So, in this case, what I’m suggesting is a 360 or less pot, of similar quality to a joystick pot so there’s no appreciable hysteresis. In fact, I think this rotating pot is only a 45 or 60 degree pot. (I’m assuming it’s an analog pot, I don’t actually know, but it feels like one).
The throttle (rotating) “slider” of the Logitech Extreme3D Pro works great as an elevator trim using it as an axis. I’m glad I happened upon this thread, I never would have thought of doing this without it. It makes flying sooooo much easier than using the buttons to adjust trim. It feels pretty much exactly like I’m flying for real (except, of course, you can’t feel the forces, so it’s easy to overdo it, but, super easy to get the hang of).
It was always super hard with the buttons to get the right trim setting, the change was too much around the sweet spot. Here, I can move it till it’s just right. And latency is non-existent. I’m pretty sure with the buttons, the first press doesn’t do anything, and it’s only subsequent presses the value changes. At least that’s the way it always seemed to work to me.
But you’re right, it’ll be interesting to see how MSFS was written to overcome the axis with the autopilot. My hope is, they just turn the axis reading off, then give it back when the AP is turned off. As an axis, it knows where zero is at all times, and 100/-100 are at the limits. I rarely fly with the autopilot, (and there is none in the planes I fly), so, it’s not a huge deal to me if they did it wrong, but, this is great!