Joystick or FSX?

[DaveSHQ]

Calibrated my Saitek X-52 through Windows7 and FSX, yet when i take of in any of my vast collection of aircraft i shoot up like a Space Shuttle.
Also the aircraft run about 25% at idle and 75% at full throttle. This started a long time ago and figure it be nice to do something about it now lol.
Happened all of a sudden too i haven't messed with any settings that i can recall.

TIA

[Navy Chief]

Calibrated my Saitek X-52 through Windows7 and FSX, yet when i take of in any of my vast collection of aircraft i shoot up like a Space Shuttle.
Also the aircraft run about 25% at idle and 75% at full throttle. This started a long time ago and figure it be nice to do something about it now lol.
Happened all of a sudden too i haven't messed with any settings that i can recall.

TIA

Dave, how old is your Saitek system? Almost sounds like a internal hardware problem within the system? Only other things I could suggest is uninstall the controllers and drivers, then reinstall and reset it all. Or perhaps try using FSUIPC? Pete

[DaveSHQ]

I've heard of using FSUIPC. Is this possible with the free version and if so how? I clicked on it once awhile back but didn't see a calibration option.

Saitek is about 5 years old.

[zswobbie1]

No, the free version of FSuipc cannot be used for calibrating. This add-on should be an essential purchase for all versions of the sim. It has amazing calibration feartures. Check out the Readme!!

[expat]

I have an old x-52 and for a long time it would not hold altitude in AP mode and had similar behaviors to the ones you describe. The X-52 auto calibrates on startup however what was happening is that I was starting with the elevator trim wheel out of neutral and that was enough to mess up the whole flight profile. I do a lot of carrier work making it necessary to use "slew" however sometimes the plane will shoot off the deck over the horizon and crash because everything on the X-52 was not in neutral. I am always too eager to "fire up and fly" and forget to set the controller up properly before starting FSX (my PC is never turned off, b/t/w). Simply unplug your USB connection and then exercise the stick, throttle, wheels etc and make sure they are all in default, neutral positions, then plug the USB back in.