although CH Control Manager is great and will let you do an almost unlimited amount of things
do realize that aces high will let you use all your CH gear including your 3 modes on both the Throttle & the fighter stick along with the extra 4 modes that Aces high has built into its controller setup section....
so you actually have an unlimited supply of options by just using Aces High forgoing the CHCM programming of your CH Stuff......
for those who play a asortment of other MMO games that use controllers, CHCM might be of an even more importance.....
the only thing I use CHCM for anymore, is to combine ( see ) my controllers as one...... (<--- hope I explained that right, was something murdr had suggested to me several years ago )
I quit using the CHCM to program/setup my buttons and switched to fully learning and using what Aces High has to offer
best of luck to ya, either way you go 
TC wasn't trying to say you were wrong or righte was just posting that it is better to load the CHCM for drivers that's all. You do not need to ever touch the program again if you choose. I have just seen people say that I can't keep the stick calibrated,the first thing to ask is did you load the CH drivers. The answer is usually no. The second question is did you turn the wheels on the bottom and on the right side,The answer is do you mean the trim wheels. Again from homeboy"
"Those Trim Wheels, They Ain't
Those two dials near the gimbals of a CH stick are referred to in CH Products literature as "trim wheels." That's an unfortunate term because us aviation types can't help but think that means "aircraft trim" and we are tempted to try and use those wheels to trim our airplane. A better choice of term might be "pot trim wheels" or something like that. You see, this wheel is physically attached to the axis pot and can be used to center the pot (or equalize the travel of the pot to one side and the other). The problem with trying to use them for aircraft trim is once you've calibrated your stick and then you move one of these trim wheels, you throw off your calibration and it is very difficult to get the pot exactly where it was when you did the calibration. The precision of these wheels is not that great and just the slightest movement can throw the pot off quite a bit. It is my opinion that you carefully lock the trim wheels in their detent and never touch them again.
In truth, these trim wheels are a bit of a hold-over from the Gameport days where centering the pot was a legitimate issue. Because of the way USB devices are designed, this is not that much of an issue anymore. It is very rare that these USB sticks need any sort of pot trimming."
I too point a lot to homeboy he is one of the best when it comes to CH and also CH mods. I all so point people new to CH to homeboy write-up because it can get people familiar with what certain things are.
I for one use CHCM just for the things that you can do with it. I like to let people know that they just didn't buy a stick but a stick that has a very good programe with it. If they choose to learn the program is their choice.
I had to ask for help many times with CHCM on these forums and at the Hanger luckily their are some very nice people that have help me.
