Whats the deal with FMS, why it sometimes has trouble reading the Rudder channel and how to fix it (v.1 interface only)?
FMS is a freeware simulator and, as any piece of software, it has bugs. One of the bugs is that FMS sometimes does not read one of the channels, even though this channel works fine in Windows Control Panel. There are two possible causes of this: 1) There are more than 1 joysticks in the system and FMS can’t read all of the channels of the second joystick. Solution: Disconnect all the extra joysticks from the PC and remove them from Windows Control Panel list. 2) FMS doesn’t read a channel of a single joystick (usually, Rudder for Futaba transmitters). The funny thing is that FMS can’t read 6th joystick axis in Windows 2000 but it reads it fine in Windows XP. If Rudder is set to 3rd joystick axes, it is not accessible in Windows XP, but works fine in Windows 2000. Go figure!
