Re: [Flightgear-devel] take off on a mono-propeller plane with a very simple joystick

[gh.robin <gh....@la...>]

On Thu 18 January 2007 14:49, S=E9bastien MARQUE wrote:
> hi all,
>
> taking off the mono-propeller planes with a simple joystick (e.g.
> SideWinder) is very hard because of the propeller torque. you are
> obliged to play with keyboard, and it is not very confortable, not to
> say it is inefficient. I changed my own
> Input/Joysticks/Microsoft/sidewinder.xml to correct it this way
> (admitting that /gear/gear[0] is the nose wheel):
>
>   <axis n=3D"0">
>    <desc>Rudder, only on ground</desc>
>    <binding>
>     <condition>
>      <property>/gear/gear/wow</property>
>     </condition>
>     <command>property-scale</command>
>     <property>/controls/flight/rudder</property>
>     <squared type=3D"bool">true</squared>
>    </binding>
>    <desc>Aileron</desc>
>    <binding>
>     <condition>
>      <not>
>       <property>/gear/gear/wow</property>
>      </not>
>     </condition>
>     <command>property-scale</command>
>     <property>/controls/flight/aileron</property>
>     <squared type=3D"bool">true</squared>
>    </binding>
>   </axis>
>
> this allows to use the joystick as pedals on the ground, it is nicer
> when rolling and rotating, and usefull as you don't quit the runway in
> an too much acrobatic way ;)
>
> I can't make a simple diff, cause I change many other things in this
> file to fit my needs.
>
> If someone find it useful for simple-joystick users, maybe he could
> commit it.
>
> MTC
>
> seb (MP name: zakh)


Cheap and simple solution.
When a yoke.xml  file within FG  with that trick ?

Thanks

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