F-16 rolling left or right in BMS?
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As of late my F-16 has started rolling left - and sometimes right - in BMS although I’m flying a fully symmetrical layout. Usually a few notches is trim fixes the issue.
I’ve tried recalibrating my Cougar and it doesn’t seem to have any effect.
If this was a pot issue, I would expect to see the stick drift in both the Cougar software and the BMS controls setup screen? But the stick is shown as perfectly still in both?Could it also be caused by my RCS pedals as they are very old?
I do have the MLU upgrade Hall effect sensors, I just haven’t gotten around to install them.
But has anyone seen this issue before? And how can I see real evidence of this being a Cougar “drift” issue as I can’t see any issues except for when I’m flying in BMS?
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Yes, I had a similar problem some years ago. To test if there it was coming from, I inverted the axis in the software and then the F-16 was rolling to other direction in the game. In the controls setup I could not see any small drift, as you report.
At that time, the interim solution was to re-center the stick from time to time during the flight. A PITA.
After a while I bought a new stick. -
As of late my F-16 has started rolling left - and sometimes right - in BMS although I’m flying a fully symmetrical layout. Usually a few notches is trim fixes the issue.
I’ve tried recalibrating my Cougar and it doesn’t seem to have any effect.
If this was a pot issue, I would expect to see the stick drift in both the Cougar software and the BMS controls setup screen? But the stick is shown as perfectly still in both?Could it also be caused by my RCS pedals as they are very old?
I do have the MLU upgrade Hall effect sensors, I just haven’t gotten around to install them.
But has anyone seen this issue before? And how can I see real evidence of this being a Cougar “drift” issue as I can’t see any issues except for when I’m flying in BMS?
rudder has a roll impact of course
- disconnect the rudder and see if that comes from it
- if yes, Just increase the center deadband of your rudder