If you're having trouble....Throttle doesn't work....fire buttons don't work and you're using control manager there is an easy fix.
Open control manager....my throttle is set as control device 3, the axis I'm using in control Manager is Slider. All I did was then enter AH and went to set joystick. Made my control manager 3 device into throttle 1 (click on advanced) in AH....selected slider and made control device 3 throttle 1.
Have Control Manager Map loaded when you go into AH joystick setup.
And just map what you are using (axis, buttons,etc.) in Control Manager to AH.
Fire buttons...same thing....in AH keymapping all I did was select the key that I have mapped in control manager into AH keymapping. Youll find there is no fire primary, both, or secondary mapped in Aces High. Just map you Control Manager keystroke in AH keymapping....match them and you're in!
remember...have your control manager map activated when you do the above. Only took a short while to figure this out.