nadlzfw Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I bought a new Saitek throttle, just like my old one, from Amazon. Turns out the company is now Logitech, but apart from the box labeling, the throttle quadrant looks exactly the same. In use, there's a problem. The levers have a detent for the idle position, and bringing the levers out of the detent downward is the same as pressing a button. The button is assigned to the function for reverse thrust, so pulling the throttle lever all the way down engages reverse, but placing it in the detent is idle. The problem is that on the new throttle quadrant the button position tends to overlap with the detent, so the engines will sometimes go into reverse with the throttle in the detent, and thus idle, position. It never ever occurs in flight, so I assume the sim disables reverse thrust in the air. It will, sometimes, while landing with the throttles at idle, immediately go to reverse after landing. I can mostly prevent this from happening by placing the throttle in the idle detent VERY SLOWLY and SMOOTHLY. This is a nuisance and does not always work. Any suggestions? Thanks! Nadlzfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe12345 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Maybe look at the sensitivities in your settings? Null maybe need to be increased or sensitivity turned down a little? Just an observation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjwalter Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Have you had a look at the sensitivity of your throttle lever within FS9 itself ? Klick on the "Options" drop down menu/Controls/Sensitivities. Select "Joystick" and here you can adjust your throttle's so called "Null zone", either in "Advanced" or in "Simple" mode. My own three FS9 sensitivity sliders are in "Advanced" mode and are all at maximum to the right, while my three Null zones are all at minimum to the left. This has worked well for years, together with Saitek's own dedicated software, which as far as I can remember, also had null zones. However, in your setup these sensitivities may need some tweaking. Try the one in FS9 first though. Good luck Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgon Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I've my X52 Pro set up through FSUIPC to set and calibrate forward and reverse thrust. It works fine but I agree with you that the "idle" point is quite sensitive. I've spent some time trying to set a wider null zone there but still not able to so far. Best, Phil https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKdirect/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadlzfw Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 Last night I checked the settings. Sensitivities are all at max and null zones at zero, as I thought. I looked to see the ID of the button that represents reverse (Button 7), and in the process did a calibration of the quadrant. I hadn't ever calibrated the quadrant since, new out of the box, the levers all worked perfectly. Made one test flight and it worked perfectly...no unintended reverse thrust, though I tried 3 or 4 times deliberately. So perhaps it is now fixed, though I'm not sure how or why. Many thanks for the suggestions! Nadlzfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadlzfw Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 Well, upon further experience, the problem still persists. Seems like it is different with different aircraft, though that makes no sense. Amazon says I've had it too long, can not return (I was away from home two weeks shortly after purchase). So I guess I'll live with it... Nadlzfw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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