Please help me understand a few things. I installed the drivers and manager program. I calibrated the two items and all is fine as far as that is concerned. By the way, XP recognized all kinds of new stuff like the keyboard and mouse? I know have my PS/2 mouse and keyboard and an additional two HID! Maybe this is normal. Nothing is wrong or flagged in device manager. I do have a bunch of new "devices" including a section for CH Products. Is this how it should be?This is for MSFS 2002 (haven't got to FS9 yet)Okay, for the important question. The yoke and pedals seems to work good except for sensitivity and axis assignments. The pedals seem to brake and rudder just fine so far. On the yoke, however, the throttle doesn't want to close completely when fully back and the prop/mixture axes are screwed up. The prop axis actually controls the rudder? The mixture axis controls the prop?Also, are these two CH items usually pretty sensitive? I barely touch anything and the plane is extremely responsive...too much so. I have maybe a couple notches before the sensitivity is low as possible.FYI, I do have registered version of FSUIPC (3.11 - the newer versions have given me some trouble). The only thing is I really don't understand how to use it for controller properties.Sorry for such a long post, I'm just a little lost :-hmmmChris

On my system, XP also recognises the new stuff, so I guess it's pretty normal. By the way, the yoke and pedals work well in Windows without installing the control manager, but the CH control manager gives you a lot of extra configuration options.You just have to play with the sensitivity and null zone settings to find the best combination. If you use FSUIPC, you can probably set the sensitivity in the sim at maximum, and the nullzone to minimum. Then use FSUIPC to finetune these. There's a lot of info about this in the FSUIPC manual. You should check the axis assignments in FS to solve the problem with prop and mixure axis.It pays off to play with the CH control manager, because there are a lot of handy options in there. I've assigned on button as a 'shift' key, so I can use the other buttons for two functions.Hope this get's you a bit further.Allard.

Firstly, yes it's normal that your unit recognises other "extra" things including your grandmother. Don't worry about that.Sensitivity and axis assignments can all be set in FS2002 now that you have calibrated your gear. You don't NEED to use CH Manager or FSUIPC, although you can do. Using the FS assignments, you can easily choose which lever does what and so on. By default, the throttle is the left hand lever, for example, like a Cessna; I have changed that to read PROP/THROTTLE/MIX, like a DC-3 which is what I fly most of the time when not up in the clouds with the Jet Set.If things are too twitchy, this can all be toned down using FS.I only use the CH Control Manager because I wanted to "map" one of my buttons for Roger Wilco, which is not an FS default choice. I don't use FSUIPC at all, personally, for CH settings; when I tried, it gave me endless problems and I find it unnecessary anyway.Good luck!Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumonthttp://www.swiremariners.com/newlogo.jpg

Okay, thanks for the replies guys! I did manage to fix the mixture and prop levers in FS. I just didn't know which one was what (X, Y, Z?). I'm only using the control manager to calibrate since I didn't understand how the axes worked on the pedals. Now I only have to tone down the response, and get used to life without a joystick. It's a big difference! But I'll never go back.Again, thanks for the help.Chris

You don't have to dump your joystick ... just set it up in tandem. There is nothing better than joystick and pedals with a helicopter, and you'll need your joystick for fighters, small GA and Airbuses. Just kill all conflicts; don't have the throttle on both, for example. You'll be alright with ailerons and elevators on both, though.Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumonthttp://www.swiremariners.com/newlogo.jpg