Hi All
I need some ideas I like to fly ga light aircraft
I am disabled rudder pedals are out and twist rudder is hard
all planes pull let on takeoff any ideas what I can do
You can enable rudder assist for takeoffs. That will keep your plane from veering out of control on takeoff.
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if the rudder assist option isnât your thing, and you want hardware controls, you might also look into the Thrustmaster TWCS throttle.
It has a âflappyâ rudder control on the front of it:
it wonât give amazing fine control, since the travel is pretty short. But it might work for your use-case.
Tip for rudder, light aircraft..
Just get that rudder right before you take off. Inspect it, tune it.
When youâre on the runway, go outside first. External camera.
Move your rudder left and right until it moves regularly.. keep moving the rudder, until it goes smoothly. then leave it in the middle and go inside.
Do your final checks and take off. Rudder walk to compensate for the gyro will be easier. If you donât do this tuning, the FIRST rudder move can take you off the runway. Excursion of the first step is often too big.. I think this is a small bug.. this is a workaround
If you really canât takeoff.. ok.. but Iâve read on this forum that rudder assist is not realistic. Rudder assist has a crystal ball. The gyro effect (deviation left on takeoff as a result of throttle) is unpredictable.. rudder assist does no ruddering, it just avoids that. It keeps you on (or near) some kind straight path, ok well.. that works.. it always works.. but it is not what can happen in RL. Rudder assist is an impossible assistant, just like âcrash damage assistâ or âstress damage assistâ. It cannot exist and therefore it should not be used, if you want to learn to fly small aircraft. That was the story. Regret I canât find back the link..
No it isnât. But heâs disabled, canât use rudders, and finds the twist axis difficult. Already any experience heâs going to have is going to be lacking in rudder realism. At least rudder assist will solve his immediate problem of the plane veering out of control on the takeoff roll and get him in the air. Thatâs what itâs there for.
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Maybe buy a BlĂ©riot to practice with rudder ! youâll have to use rudder in the air to steer it 
to get off, you put rudder assist.. and then.. you are up and youâre on your own ruddering ! and you can get a feel of it.. rudder is a fast direction change.. but it is just a turn of the aircraft, not a real curve. I wonder if a controller is handy for rudder anyway, I use two keys, Numpad 0 and Enter.
If I use the assist can i un bind that from my joystick?
If you mean unbinding rudder control from the twist axis, yes. But you wonât have rudder while in the air. You can get by without it for most planes. Not as realistic, but itâll work.
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The TCM 16000 throttle unit has some light with butterfly levers on the front. Amazon.co.uk These are very easy to manipulate and I use them for rudder control.
Too bad there is not a Eurocoup model in MSFS.
I use the 16000 Throttle for taxing but the twist on the 16000M Thrustmaster joystick for rudder control when taking off. Smaller movements on takeoff and the throttle rudder is too sensitive for me on takeoff.
The easiest plane to fly is Asoboâs UltraLite craft, the Top Rudder 103 solo. Itâs available for about $9 on the in-game marketplace, search under Asobo. Itâs slow, and wonât travel far, but itâs easy to fly as all you have to do is push the throttle button to full power and steer with any controller, an Xbox controller works fine. Thereâs nothing else to it, so you wonât need to worry about any other buttons or controls.
Plus, as itâs a wireframe plane that you sit on, the views are fantastic, as you can see the ground below your feet. Itâs the perfect plane for sightseeing.
what i was thinking unbinding rudder control
and have buttons for rudder trim
the two places the plane turns on me is takeoff and climb
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