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I received my AFPD and have upgraded to 1.9.7.5. I am trying to use a USB controller that came with my RealFlight G2 Sim. AFPD reconizes the controller and calibrates all the CH except the Rudder. The Rudder is either full left or full right. I have tried another G2 controller and it does the same thing. I have a JR 8103 and it works ok, but the battery dosen't last very long.. I have talked to other AFPD sim users that are using the G2 controller with no problems. I have unloaded the sim and reloaded, tried different CH for the rudder CH, and the problem follows CH 5 which is the CH for the Rudder if I make CH 5 the flaps or elevater it is either full one way or the other. Could my Disks be corruped?

Unlike other sims, AFPD will use ANY game controller that your PC recognizes and calibrates correctly. This means if you have a USB controller and you can go into the game controllers control panel on your pc and see that it is there, then it will work with AFPD. This does not mean that all functions will line up correctly and that is what the assignment matrix does for you inside the AFPD control menu. What is cool about this is you can use a small game controller or even a nice flight sim joystick, rudder pedals, and throttle to fly the sim from the cockpit mode if you want. Non of this answers your question but I mention this to illustrate how everything interconnects.

First thing I would do is not even start AFPD but plug in your RF controller and then from your Windows Control Panel, select the game controllers control panel and make sure the controller is working properly from that point. You should have all 4 proportional controls as well as the descretes working. If this is not working then the problem lies with your Windows setup and not AFPD. What I have done in the past is setup a custom game controller and calibrate through the control panel itself...instead of the game. Once you are satisfied the controller is working properly with your computer then start AFPD and go to your controller menu. Select the appropriate contoller and then make sure the function assignment matrix is set properly for your aircraft (i.e. ailerons = chan 1, etc.). Hope this helps!

AF
You were right on, the controller did the same thing in the control panel. I calibrated the G2 there and then selected the G2 controller to use with older programs. Fired up AFPD and works great. Thank you
Rfvance

Man I love it when I nail a problem! Was not sure that was it but I remeber having to do this occasionally when messing around with other controllers. I have a Thrustmaster fighter joystick, rudder pedals, and throttle. Hooked them up before just to fly from the cockpit. Pretty cool stuff!