I can live with the dead zone on my av8r. What is hard to get used to is the binary response of the rudder. I haven´t checked if the controller has the same behaviour, but with the aviator the rudder is really all or nothing. Really annoying when aiming.

Yes, but yet by control has the Hori less deadzone, i dont know how or why, i dont even care.
I have both sticks and i can tell you Hori has less deadzone.

Not saying you are not right, i indeed checked my AV8R on pc and couldent find a deadzone.

Forgive my ignorance, but why would the devs programme in a deadzone?

Perhaps because it makes sense to have a deadzone on a contoller where the movements ar much smaller. Maybe they havent changed this for the aviator, but have changed it for the trustmaster?

Ah, i get it now.

I'm thinking that maybe when the devs were programming flight stick compatibility, the hori series was the chosen stick and thus the minimal deadzone on them.

... although, my theory could be complete crap :-P

seconded, I have thrustmaster and has same problems as above. Also, in sim mode you can still see outside plane, fly level with an FW on your tail and it takes forever for him to shoot you down. I hope they fix these problems.

I am concerned about the rudder control as I was planning on picking up an AV8R this afternoon. Am I right in assuming that rudder control on the av8r is performed by twisting the stick? You would think that motion would have a variable effect. I am a noob but I played for the first time last night and although I loved the game immensely, I could not stop from accidentally screwing with the throttle. I am a huge fan of COD so maybe my hands are having a hard time with the controls. Should I get the AV8R? Please help.

Yes, you twist the stick for rudder. I haven´t tried the hotas, but i guess it´s a better stick where the rudder is attached to the throttle. I bought the av8r because i couldn´t find the hotas. I´m happy enough with the av8or though.

Thanks for the reply. I'll pick up an AV8R today. One more question if you dont mind; Do you have to configure the buttons or does it work out of the box?

It works good out of the box. But I did a rudder comparison just now between the controller and the stick and stand by my previous observation that the rudder on the av8or is not smooth at all. The controller has a much smoother rudder control. Perhaps you should try to test both the trustmaster and the aviator? Or perhaps its just me or my stick, i dont know?