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    Just got one of these, I love it. Right now I'm using it by it self, I'll soon be purchasing some rudders.

    There are three little wheels on the base of the stick. Two are for trim, they're great, the third I want to use as a Throttle control, however I can't figure out how to get the simulator to recognize this wheel as the throttle. I've tried using the 'controls' section of the simulator with no success. Any ideas ?
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    You should be able to go into controls in the game, scroll all the way to the bottom to the HOTAS section, click over to the right of "power" and move the wheel. That should assign the axis to throttle.
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    Two points:

    Do you have the CH Control Manager software installed? It's preferable to Calibrate the throttle there if you want the whole range of use, ie 0 - 100%. If you don't plan to use CHCM you can use the Windows game Controllers applet, but I recommend the former.

    Second, scroll to the bottom of the controls section in game, to the HOTAS SECTION, and click your mouse in the space opposite Throttle. A box will open. Roll the throttle in the direction you want to use for increasing throttle. You should see the axis name appear there. Click Apply. Done

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    Ah yes, the HOTAS control section. That worked perfectly thanks.

    I do have the CH control manager installed. I just haven't spent any time since yesterday (the day the Fighterstick arrived in the mail) to check it out. I've read some good things about it on this forum.

    Now for some rudder pedals. I'd like to find something small and portable, however, I'm not sure if such an animal even exists.
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    Aviar's Avatar Senior Member
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    This is THE place to go for anything CH related:

    http://www.ch-hangar.com/

    Aviar
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    I'd STRONGLY recommend that you not use the so-called trim wheels! They actually rotate the potentiometers, thus altering the range of motion available to you via handle deflection. In other words, the calibration is changed.

    Far better to use the game's trim controls. Of course, some planes don't have aileron trim, and you thus might be tempted to use the wheel on the stick base. But again, it's best not to.
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    Originally posted by Lurch1962:
    I'd STRONGLY recommend that you not use the so-called trim wheels! They actually rotate the potentiometers, thus altering the range of motion available to you via handle deflection. In other words, the calibration is changed.

    Far better to use the game's trim controls. Of course, some planes don't have aileron trim, and you thus might be tempted to use the wheel on the stick base. But again, it's best not to.

    +1. Those are NOT trim wheels.

    The left wheel is designed to be used for throttle. The other two are for calibration. I've never fussed with them (never needed to).
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    If I had the know how i'd remove the trim wheels. Its my only beef with the CH Fighter stick.
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    Those calibration wheels come handy when you get wing damage though, or fly plane without certain trims...

    just remember to recenter them when cruise mode is swapped for attack
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    Originally posted by Lurch1962:
    I'd STRONGLY recommend that you not use the so-called trim wheels! They actually rotate the potentiometers, thus altering the range of motion available to you via handle deflection. In other words, the calibration is changed.

    Far better to use the game's trim controls. Of course, some planes don't have aileron trim, and you thus might be tempted to use the wheel on the stick base. But again, it's best not to.
    hey hey, those are the joystick's best feature... love it to just twitch the x-axis a tad when flying a 109... makes cruising a little more comfortable when you don't have to counteract the torque
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