No Force Feedback from control surfaces on airspawn

[Artist]

E69_Pupo and me have been wondering in the bugtracker, wether this is a bug or a pecularity of my system setup.

Symptom:

1. If I spawn on ground and start normal, there's force feedback from the control surfaces (aileron, elevator) relative to speed and flight situation (plus force feedback from ground, engine, guns, etc).
2. If I spawn in mid-air there's always force feedback from engine and guns but sometimes not from the control surfaces (aileron, elevator).

Steps to reproduce (And I can reproduce this with 100% hit rate):

• Start Computer
• Start CloD
• Go into Single Player, Quick missions, start any (i.e. "Free Flight - Channel")
• Hit "Fly"

Now, there is either force feedback from the control surfaces or there is not.

(A) If there is no force feedback

• Take up speed and make a looping
• force feedback from the control surfaces kicks in halway through it

Force feedback from the control surfaces will then always be present in airspawns, unless:

(B) If there is force feedback

• Hit <Esc>
• Exit back to Quick Missions
• Exit CloD (Main Menu, Exit)
• Restart CloD
• Go into Single Player, Quick missions, start any (i.e. "Free Flight - Channel")
• Hit "Fly"
• There's no force feedback from the control surfaces

The difference between having force feedback from the control surfaces or not having it is big: rather stiff or totally limp. The stall flutter is completely missing in the latter case.

My system specs:
i5-2500K @4,2GHz, Chipset Z68X
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty, GTX580 3GB, 25,5"@1920x1200
Logitech G940 (Throttle and Pedals modded), 2 BU0836A, 1 BU0836X
FreeTrack, BlueSoleil, Wii Remote
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
The settings for ForceFeedback are: "Overall" (100), "Spring" (75), "Damper" (100), "Centering Spring" disabled. Logitech Profiler is not running.

Now: E69_Pupo could not reproduce it at all.

As I do not want to clutter the bugtracker with speculations, I've taken the issue here.

Artist