Flap Switch on Stick Slider
- ClipperLuna
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Flap Switch on Stick Slider
Discovered something unfortunate about linking my flap lever to the "throttle" slider on my Logitech 3D pro. The flap switch behaves like you would expect if I use the slider to move it to either the up, off, or down positions, which correspond to the 0%, 25%, and 75% positions on the slider (with some wiggle room). However, if I move it all the way down, the flap lever in the cockpit stays in the down position, but I hear a click (like the lever's being moved again), and then the flaps quit moving. However, I can still hear the flap motor working and the ammeter shows it's pulling power. I've got the flaps lever set to slider in the input configurator. Seems to be calibrated right.
Re: Flap Switch on Stick Slider
Hi ,
you can not assign a normal axis to flaps as usual down with other aircraft.
If you like to handle it by FSUIPC5 you can do this with a little lua-scripting.
You need (so I did) 3 lua-Files, each containing the function for FLaps UP, Flaps Neutral and Flaps DOWN.
I copied it out of the LINDA-Script by Günter Steiner (Thanks Günter) for the B35.
Use Notepad.exe to edit a simple TXT-File and name it B35_Flaps_up.lua; B35_Flaps_Neut.lua and B35_Flaps_Down.lua
In the first file (Flaps up) insert
In the sec. file (Flaps N) insert
And finaly in th thrd. file (Flaps DN) insert
To make it easier, I attached the three files below.
http://serverfsc-ev.de/DL/B35_Flaps_up.lua
http://serverfsc-ev.de/DL/B35_Flaps_Neut.lua
http://serverfsc-ev.de/DL/B35_Flaps_Down.lua
After that you are done with the first part.
In FSUIPC5 (you need the full version) go to Axis Assignment and move your Flap axis to get it active.
Do not assign any function on the left side, but Set up 3 ranges on the right side on this page.
First range goes form "Full Flaps up" position to the beginning of the neutral zone. i.E from 2304 to 16383.
Mark the Up and Down checkbox.
To enter those values just move your axis to the wanted postion and klick the From or To button.
There is no need to do exactly this values, just do it as you like to have it.
Activate "Control Send when range entered" and search in the dropdown for your lua funktion (lua B35 Flaps Up)
The name is always your filename with lua in front.
Repeat this for the other two functions.
You can see my example here.
That sounds a bit difficult but it is easier to do than to write it down
Good luck.
you can not assign a normal axis to flaps as usual down with other aircraft.
If you like to handle it by FSUIPC5 you can do this with a little lua-scripting.
You need (so I did) 3 lua-Files, each containing the function for FLaps UP, Flaps Neutral and Flaps DOWN.
I copied it out of the LINDA-Script by Günter Steiner (Thanks Günter) for the B35.
Use Notepad.exe to edit a simple TXT-File and name it B35_Flaps_up.lua; B35_Flaps_Neut.lua and B35_Flaps_Down.lua
In the first file (Flaps up) insert
Code: Select all
ipc.writeLvar("LandFlapsPos", 0)
Code: Select all
ipc.writeLvar("LandFlapsPos", 1)
Code: Select all
ipc.writeLvar("LandFlapsPos", 2)
http://serverfsc-ev.de/DL/B35_Flaps_up.lua
http://serverfsc-ev.de/DL/B35_Flaps_Neut.lua
http://serverfsc-ev.de/DL/B35_Flaps_Down.lua
After that you are done with the first part.
In FSUIPC5 (you need the full version) go to Axis Assignment and move your Flap axis to get it active.
Do not assign any function on the left side, but Set up 3 ranges on the right side on this page.
First range goes form "Full Flaps up" position to the beginning of the neutral zone. i.E from 2304 to 16383.
Mark the Up and Down checkbox.
To enter those values just move your axis to the wanted postion and klick the From or To button.
There is no need to do exactly this values, just do it as you like to have it.
Activate "Control Send when range entered" and search in the dropdown for your lua funktion (lua B35 Flaps Up)
The name is always your filename with lua in front.
Repeat this for the other two functions.
You can see my example here.
That sounds a bit difficult but it is easier to do than to write it down
Good luck.
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Re: Flap Switch on Stick Slider
Yes, I have that too. I just take care not to move my Saitek Throttle lever below the 25% mark. Maybe I'll have a look at the FSUIPC fix, but I'm not to worried about it..ClipperLuna wrote:Discovered something unfortunate about linking my flap lever to the "throttle" slider on my Logitech 3D pro. The flap switch behaves like you would expect if I use the slider to move it to either the up, off, or down positions, which correspond to the 0%, 25%, and 75% positions on the slider (with some wiggle room). However, if I move it all the way down, the flap lever in the cockpit stays in the down position, but I hear a click (like the lever's being moved again), and then the flaps quit moving. However, I can still hear the flap motor working and the ammeter shows it's pulling power. I've got the flaps lever set to slider in the input configurator. Seems to be calibrated right.
Kind Regards
Tomas
Sim: FSX SE
Accu-Sim aircraft in my hangar:
C172, C182, P51 Civ, P51 Mil, B17, Spitfire, P47, B377 COTS,
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Tomas
Sim: FSX SE
Accu-Sim aircraft in my hangar:
C172, C182, P51 Civ, P51 Mil, B17, Spitfire, P47, B377 COTS,
J3 Cub, T6, Connie, P-40, V35B
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Re: Flap Switch on Stick Slider
"Like"some1 - A2A wrote:Should be fixed in the next update.
Kind Regards
Tomas
Sim: FSX SE
Accu-Sim aircraft in my hangar:
C172, C182, P51 Civ, P51 Mil, B17, Spitfire, P47, B377 COTS,
J3 Cub, T6, Connie, P-40, V35B
A2A Accu-Sim Avro Lancaster Loading:............0.000003% complete, please wait.
Tomas
Sim: FSX SE
Accu-Sim aircraft in my hangar:
C172, C182, P51 Civ, P51 Mil, B17, Spitfire, P47, B377 COTS,
J3 Cub, T6, Connie, P-40, V35B
A2A Accu-Sim Avro Lancaster Loading:............0.000003% complete, please wait.
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