I posed this in the FSX forum as well. I just received my Saitek yoke, throttle and peddals and was looking for any set up tips. (formerly used CH products). One response was to just use FSUIPC to assign buttons. However the introduction manual seems to discourage this so I am looking for tips from PMDG and Saitek users here. On the throttle quadrant the middle lever is for flaps but with no dentents how certain are you that you are setting the correct flap setting without starring at the gauge and hoping it doesn't slide by. Latly the spoiler lever, can you move it part way to arm as you would on teh PMDG throttle s it still best to use key strokes.Thanks

no, go with FSUIPC key bindingi wouldn't want to setup my saitek gear any other way

I am doing well with setting my saitek stuff via FSUIPC incl axis, but I am careful to actually have a second look when something, anything goes awry...

Thanks for the responses, I will use FSUICP. How do you handle the spoilers, do you use the lever or button set ups. Any tips will be appreciated.

Thanks for the responses, I will use FSUICP. How do you handle the spoilers, do you use the lever or button set ups. Any tips will be appreciated.

I have set up my spoilers and flaps on the TQ levers (I use X52 throttle for thr & rev thr.), all with FSUIPC. As you pointed out, there is only one detent at the end which might as well be none, but i just listen for the cockpit sounds for the clicks at the moment. However i am still going to dream up some method of adding detents to the TQ some time. Read one article where this guy glued plastic "Drink Box" staws across the lever slot at the appropriate spots and then snipped through the middle of each straw with scissors. He said it works well and even makes a clicking sound as you pull the lever through the straws.Still thinking about that one.Regards,

Thanks, that does give an idea of at least locating the spots and marking with the numbers on my lable maker.

I run the Saitek yoke and 2xTQ. All is done via FSUIPC - working like a charm!The plastik straws sounds like something I need to try - maybe for flap positions aswell? hmmm...Mas

I run it with the FSX controlling it all.No FSUIPC . Spoiler,speedbrake flaps and throttle. No problemoMichael

How do you handle the spoilers, do you use the lever or button set ups. Any tips will be appreciated.

for the NGX, you can assign a lever to spoilers through FSX controls and it works well. but if you do that, other planes (like level-d 767) don't like the spoilers set up that way. (for the 767, on takeoff the spoilers will spike up and down and give you a takeoff config warning)what i did for all my planes is setup a lever for spoilers through fsuipc, but i used the right side of the axis assignment (custom axis ranges bound to FS actions)i made three ranges (10-20%, 25-50%, 60- 8 0%....or however you want) and used spoilers off, spoilers arm, and spoilers toggle so when i move the lever halfway down, spoilers arm. if i move them all the way down, spoilers engage fully. when i move the lever back up, they turn offyou can also tell FSUIPC whether or not moving the lever up, down, or both directions triggers an actionthis method prevents you from setting specific percentages of open spoilers, but it lets you use a lever for spoilers no matter what aircraft you flyp.s.i tried using drinking straws with tape instead.....it was a disaster. you need glue but i don't want to glue straws to my gear at this time. i would rather mark the flap positions with white tape or something

Edited February 8, 201214 yr by flyguy172

Thanks Mitch, good explanation. I will try to get this set up soon so I can try all of this new stuff out this weekend. I fly PMDG exclusively now so the settings will be permanent.

Hey Mitch. Thats why i have held off on the drink straws for now. I'm still trying to figure out a set up without the glue, because as you are probably thinking, what do you do when you have to replace the straws?Regards,

I had spoliers mapped to my leftmost lever in a fashion inverted from the real plane, that is, lever back/down = spoilers down, lever front/up = spoilers up, and I used the push-down button to arm/disarm spoilers on press and release. It worked reasonably well, but I abandoned the setup due to axis instability (spiking mostly, and irresponsiveness), but that is a given with my yoke being 5ish year old now. I am looking to either re-haul the current TQ or buy a new USB TQ (or both) and I will be going back to that setup most definitely.

I run it with the FSX controlling it all.No FSUIPC . Spoiler,speedbrake flaps and throttle. No problemoMichael

Same here....I have no issues at all.

Michael Moe, on 08 February 2012 - 07:59 PM, said:I run it with the FSX controlling it all.No FSUIPC . Spoiler,speedbrake flaps and throttle. No problemoMichael

Same here....I have no issues at all.

Hello,Saitek Pro Flight Yoke, pedals, two Quadrants, NO FSUIPC=work like a charmImportant : don't install the drivers on the CD, download and install allways the last version on the Saitek siteRegards,Richard Portier

Edited February 9, 201214 yr by DrumsArt

Go for FSUIPC. The control movement is much more realistic IMO. The handling feels alot better too.