Originally posted by humble I use the "pinkie" button as my"up" view...gives me a second set of views with the 1 hat...use a &B for flaps. 2nd hat has gear, damage, toggle 2nd weapon & chk 6. Trim (elv &aerlion) is on throttle hat. Use little mini stick as 4 way hat. Has squad vox map etc...the little button next to it is range vox.... Humble is correct. Your keypad 5 key is more than a "look up button" it modifies all your your normal level views to about 30 degrees up at the press of a button. There are folks that use 2 hats for the views that only require one hat and a button. I guess if you don't need the extra buttons then thats fine. Let me give you a n idea of just how many buttons you could be dealing with. My thottle alone has 4 ea 4-way hats, and 4 buttons. That's 20 buttons total. My stick has 1 ea. 8-way, 3 ea. 4-way, a trigger plus 3 more buttons. Not counting the 8-way as that is my primary view hat, that gives me another 16 programmable buttons. The total is 36 buttons and an 8-way hat. You may not believe this but I could probably use a few more. Remember, when you first set up the buttons it might be hard to remember what eveything does but a week of flying and you will hit the right buttons without even thinking about it.As I originally stated you want to get the most use of whatever buttons you have. The keypad 5 key "look up modifier" is one way to make the best use of whacha got to work with. Also, when you pick the button you want to use for keypad 5 spend an extra minute and think about its placement. You need your thumb to look around so make sure your pick a button that does not interfere with you hat movement. Alot of folks fly the logitech sticks. They may have 12 buttons but really need to use a button on the base for keypad 5 and the one they choose must allow them to use the throttle while pressing one of those base buttons. When I first thought about flying, a long time ago, I wanted to assign gear and other stuff to my buttons. I found out when yer learning having the gear come out at the wrong time is not a good thing. . Tthe more thought you put into what you assign the better off you will be. You will also find out that you stick setup is fine but it's like no on elses. There's nothing wrong with that. It's what works for you.
Originally posted by OOZ662 In Select Joystick, pick one of the rotaries (Rotary 1 or Rotary 2), pick a trim, and hit Set Input.
Originally posted by OOZ662 Elfie, remember that when calibrating the stick, the rotaries count as an axis. When calibrating, move your stick, then the throttle, then rudder slider, then both rotaries to their full extent or the joystick will fall short on controls.
