Hi,
Does anybody wish to share their F4U CH setup concerning Fighterstick and Pro Throttle?
I am looking for ideas.
As always, thanks for any help.
I keep the stick in my right hand, and the throttle in my left... Just kidding...
What are you looking for specifically? You shouldn't have to adjust your stick settings for a particular plane. If you're going to fly one plane specifically, you'll probably end up tailoring your mappings for that, but it isn't really necessary.
I fly F4U's exclusively, and I fly in fighter mode apart from about a dozen hops per year. My set-up is geared to flying/fighting, but not so much for dropping bombs/rockets.
I don't use a CH stick either (X52 here) but I'll share some of the key points in my set-up. You need to be able to multi-task certain functions. You need to be able to do all the "normal" flight controls, while being able to check all of your views, and manipulate flaps, all at the same time, without looking away from the monitor (ideally).
That basically means you want as many things mapped to the stick/throttle as possible, and only have to use the keyboard occasionally.
On my stick, I've mapped my views to the HAT switch, and have a "Look Up" button mapped to my pinkie. With that one hand (and my rudder pedals) I can do all my flying and all of my "normal" viewing.
With my left hand, I manipulate the throttle, flaps, and adjust my view by sliding my head left/right. I have a 4-way switch mapped that while my hand is on the throttle, the switch is lying under the tip of my index finger. Pulling the switch up drops flaps, pushing it forward raises them.
If I bump the switch l/r, my heads slides l/r like it does when you use the arrow keys to adjust your views. This allows me to easily see around the headrest while checking my six. I leave my default six-view straight back (so I'm looking at the headrest), and slide my head l/r as the situation dictates. I used to keep my head cheated way over to one side or the other for this view, but no longer do that. If I need to look around the headrest to the right, it takes too long if my head is already cheated to the left...
I don't use gear for fighting. But, I do have a button on my throttle to hit if I want it raised/lowered. I also have a button on my throttle (my thumb lies on it) that's toggled to "zoom". And a second HAT switch on my stick that pushes the zoom in/out. I have vox (range and channel) mapped to the stick too (but if I'm talking, I can't be using my views since I only have one right thumb).
This set-up allows me to manipulate
all of the flight controls, while handling
all my views, at the same time, without ever looking away from the screen.
The short-coming is that I don't have easy access to rockets and bombs. I have those functions mapped to my keyboard (but I do have a "fire secondary" mapped to my throttle). I also go to the keyboard for rotating my fuel tanks. Those functions aren't as important though, so I'm ok with that. One thing I've done with my keyboard mapping is get rid of the "shift-" and "crtl-" functions. Auto-level for me is just plain "x", instead of the default (which I think was "Shift-x"?). Same goes for auto-angle and auto-speed, etc...
I'm also not set up all that efficiently for flying bombers or GV's. I could set up different profiles for them, but I don't use those vehicles enough to matter. In the off-chance that I fly something other than an F4U, my set-up works fine for those too.
