:Ever since first using FS2020, when it first came out, I have never been able to use the left throttle. Both throttles are labeled # 15, so there is no possible way to set up a left one. Only the right one. However, in the calibration page you can move the left throttle and it responds. I don’t suppose the team can assign a different number so we have both throttles working.
When it comes to flying helicopters, which I have done IRL, it would be nice to be able to use the left throttle for the power and the right throttle for collective pitch. This would be the only way to practice an auto-rotation, plus it would make flying a helicopter more realistic instead of having both controls bound into one control.
Remove the binding and set an new one for the left side. It’s just that easy.
Do you have Thrustmaster Warthog/HOTAS controls?
How do you remove a binding that does not exist and how do you assign a binding to a control with no separate number?
Throttle axes aren’t assigned a number, only buttons/switches have numbers. On the Warthog throttle, button #15 is the red pinky button on the front side of the left throttle.
To assign the axes go into the controls config page and make sure your Warthog throttle is selected. For most dual engine aircraft you’ll want to map the left throttle to ‘Throttle 1 Axis’, and the right to ‘Throttle 2 Axis.’ For helis, map ‘Throttle Axis’ to the left throttle and ‘Collective Axis’ to the right. Note that throttle mapping is broken for the MSFS Bell 407.
Edit: I may be backwards on throttle mappings…throttle 1 might be the right engine, not the left. I’m not in front of my sim computer to check.
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Thanks, that is very helpful. I’m about to go into uncharted waters though. I will be firing up a new gaming computer tomorrow with Windows 11.
CyberPower in a White Hyte case, i9 13,900K, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD plus 2TB storage, 12 GB Asus 4070 GPU. Finger crossed all loads up okay. If not, watch for a mushroom cloud over PA.
Ohh, congrats! New computer day is very exciting. If you are downloading MSFS from scratch, I wish you the very quickest of download speeds.
New PC?
Before connecting the Warthog Hotas to the PC, go to the Thrustmaster website and download actual FW, driver and manuals:
https:// support. thrustmaster. com/en/product/hotaswarthogflightstick-en
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I would say that’s unnecessary unless you want to either:
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Combine stick and throttle into a single device, which isn’t necessary for MSFS
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Use the programming capabilities of TARGET
Both stick and throttle will work fine with MSFS without installing drivers or software.
About the only other reason I keep those on my system is to periodically check for new firmware for the throttle/stick. And those haven’t changed much in years it seems! But other than that, I never use TARGET anymore. Most things these days never need a combined device, at least none that I bother with!
Regards
Sure I do have a Warthog Throttle but it doesn’t belong to that throttle only. 
You have to bind an axis to the throttle axis. If you don’t know what exactly you are looking for, you can search a binding via using a the throttle or even a key. It’s just on the left side, searching for input or something like that.
