I searched the forum but could not find a simple answer to my question.
I have a desktop PC with Windows 10 and I fly in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 using a wireless keyboard and a CH Products FlightSim Yoke LE connected to my PC by USB cable. My yoke has a throttle lever only, no mixture or prop levers, and there’s apparently no pre-set configuration for my CH Products yoke in MFS.
I’ve used MFS since August 2020 and have had no problems controlling all my aircraft with my yoke and keyboards in the last twelve months. But recently, in an effort to get rid of unwanted throttle reverser operation in my FBW A32NX, I made some changes to my Controls Options’ yoke settings but these caused problems.
This morning, to get rid of these problems, since the aircraft I use the most is the FBW A32NX, I followed FBW’s directions and calibrated my yoke’s throttle per their recommendations. Since my old yoke has a simple throttle lever with no apparent reverser, I used Throttle 1 Axis (0 to 100%) and Throttle 2 Axis (0 to 100%). Under ‘Sensitivity,’ my Joystick L-Axis Z shows everything at 0% except Reactivity at 100% and no dead zones at all. My yoke only has Flight Control Surfaces and Throttle mapped to it; I control all other functions such as gear and flaps from my keyboard and my only Throttle settings are F1 for Throttle Cut and F3 for Throttle Increase.
Now, flying the Cessna 172, everything still seems about normal throttle-wise. For the FBW A32NX, when I pull my yoke’s throttle all the way back, the cockpit’s throttle stops at 0. If I want to use throttle reverse, the only way I found is to click my keyboard’s F1 key (Throttle Cut). This action brings my cockpit’s throttles all the way back to Full Reverse, where it stays. To release that Full Throttle, I only have to push my yoke’s throttle forward slightly until the cockpit’s throttles snap forward and come to rest on 0. I don’t know if this is expected FBW throttle behaviour but as long as I’m able to get rid of my previous, unwanted throttle reverse, I’m happy.
(I tried using my keyboard’s F3 (Throttle Increase) key to move my cockpit’s throttles forward but this action pushes my throttles forward only as far as the beginning of the orange REV markings. As a result, since they don’t quite reach the 0 or Idle detent, my reversers stay on; for that reason, I don’t use F3 to get out of reverse.)
But now, when I fly the headwind A330-900, the cockpit throttles have a definite problem. When I pull my yoke’s throttle all the way back in the A330-900, the aircraft’s cockpit throttles do not stop at the ‘idle detent’ and both levers go to full reverse and I have no easy means of getting them back to 0. I can take off and fly the A330-900 normally if I keep the throttles in the CL detent but landing and using the reversers is a problem.
Do you all believe the only way to resolve my A330-900 problem is to set-up a separate A330-900 profile for my yoke and play with the yoke’s throttle settings until the throttles act more or less normally? And, if yes, will I have to go to Controls Options and switch profiles every time I want to change my aircraft from, say, the FBW A32NX to the headwind A330-900 and vice-versa?
Thanks all for any insight and my apologies if you found this post too long.