Joystick setup tips

[Tempest123]

Just a note for people who may be new to Il2 or struggled like I did with overly sensitive controls, particularly elevators. The default joystick profile settings that range from 1 to 100 cause a very large ramp-up in control power, causing erratic flight. They should be linear, i.e 40 to 50 % power across the board only increasing to near 100 at the end, this make the control very even and much more like an actual aircraft, its made a whole bunch of difference to my ability to fly and shoot. I think there is a post over at the Ubi forum about this.
With these settings I find its much more predictable, for instance the P-51 feels like a whole new plane, i can push it near the edge of a stall in a tight turn and hold it, or pull aggressively and snap roll or stall, rudder pedals help a lot here too. Not like the old stall and shudder when it would just snap out from under you. Anyways thats my 2 cents, I see some players online who struggle with sensitivity control issues, esp. in big aircraft like the p-51, corsair and others, as they stall or spin in all turns.

[K_Freddie]

With Roll and Yaw, everything on 100%

With Pitch this is all you need


Don't forget - No Deadband.. No filtering

[julian265]

Freddie, you've limited your maximum force on the elevator to 81% of almost everyone else's, which is a disadvantage at high speed when the stick forces are high.

[BadAim]

Don't forget that different sticks handle this differently, guys. It's not a one size fits all thing. For instance I use about 75%-100% (I use IL2joycontrol) with my x52, that would be unflyable with an x45, which needs more like 10%-100%. I'm sure other sticks are different also. (not to mention individual tastes)

[K_Freddie]

Give it a go...
These settings 'teach you how to fly'

[K_Freddie]

Originally Posted by julian265

Freddie, you've limited your maximum force on the elevator to 81% of almost everyone else's, which is a disadvantage at high speed when the stick forces are high.

I place more importance on aircraft 'reaction time' IOW when I move the stick I want to feel the a/c 'following me'..
Something like Sakai said when he was in his Zero... 'an extension of himself'... or something to that effect.

[swiss]

which stick do you use?

[K_Freddie]

Me ? worked the same on X45 and X52..

[swiss]

ok, thx, I may try it my x52.

I'm unsure however, whether to mod(relocation of magnets) my stick or not...

[julian265]

Originally Posted by K_Freddie

I place more importance on aircraft 'reaction time' IOW when I move the stick I want to feel the a/c 'following me'..
Something like Sakai said when he was in his Zero... 'an extension of himself'... or something to that effect.

Alright, but reaction time will only be affected by dead-zone and damping, which you've already eliminated.

By ending the sliders at 81%, all you're doing is preventing full force from being applied to the pitch axis, which you can do with 100% sliders by simply not pulling fully back on the stick when you don't need to. You'd still have the extra 19% for when you need it... which will make a noticeable difference in 109s and 38's at least.

I guess trim could make up for this limitation, but there are still no advantages.