L1011 - nosewheel turns too far with rudder pedal input

[zbrainlezz]

I have a flight sim setup with separate controls for the rudder and nosewheel steering tiller, and in the L1011, I've noticed that the nosewheel steering turns much too far with rudder pedal input. If the L1011 is anything like other simulated airliners I've experienced, in setups like mine, rudder input should cause the nosewheel to turn a maximum of roughly 10 degrees in either direction, and the nosewheel steering sensitivity should dampen to zero (or nearly so) at higher speeds to make it easier to control during takeoff and landing. Instead, it turns through almost its full range of motion when the aircraft is moving at slow speeds, and doesn't sufficiently dampen when accelerating for takeoff or decelerating during landing, making it quite difficult to keep the aircraft on the centerline.

I'm not sure whether fixing this issue would require a change in the plane's code somewhere, or the addition of a "separate rudder from tiller" toggle in the PFB, or both, but it needs to be fixed before I fly the L1011 any more, as it makes it frustrating to control during takeoff and landing. Real shame, because I like it so far otherwise.

If this somehow turns out to be a setup issue or skill issue on my part, I do apologize, but I've all but ruled out that possibility because I have no such problems with any other airliner.

[KSJ]

Sounds like a sensitivity setting. Each A/C is different. You may need to setup a custom curve in control settings for the L101.

[zbrainlezz]

I may try doing that, but based on comparing the L1011's nosewheel steering behavior with that of other aircraft that I frequently fly, it's still an aircraft behavior issue that ultimately iniBuilds needs to fix, as it seems unrealistic at the very least. I find it hard to believe that the real L1011 would have allowed for the nosewheel to turn through nearly its full range of motion using only the rudder pedals and not the tiller.

[Tripdog87]

On 4/3/2026 at 10:00 AM, KSJ said:

Sounds like a sensitivity setting. Each A/C is different. You may need to setup a custom curve in control settings for the L101.

What settings are you using?

[zbrainlezz]

My stick and rudder hardware are a Turtle Beach VelocityOne flight stick and MFG Crosswind rudder pedals, and I have the stick's twist axis set up to run the nosewheel steering only. I use this same rudder input curve for all my planes and haven't had a problem with any aircraft apart from the L1011.

Here's the nosewheel behavior at a stop with full left tiller input.

Looks like what you'd expect. Now here's the nosewheel behavior at a stop with full left rudder input, no tiller at all.

Based on the behavior of all other airliners I've flown, the nosewheel should not be able to turn nearly this much with only rudder input. This is what iniBuilds needs to correct. This shouldn't be taken as a hard fact, as obviously I don't know what the behavior on the real L1011 was, but for example, on the TFDi MD-11, the nosewheel only turns a maximum of roughly 10 degrees from center with rudder input only, and as far as I know, that's realistic.

Now that I think about it, this probably should've been part of my initial post, and I apologize for that.

Edited 9 hours ago by zbrainlezz