SB: Plane veering off to left n right?

[Wayward Goat]

I've recently started playing simulator battles, and before anybody says it's engine torque, the plane starts veering to the left the second the plane starts accelerating, I have messed with the controls for hours, and the plane veers off to the left, nearly all German planes, the second the plane starts accelerating, it starts moving to the left, I changed the yaw sensitivity, correction, multiplier, and enabled relative control and all it does is veer to the left, correction seems to make a difference but I'd have to change it every single time I jump into a different plane, I'm really frustrated with this and I have no idea what to do :/ help me out? Would really like to get into SB's more

[Foxtrot39]

Issue taking off? Use your rudder to counter act it

In mid air dunno ive been playing with it but I stoped doing so with prop fighter

[Wayward Goat]

It's in midair and on ground, I use the rudder but when I take off and I'm in the air, it still turns with nearly all planes I use

[putmer]

try and and set up the trim controls. it may help you if you have not tried that already

[Wayward Goat]

I've tried all trim controls, still going to the left :/ plus I'm finding trimming quite difficult

[WidowAbyssal]

what is your controller? sim is impossible with keyboard and mouse

[LuceCat]

"Before you say it's engine torque" It's engine torque. It happens for everyone. It's part of the game. Take off with liberal application of rudder control.

[LuceCat]

Originally posted by SCP A Genderbent MalO:

what is your controller? sim is impossible with keyboard and mouse

I use keyboard and mouse in sim. It's actually easier than with a joystick.

[Birdman]

You're probably not experiencing a problem - the sim was built that way. Prop aircraft tend to veer left because of the torque of the engine, especially during takeoff at full power. The propeller spins clockwise, causing a slipstream effect. You have to compensate with your rudder. Good article: http://cfi-wiki.net/w/Turning_Tendencies

[Wayward Goat]

I use to play a lot on PC, I currently play on the PS4 (call me stupid) but I use controller obviously, but I use a keyboard to bind a lot of misc options, I tried a joystick and I couldn't get it to calibrate properly, I read about engine torque, I know what I could be doing wrong, I start off on 50% throttle, I tried 30 too, and slowly build up to 100, it stills does it, I have spent hours trying to get it right and that's why I'm thinking it's something wrong with the controls

[Avarus_Lux]

if you have this issue anywhere while you fly, takeoff, mid flight, landing etc, and options and such dont work, you have an active input somewhere that makes the plane go left... be it a control being stuck a slight bit, or a value not exactly 0.00.

i had a similair problem, proved that my old stick didnt return a 0 value in rest position as it was a bit worn, making my plane go down if i didnt correct it by pulling the stick a slight bit to counteract this signal, took me a long while to find this little thingy.
another time it was one of the calibrations not calibrating in centered/balanced way, ofsetting it to the left as well...

[LuceCat]

Originally posted by Satan:

I use to play a lot on PC, I currently play on the PS4 (call me stupid) but I use controller obviously, but I use a keyboard to bind a lot of misc options, I tried a joystick and I couldn't get it to calibrate properly, I read about engine torque, I know what I could be doing wrong, I start off on 50% throttle, I tried 30 too, and slowly build up to 100, it stills does it, I have spent hours trying to get it right and that's why I'm thinking it's something wrong with the controls

Sounds normal. I have the same thing happen to me and I play keyboard and mouse. No control issues. When you take off your plane is always going to pull HARD towards the direction the prop is spinning. That's just how it happens in real life. It's sim for a reason. You gotta tap that rudder bro. Tappy tappy tappy. All in the rudder.

[Wayward Goat]

I do exactly that, but then I pull up, I'm in the air, then it starts doing a slow turn to the left, I use the rudder to turn it back, and it just keeps doing the same thing, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, I can't just stay in a straight line without constantly flicking the rudder to the opposite side

[LuceCat]

Originally posted by Satan:

I do exactly that, but then I pull up, I'm in the air, then it starts doing a slow turn to the left, I use the rudder to turn it back, and it just keeps doing the same thing, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, I can't just stay in a straight line without constantly flicking the rudder to the opposite side

Aha. Once you're in the air, use the STICK to point yourself up and to the opposite direction. Trim DOES help with this. The issue arises when you notice your plane pulls differently depending on your speed and elevation. You will need to constantly adjust your trim (Either rudder trim, aileron trim, or both) as you climb. In combat... your speed and elevation changes rapidly.... so just get used to flying without trim during combat.

It's annoying to fly while compensating for engine torque, but you get used to it.

Flying with engine torque is just part of sim. There's no cheat or control setup that makes it go away.

[Wayward Goat]

I'll try using trim a lot more, like you said, I'll get used to it, I'll update this when I become a better pilot XD Thanks for the advice n info

[Hydro-phobic Water]

The problem may be related to the upgrades, I tried to fly the K-4 stock and it refuses to fly, and I have had few problems with upgraded 109s