Few days ago I was flying the Bell helicopter and it seemed to work correctly. Today both of the stock helicopters simply cannot be controlled. No matter what I set sensitivity to, as soon as I attempt lift-off these choppers just rotate madly. I use an old-school simple two axis joystick for the tail rotor and throttle and Logistick Extreme 3D Pro joystick for main rotor directional control. Always worked before, but not today!
All controls seem to be working just fine on the fixed-wing planes.
We ask that people not use General Discussion to report issues or ask for advice, help, or troubleshooting. There is a category for helicopters called #gd-commsupport:helicopters. I have moved your topic there.
Are your controller profiles set to the right profile? Note that the Logitech 3D Extreme has a default profile for helos
Is Tail Rotor assist in piloting assistance set correctly? (Should be Off if you have an axis for the tail rotor)
Are any of the primary flight control actions duplicated? Ie if you had the tail rotor axis active on one device but also active on another like the twist / Z axis on the Logitech stick.
It is most unlikely to be the base SIM or the aircraft model (unless you recently installed a mod of some sort). It is much more likely to be a controller profile issue, assistance setting change or a duplicate input control.
I am unable to control the Bell 407 myself. I don’t know what to do or what is wrong. I am using an Xbox controller. I just want to be able to control it the same way I control my 4-channel RC helicopter, which also uses thumbsticks on a controller that’s very similar to an xbox. I am really confused as to why it just flips upside down or starts spinning clockwise when apply Left trigger rotor to go left (i start to rotate counter clockwise very slowly and then end up spinning clockwise out of control), Right trigger is much smoother and it always rotates right, clockwise. Nothing wrong with my controller. Default controls.
I would try with Cyclic and Tail Rotor assistance on at first.
The very short throw on any Xbox controller axis means that you should both set a curve and reduce the reactivity of the axis. Try something like -30 and 70% reactivity as a start point.
Remember when flying a heli as you change one control input you always have to change both the others: ie as you change tail rotor you also have to adjust cyclic and collective. Particularly so in a hover where constant fine adjustments are being made by the pilot.
There are likely to be a bunch of forces being simulated that are not present or very significant in an RC helicopter. That doesn’t mean you can’t fly it with an Xbox controller, but you will need to use different technique. This is where the assists can help when learning
The difference between left and right is that when rotating to the right -or clockwise- you are going with the main rotor torque effect, so it’s easier. Turning anticlockwise is against the torque effect and requires more tail rotor power and more cyclic and collective adjustments too.
OOPs, I found that somehow my binding of Logitek joystick rotation of the handle, had been un-mapped from the helicopter tail rotor axis in FS. Don’t know how that happened, I didn’t ask for it, but once I re-mapped it correctly all is well and flying nicely again. Lesson: try to think of all possibilities of a problem before posting and making fool of self!
Wanted to post this correction several days ago but it was moved, for good reason.
Wasn’t able to find it until today.