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I was very excited ordering this product, amazon delivered it very quickly and i was very happy that it arrived much earlier than i expected. Solution is to just run fsx and go to "calibrate" then click on the CH throttle and do not calibrate, just click on the top left tab then click "Set to default" and then click ok and close fsx. I do not own a registered version of FSUIPC so i had to manually set the reverse thrust, so far it was ok.Suddenly the settings went haywire, the first throttle jumped 50% up at idle and then slowly everything else went wrong with the throttle axis.
My first delema was when i took out the "software" cd and found that the highest OS it has is windows XP, sadly my OS is windows 7 64bit. i tried replying to that person on the next day (friday) and i kept getting "undelivered" emails. After i opened the box i arranged the axis nobs according to the setting i wanted and plugged it in.
I immediately contacted their support and they replied in about 2-3 days asking me for my sensitivity. So i went to CH's site and downloaded the closest one i could find which was for vista 64. Well, i installed the software and my throttle was detected and it seemed ok.
so i tried again next tuesday and my message went and i havent heard any reply from them even until today, if it wasn't for the CH forums that i found after a long search, i found someone that had a similar problem and followed the solution then it started working properly.So yeah if you are using Flight Simulator X and windows vista 64 or windows 7 64 you are very likely to get that problem. After that go to the CH control software and then calibrate it there and then run fsx and it will work fine.For the reverse thrust you can just assign "throttle (Decrease quickly)" to the button that is activated below the minimum of any of the axis or just buy and register FSUIPC and you dont need to assign anything.
Firm, stable, smooth operation. CH products are hard to beat. There's something really cool about grabbing a handful of throttles and easing them forward.
I bought this quadrant mainly for use as trim levers in IL-2, and it performs that task very well. The ability to control prop pitch and flaps on an analog lever is absolutely invaluable for dogfighting. I have three of the levers being used for trim, one for prop pitch, another for flaps, and the last for power. Setting up the levers for trim was surprisingly simple since IL-2 recognized that there was a center and they could be moved either toward 0% power or 100% from center to simulate positive or negative elevator trim, for instance. The bi-directional switches are also a plus because it allows you to make other settings like mixture or supercharger stages easily accessible.The only downside to the throttle is that IL-2 doesn't see its full range of motion for some unknown reason. However, that is easily fixed by setting the max sensitivity above 100% (which is best done in a program like il-2 joycontrol).
Google your way to the 'CH Hangar' forum. This is usually not necessary but it's there to help if needed. Buy a small attractive 1/2 thick shelving board at Home Depot, Lowes,.etc. However there is a workaround to mount anywhere on top of the desktop. onto the quad. Response times vary from several minutes to several hours.
Not days, not weeks. For proof, take a peek in the forum before purchase.2) Microsoft's Flight Simulator doesn't recognize what type of controllers you are trying to use and might automatically assign alierons rudders etc. Some random observations:1) CH product support (specific questions answered) is outstanding if you know exactly where to look for it. This orientation is more natural for using the big levers to control main flaps, cowl flaps, landing gear, dive brakes, elevator trim. 3) Using CH's control manager you could set sensitivities, dead zones, centering, response curve which a few easy mouse clicks. 4) Works perfectly with Win XP or Vista.5) Control manager gives setups for reverse thrust using CMS script, or its otherwise covered in a faq at the ch hangar forum (the forum also has a 'for dummies' introduction to control manager programming).6) There are ridges (is that the right word) on the bottom of the controller which prevent it lying flat on the desktop, clamping to the front edge of the desk is the designed method for securing. But heck the 6 vertical fipper buttons can do that when its mounted in the usual horizontal position.
But first calibrate the controller. All questions will be answered completely (probably by the author of CH Control Manager himself, Bob [Sticky]Church). Place parallel velcro strips along the bottom of the quad, and on the board's top. It would be necessary to reassign the axes and buttons withing MSFS's menus itself. Second look in MSFS sensitivity settings (the fifth throttle axis will have sensitivity = 0 which is nonsense), just pull the six axes' sensitivity sliders to full. (Orient them 90 degrees out of phase- if strips are side to side on the quad, then front to back on the board).Then do the same on the board bottom and desktop and you have a secure mount with the disadvantage of being left with strips glued to your desktop.6) A few users mount the thing vertical (with clamps or velcro) instead of horizontal - levers move up and down instead of forward backward. Leaving the levers for use as 4 throttles, fuel mixture, and blade angle pitch.
works good on mac but just not working (erratic inputs) on Microsoft Flight Sim and XP. and that's where I wanted this device to work. CH Service & drivers are unusable, wasted a lot of time.
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