Ok, there are 2 VKB applications you can use for calibrating and configuring your Gladiator.
If it’s only calibrating and changing deadzones the Wizzo SW is enough:
https://vkbcontrollers.com/?product=...evice-software
Manual here:
https://vkbcontrollers.com/wp-conten...1_7-9-2016.pdf
I would recommend that you create a profile for Cliffs as you wrote that the Gladiator works fine for you in all other sims. I have also a Cliffs configuration and a x-plane config.
It is a bit work as you need to load the correct config into your Gladiator via Wizzo everytime you change simulator but better than not be able to use Clifffs.
Calibrate the Gladiator as described in the Wizzo manual.
Then you can test which deadzone for roll and pitch works for you. I use 6.0 for both in Cliffs.
That makes my Gladiator to go to centre in Cliffs when I release the stick.
You can check that in Cliffs in the Axes menu under options controlls (hope that is correct, have not Cliffs running right now). You should see that both Aileron and Elevator are in the centre when the stick is realeased after moving it.
If the corrrect value in Wizzo is 6 or more ore less depends on your device I guess. It is just trying to find a good compromise.
So now you have eliminated drift around the centre when you release the stick.
For me it is still to sensitive though when moving around the centre.
Therefore I changed the Sensitivity for Aileron to 0.35 and Elevator to 0.30 in Cliffs options controlls axes.
Now you see that when you move the Axes around centre the input is increasing faster than the output around the centre position. The response curve is now like a s-shape.
That is of course a matter of preference and it takes time to get used to.
Why it is so much more difficult in Cliffs compared to eg x-plane I do not know.
Maybe someone else can add more knowledge to that but it is at least how I got it to work.
So summarize:
Install Wizzo
Create Clod profile in Wizzo
Calibrate device in Wizzo
Add centre deadzone for roll and pitch in Wizzo (start with 6.0)
Add sensitivity for aileron and elevator in Cliffs
don’t forget to load the correct profile to the device via wizzo each time you use Cliffs
Good luck!
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