Can someone explain the difference between throttle axis and throttle axis 0-100%

What is the difference and which is best used for basic GA aircraft and twins?

Hi, can you be a bit more specific?
In person, I only have 1 throttle which works exellent with all aircraft ( single, twins and alle others)
As long as all of the used engines are healthy and deliver the same power.
From the moment 1 or more engines are going 7700 I start praying for a throttle quadrant.
Happy :small_airplane:

Throttle axis is for binding a dedicated throttle lever. Throttle axis 0 to 100% is for binding a button so far as I can tell. The longer you hold the button down the more percentage it adds to the throttle opening.

The descriptions in the UI are pretty abysmal and confusing I agree.

Its very confusing indeed, I’ve had different things happen on different planes, but from what I can see is that throttle axis 0-100 is for forward throttle motion and doesn’t include reverse axis. Where as Throttle Axis included reverses as well. The issue is some planes configurations actually have a separate config on how reverses are handled in the EFB, for example the A320. So what I’ve done is I have two profiles one with 0-100 in and the normal axis one, so depending on the plane I select the profile that works best for that plane.

Well, thanks may answer the question not sure. I haven’t been able to find any ref to this in the documentation and there are some very odd results using the 0-100% on an axis control rather than a button.

Oh dear, this gets worse, some other stuff on this forum suggest the opposite, ie 0-100% for those planes with reverse. I can’t understand why MS don’t clarify this one.

This apparently the MS AI answer which kind of makes sense to me:

  • Throttle Axis:

This refers to the input device (like a joystick) that the simulator uses to control the engine’s power output. It’s a physical control that you move to increase or decrease power.

  • Throttle Axis 0-100%:

This represents the value or output that the simulator reads from the throttle axis. When the throttle is at 0%, the engine is producing minimal power, and when it’s at 100%, the engine is at full power. The simulator then uses this percentage value to adjust the aircraft’s engine parameters accordingly.

In essence, the ā€œthrottle axisā€ is the control, and ā€œthrottle axis 0-100%ā€ is the measurement of how far that control has been moved, thus indicating the engine’s current power output.

For example, if you move the throttle to 50%, the simulator would interpret that as 50% of the engine’s maximum power, and adjust the simulated engine accordingly.

If that is true - it certainly sounds plausible - the ā€˜0-100%’ one would have been much better described as Engine Power Axis.

It would be essentially adding a simplified ā€˜FADEC’ system to aircraft where the throttle is normally controlled dierctly.

Ridiculous - but not even slightly surprising - that Asobo have made zero attempt to describe the difference.