The trigger on my joystick applies brakes. But this applies brakes at 100% strength which can cause the aircraft to stop or slow down rather abruptly.
I imagine this is not how brakes in real aircrafts work. How do you gently apply brakes in real aircrafts and am I able to do the same in MSFS?
If you are using a button instead of an axis, you get only 100% or nothing.
Like the parking brake on an aircraft or car.
On most real aircraft the rudder pedals can be depressed on top to modulate the braking force.
Actually, that is a very good question.
I haven’t looked and unfortunately not at the flight computer so can’t.
Are there brake axis bindings available in the sim?
Anybody at the right computer than can check?
Thanks. It’s too bad that I only have one axis on my joystick which I have to use for thrust.
I think if you have an Xbox controller, the r2/l2 axis can be used for brakes.
There are brake axis bindings available in the sim. A set of pedals are needed to properly use them.
Just tap the button, don’t press and hold it. Why do people always look for the most complex solution?
It has already been mentioned, but its on the rudder pedals generally.
Not just a “me too” post tho, I wanted to add that many of the more sophisticated planes have autobrakes which can be set to various amounts of force… However if you touch the real brakes while they are doing their thing, they will cut out and hand over manual control to the pilot.
But, back to the pedals, rudder pedals are typically set up so that pressing on the heel of them moves the rudder, and pressing on the toe is brakes…They are progressive much like a brake pedal in a car, except, most aircraft have two separate brake channels, so your left foot is left brake and right is right, this allows you to use differential pressure to help turn very tight.
if you’re going to be getting into simming, pedals should be on your to-do list.
Have you checked in the keyboard options of the MSFS which keyboard mapping you are using?
I use the “.” key or assignment on the joystick for this and am satisfied with it.
The longer I press the button or trigger, the more brake pressure builds up.
i know that when we have a rudder pedal, we can press the brakes pedal to apply wheel brakes.
my problem is, it’s not easy to press left and right brake pedals at the same pressure, which causes the imbalance braking… how do you guys do it to make a balanced braking?
That’s a problem IRL as well and it simply requires a lot of practise.
That is the right solution, if you do not have 2 pedals
If you have a slider axis of any kind, you can assign the left and right toe brakes to it. That one axis controls both brakes allowing smooth application. I use the throttle slider on my TCA Airbus sidestick for this purpose.
I too have the TCA Airbus sidestick. I too have tried using the throttle axis for the same purpose (before reading this) - unforunately it is still 100% or nothing! Would really like to understand your success and try your setting!
@GlennAir1953 , it’s should be pretty simple. Just bind the “left brake axis” and the “right brake axis” to the same control. In the example below, it is bound to a slider. This is how I use the throttle control on the TCA to control braking. Hope this helps.
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This
Just practice, you’ll get it.
Luverly jubberly, many thanks for that. Seems to be working good now!
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