Have this wonderful sim recognize all CH Products!

[CertainDeer408]

Have this wonderful sim recognize all CH Products!

[KurtAines]

@CertainDeer408 …it does recognise all my CH Products, Fighterstick, Pro Throttle and Pedals. Working fine here. I have CH Manager in Direct Mode and configure controls through the sim. See Squirrel’s Youtube channel for peripheral setup.

[CertainDeer408]

Alrighty! Good to know. Thanks for the reply.
I have not purchased the sim yet … I’m waiting for MS to ,hopefully, fix the installation problems.

Did you install the sim to a drive other than ‘c’?

[fhcraig]

KrutAines is correct. Unfortunately MSFS does not have default control bindings (mappings) for most CH Products. It has been this way all through testing - we asked but control profiles didn’t make it in the Release. You will need to create the control Profiles yourself. There are a number of threads on this now including one where I show a sample profile for the Yoke. It is a bit of a learning curve, but once you get them set up, your custom Profiles are saved to the cloud. Learning to use the Controls setup system is also really powerful so you can customize your controls the way you want.

CH Yoke and CH Rudder Pedals

As you’ve discovered, the CH Yoke is “recognized” but there is not default profile for it. That means you will have to go into toe Control setup screen and map all the inputs from scratch. The good news is that you only have to do this once and it will save! I’ll show the mappings I set up below. This is just the way I set mine up - you may have other preferences. I don’t really use the Slew commands on the Yoke anymore because I control Slew and the Drone Cem (“Chase Cam”) using a wireless Xbox…

You will want to check out this very detailed video from Squirrel on YT that walks through the whole Controls setup screen in detail. It seems pretty overwhelming but the process is pretty logical once you understand it.

Tutorial #2 - Peripheral Control Setup - Microsoft Flight Simulator

A couple of quick tips to help …

• You are going to be using the “Axis” commands for all inputs that are linear (proportional) like control surfaces, engine controls.
• You will be creating new separate custom Profiles for your Yoke and Pedals. Work on one at a time. You can actually modify these while live in the sim which is a great way to fine tune things and fix things that don’t work the way you want.
• You are going to be using the “Axis” commands for all inputs that are linear (proportional) like control surfaces, engine controls. Don’t use the “standard” non-axis commands or the controls will be “all on / all off”.
• You might prefer to use the “Cockpit Look” commands for your Hat button rather than the “Cockpit Quickview” commands I showed on my example. The “Look” commands provide smooth panning vs snap back views.
• Consider adding an Xbox Game Controller once you get a little flight time under your belt. It is a very easy, slick way to control Slew and the Drone Cam!

Let me know if I can help with any other questions. Rick

[KurtAines]

No, installed to default C drive as that is my SSD.