Spad.next and Lorbys Axis And Ohs are just amazing

[Fiorentoni 4,215]

Yep AAO is essential for me. No more fighting with the MSFS default commands (which never work as they should on 3rd party aircrat anyway) or fighting with my hardware. I can use my Warthog for every and any aircraft exactly the way I want it.
Also I use AAO for my own real life SOP checklists (that is: I say "Before Taxi no engine bleed checklist" and AAO reads my checklist and waits for the correct response from me, by voice; much better and much more flexible than FS2CREW or anything else that uses pre-scripted checklists). Really added upon immersion when I started doing this.

[TravelRunner404 596]

Axis and Ohs scripting is amazing.  I took some time to learn RPN and once you get past the word/number order hang up it’s surprisingly simple. Additionally, with the new in game panel the direct access to B variables makes configuring any cockpit a breeze.
 

What I love the most is setting up the bravo switches 1-3 as night lights (the maddog is like a 20 second script). I also set up a script for runway turn on where it sets lights and other misc switches so I can focus on the important TO details.  Finally at landing I have a clean up script so I can press a button and be on my way with taxi. Another when I park at the gate and a final one for shutting down the aircraft. Basically I’ll start things up super manually but can’t be bothered at the end of the flight to checklist anything. 

[FPStewy 538]

Spad + XTouch Mini here and not going back. Whenever I see a MSFS YT vid with the title "Real Pilot" and see them struggling with the mouse to change heading or frequencies it makes me cringe and shake my head.

[Paul K 1,327]

What's best for a Loupedeck user - Spad or As & Os ? I've heard Spad, but more opinions / experiences would be welcome.

[newtie 533]

5 hours ago, FPStewy said:

Spad + XTouch Mini here and not going back. Whenever I see a MSFS YT vid with the title "Real Pilot" and see them struggling with the mouse to change heading or frequencies it makes me cringe and shake my head.

Hey Stewy-

How difficult is this to set up?
I’m slowly incorporating AAO because I can set preferences for each aircraft.

Thanks,

Mark

[FPStewy 538]

17 hours ago, newtie said:

Hey Stewy-

How difficult is this to set up?
I’m slowly incorporating AAO because I can set preferences for each aircraft.

Thanks,

Mark

My experience only but I found AAO way more complicated so I went with Spad and found it much easier, I watched about 3 vids and that was it, any button or switch I can assign to the mini. Not only for the x-touch mini but for other devices like the Honeycomb Yoke, Thrustmaster and Saitek throttle ect.. and it recognized them no problem.

When I got the Black Square Caravan it took me 20-30 mins tops to copy and paste some that I had set up from the 310R I had previously set up. It also recognizes the setup for each plane automatically and the only thing I have problems is with are interior lights adjustments, I'm to lazy to assign them to rotator knobs or the slider and gave up 🙂 but basically in flight I don't use the keyboard/mouse for any of the functions.

 

Edit: this is what I have problems with, I'll try again.

 

Edited June 5, 2023 by FPStewy