, but it still causes problems with taxi speed and final.

I'm using a Saitek X45, newest drivers and software from them, Win10, P3D-all up to date. Happens with all my airplanes, stock and PMDG.

I have calibrated multiple times, in multiple order to try to clear this. Calibration in P3D, and win10.

I have also set larger and larger dead zones on the throttle input, to no effect.

QUESTION: will the paid version of FSUIPC possibly help with this? I have read that it is very powerful for controlling button inputs, but have never used the pay version to check for calibration help.

Erik Peterson

Captain, B747-400

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Posted onPost created on January 10 2019 15:35 ET by Andrew Vane

Its up to you. for my saitek yoke/throttle, I had to move some of the dead zone sliders almost to 60% to get the hardware to work right.

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Posted onPost created on January 13 2019 20:39 ET by Aaron Fankhauser

Exactly what was said above. Gotta mess with the deadzone sliders. There should be a calibration for this.

Aaron Fankhauser

First Officer, B727-200

Posted onPost created on January 15 2019 13:24 ET by Erik Peterson

huh, still having problems. uninstalled all the drivers associated with it, and reinstalled. the throttle movement range is only about 10% usable, basically full on, or full off in 1/2" of travel. at this point, I think it may be a hardware problem.

does anyone use the paid FSUIPC to control their calibration? i'm wondering if it may help (if my throttle is actually putting out decent values, of course).

I may just have to get a X52 to solve this problem. 15 years out of my X45 is not too shabby...

Erik Peterson

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Posted onPost created on January 30 2019 10:55 ET by Gerard Beekmans

For what it's worth, I recently ran into this as well. I had Saitek gear, the (nearly) original Pro Flight Yoke with Throttle Quadrant from about 10 years ago. About a month ago the throttle started spiking all over. The paid version of FSUIPC does help a bit but I found that having to use such large dead zones and whatnot to overcome the spikes, there wasn't much usable lever travel left. I took it all apart after reviewing some YouTube videos on this exact problem with this exact hardware. Those potentiometers in these throttles are something awful and require cleaning. I went to town with copious amounts of WD-40 and it did help quite a bit. It wasn't perfect and still annoying so I broke down and got myself a Saitek/Logitech X-56 HOTAS to replace it with. It works beautifully so far. Happy with the investment.

Gerard Beekmans

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Posted onPost created on January 30 2019 16:46 ET by Erik Peterson

Thanks for the reply Gerard. I contemplated tearing mine down also, but decided to just get a new setup. My X45 worked well for a LONG time. I did however jump ship, after reading so many negative reviews about QC on the new Saitek gear. I went with the Thrustmaster 1600M and separate throttle. Both are buttery smooth in all axis, installation was a snap, and i'm excited about having nice resolution again on the throttle! We shall see how long it holds up for!

Erik Peterson

Captain, B747-400

Posted onPost created on February 01 2019 10:13 ET by Gerard Beekmans

Yeah I read the same reviews so I took a serious gamble. For me it was a matter of "I have 3 days left of my Christmas vacation, I need something right NOW and I can't wait for delivery" so I got whatever I was able to find locally that afternoon. Here is hoping my need for instant gratification doesn't end up becoming a disappointment. So far I'm happy. If I get a year or two out of it, I'll be happy enough.

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Posted onPost created on November 17 2019 22:25 ET by Chuck Angle

I have the exact same "symptoms but my error may not be related to yours. I have had this issue every time I have to reinstall P3D from ver 2 to ver4. I have thrusmaster HOTAS with twin throttles. I used the mapping pages to utilize the left throttle to engine one, then the right throttle to to engine two. Foolishly I forget to look further down the list to the entry where all throttles are mapped to the right throttle thus they all conflict.

Chuck Angle

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