I have a fairly simple question.. is it possible to use two USB Saitek throttle quadrants together with FSX? The reason I'm asking is that I've seen a lot of posts, photos etc where people used the PS/2 one (that comes with the Pro Flight yoke) as well as an additional USB one, but I haven't seen anything about two "stand alone" USB units.

 

Thank you in advance!

Molleh,

 

I am not sure about FSX but I have the quadrant (supplied with the yoke) and two other quadrants

First one is set up to use as a twin prop system ie 2 x throttle..2 x prop condition ..2 x mixture

Second one is set up as flaps/spoiler/landing gear.

 

I also have the Cessna trim wheel and rudder pedals.

 

Please note that I have all of these plugged into a USB hub and not plugged into the USB slots provided by the yoke. I read somewhere that this overloads the yoke or something.

 

So, yes is the answer for you I would think. I cannot imagine that FSX would be different in this respect to FS2-004 which is what I am using.

 

Happy flying

 

TonyC

Yes you can. Just plug them in, they act as separate controllers, then just assign the axes and buttons within FSX itself.

Thank you guys!

and not plugged into the USB slots provided by the yoke. I read somewhere that this overloads the yoke or something.

Hiya Tony...

It doesnt overload it... The problem is simply that the Yoke has no power supply by default, so anything else you plugin, will take away power from the 500mA assigned to the yoke.

Plugin too much and they will all die... If however you plug-in a 5v 2A power supply into the yoke, it should then be fine, as each device can have 500mA. Same as some USB's hubs.

 

Even with USB hubs you have to double check the power supply that comes with them and what your trying to run from it...

The first lot of USB hubs I bought were 7 port hubs, but only had 2A power supplies, thus when loaded up, everything died as it was pulling too much current.

 

My new ones, belkin slims are awesome.. 7 Ports and a 4A power supply, plenty of juice, and it never gets hot :-)

Hiya Tony...

It doesnt overload it... The problem is simply that the Yoke has no power supply by default, so anything else you plugin, will take away power from the 500mA assigned to the yoke.

Plugin too much and they will all die... If however you plug-in a 5v 2A power supply into the yoke, it should then be fine, as each device can have 500mA. Same as some USB's hubs.

 

Even with USB hubs you have to double check the power supply that comes with them and what your trying to run from it...

The first lot of USB hubs I bought were 7 port hubs, but only had 2A power supplies, thus when loaded up, everything died as it was pulling too much current.

 

My new ones, belkin slims are awesome.. 7 Ports and a 4A power supply, plenty of juice, and it never gets hot :-)

 

I have the Yoke+Throttle Quad. and am additional USB throttle quad. I have the second quad plugged into the USB on the yoke and the yoke connected to the PC with no additional power supply. Should I look into getting a power supply for the yoke or move the USB quad to a PC connection?

Hi Jordan...

 

Not necessarily, if it works just fine then its all good. Throttle quadrants don't pull much power at all, hardly anything in fact, 100mA at most, but if you had a multi panel plugged into the yoke, you would definitely notice that its not as bright as it should be. Same as a radio panel, whereas on their own powered USB ports, they are much brighter (A visual indication that its not getting as much power as it should.

 

If it gives you any problems, then yes, put it on its own separate powered USB socket.