HELP - Cessna C172 doesn't fly properly!

[DmytriE]

I'm not sure if this problem is related to FSX or FSPax.

I have bought a Cessna C172 single prop plane in the career mode and have not had any problems with it until recently. The plane turns to the right
when I have my mouse yoke at the very center of the screen. It will also have a very steep climb where it stalls almost everytime when I start a new
flight.

The plane was down to 18% of fuel and thought maybe that might have been the problem (even though fuel amounts were equal on each wing). I flew the
plane with lots of aggravation and finally landed at an airport that had a fuel station. I ignored all and any ILS and runway assignments ATC had
given me. After I fueled up to 100% the problem continued to persist.

I began to try to level the plane with a elevator trim for the excessive climb and rudder trim for the rightward turn. After playing around for 30
minutes I finally got it to fly straight but the problem continued on the decent into a random airport. Instead of the climb being excessive the
decent was. The plane would begin to plummet to the ground and when I tried to lower the degree of decent it would just level off or start to climb.

I have looked into the sensitivity of the controls as it might seem that this is an issue. I have not changed an sensitivity values as the default
work for me. I pressed "restore default" and the issue never went away. It was fun at first trying to solve the problem on my own but now it's
become a pain.

Has anyone else run into this problem? I really do not want to start over.

Thanks!

[Kebas]

Hi DmytriE,

Problems like this I've had with my Saitek X52 Pro. The solution was reinstalling de drivers with the newest from the Saitek site and calibrating the
controller again in FSX. Perhaps you could try this for your controller.

HTH.

Jacob.

[DmytriE]

The plane that I am flying came with FSX. I'll do a repair feature with the CD and see what happens.

UPDATE:

Okay, so I repaired the problem and now FSX will not open. It occurs an error and then closes. I'm going to back up my career mode and just reinstall all of windows, FSX, and FSPax.



Post Edited ( 01-05-10 01:20 )

[whiskey-zulu]

Ah, you need to install FSX before FSPX, and likewise, if you uninstall FSX, you have to uninstall FSPX and all other add-ons otherwise FSX throws a
wobbly and refuses to work - part of it is to do with file routing.

As for your controller issues; you say you're using your computer mouse as the yoke? The best advice would be to try and recalibrate the mouse and
make sure you have the latest software drivers for it.

[kaleun]

I have the same problem using the Saitek X52. I tried downloading the drivers from Saitek and recalibrating a dozen times but it doesn't fix it. I
can't remember how I got it fixed on my old laptop (using W7)

[kaleun]

After redownloading the drivers and switching to a different X52 set it now works.
Must have been my X52 that was shot.