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Nov 8^th, 2008 at 8:04am

kraetwin Offline
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Hello, i just bough a pro flight yoke and throttle levers and i always fly with real weather on. I used to use a joystick that had rudder twist, but the pro flight has a blue lever for a rudder, and it is murder trying to do crosswind landings. I was just wondering if there is anyway for me to fly using the pro flight but have the joystick for rudder too. Is there anyway in FS2004 to configure this, or am i just stuck with the blue lever Sad

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Jamie

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Reply #1 - Nov 8^th, 2008 at 8:18am

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Assuming the joy is connected also . Open FS go to settings/controls/assignments click on the axes tab, pick the joy from the drop down menu near the top, scroll down the list of axes to find rudder axis,double click on that and move the twist on the joy. That should do it.

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Reply #2 - Nov 8^th, 2008 at 10:52am

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Jamie, welcome to SimV...

Yes, as OrderMaster states... You could assign any axis, for example the X axis, which might give you better control than the normal twist axis. You can also make assignments of any other buttons and axes available on the the joystick, just make sure there are no duplicate assignments with those on your Yoke, particularly axis assignments.

With my spare joystick, a stick and some duct tape, I created 'poor mans' rudder pedals.

Y axis assigned to Rudder. Not pretty, but great for those crosswind landings, coordinated turns and a 'must' heli flying..

Of course, you lose the use of the buttons, unless you fly bare foot, and have agile 'big toes'.. Grin

Note: The yoke's (throttle quadrant) 'blue lever' is meant to be assigned to the 'Prop axis', which is the constant speed prop rpm control. It then also functions as the collective's twist throttle when flying helis.

Dave

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Reply #3 - Nov 8^th, 2008 at 3:05pm

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dave3cu wrote on Nov 8^th, 2008 at 10:52am:

Jamie, welcome to SimV...

Yes, as OrderMaster states... You could assign any axis, for example the X axis, which might give you better control than the normal twist axis. You can also make assignments of any other buttons and axes available on the the joystick, just make sure there are no duplicate assignments with those on your Yoke, particularly axis assignments.

With my spare joystick, a stick and some duct tape, I created 'poor mans' rudder pedals.
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Y axis assigned to Rudder. Not pretty, but great for those crosswind landings, coordinated turns and a 'must' heli flying..

Of course, you lose the use of the buttons, unless you fly bare foot, and have agile 'big toes'.. Grin

Holy!

That is literally the coolest idea i've ever seen! im going to do that!

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