May 15, 201412 yr One of the reasons I bought the Saitek X-55 was that is has a Trim Wheel on the end of the left throttle lever, which I much prefer over the toggle switch method. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be recognised by FSX when I try to program it to the FSX Aileron Trim Axis in the controls setup. I know the 'switch' method is more realistic for the big jets, but I just prefer to use a trim wheel. Anyone know how I can overcome this as I don't have room on my desk for the full size Saitek Trim Wheel. Glen Glen
May 15, 201412 yr Hi Glen, Greetings from an Ex Pat in Toronto I just brought the X-55 (Awesome stick) I use the exact same function on the throttle for trim but I use FSUIPC to assign and calibrate all my controllers Hope this helps Richard Richard i7-12700K | Noctua NH-D15S Black Version | MSI Pro Z690 - A | 32 GB DDR4 3600 | Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090 | 1TB WD Blue NMVe (MSFS 2020) | 500 GB WD Black Gen 4 NVMe | 4TB WD Black Conventional | Fractal Design Torrent Case | Seasonic 1000W Gold Plus PSU | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Honeycomb Throttle | Airbus Side Stick | Virpil Rudder Pedals | Sony X90K 55 Inch TV |
May 15, 201412 yr Glen - Could it be that you aren't moving the trim wheel far enough? Have you tried rotating it across the entire travel from end-to-end? What about drivers? Philip Manhart :American Flag: - "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." ~ Plato
May 15, 201412 yr Author Richard Thanks, I'll take a look at FSUIPC. Philip Yes I've rotated the wheel forward and back several times but no luck. Its a bit like a mouse wheel, freely rotates without a stop. Glen
May 15, 201412 yr Yes I've rotated the wheel forward and back several times but no luck. Its a bit like a mouse wheel, freely rotates without a stop. So in that case, it's not an axis but a wheel that activates a button most likely. If it were attached to a potentiometer to create an axis, it would probably have a stop at each end of the potentiometer, otherwise you would keep turning and not get any effect on the axis input. Try setting it to elevator trim up and elevator trim down buttons instead. Philip Manhart :American Flag: - "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." ~ Plato
May 15, 201412 yr Try setting it to elevator trim up and elevator trim down buttons instead. That's how I had the wheel on the throttle of my X52 configured, and it worked great until the wheel itself started going haywire (guess I wore it out from all that trimming). Now I've got it assigned to the hat switch on the throttle. Richard P. Kelly
March 21, 201511 yr I use the exact same function on the throttle for trim but I use FSUIPC to assign and calibrate all my controllers Maybe I was missing something, but I also use FSUIPC, and I didn't seem to be able to find that trim wheel on FSUIPC, either. The only place it showed up was in the X55 Profiler. -= Gary Barth =-
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