I'm finally getting back into flight sims after about six years away. Sadly, I don't quite have the massive selection of input devices most around here have, and as such am limited to a single joystick.
After some creative rebinding of the keys, I think I've managed to get things working out, however, I do have a few issues - namely the rudder and throttle settings.
I currently have a Logitech Attack 3 joystick, which only has an X and Y axis for the stick, plus a throttle lever at the base. My main issue is that the rudder when I press the keys on my joystick (#4 and #5 keys respectively at the top of the stick for left and right respectively), it's as if I am trimming the rudder I believe. The rudder does not auto-center when the keys are released and I have to manually realign things. I figure I can solve this by double-mapping the Y axis, but of course with a modifier in order to keep the roll and yaw commands from being initiated simultaneously. Sadly, I have not figured out how to do so - does FSX support what I want to do with the axis? And if not...how/where can I get a solution?
Oh, and in a semi-related note, the Z-axis is fickle at best here. I've recalibrated numerous times to no effect, and toyed with sensitivities, but the throttle does not increment gradually - it's all or nothing. Likewise, once I 'set' the throttle lever, I cannot pull it back.
I'm thinking it's an issue with how the stick interacts with FSX, but I'm at a loss as to a solution since when I used this same joystick in FS2004, I didn't have a problem. Nor is this an issue with MS Flight, and flying in other games (Arma2 namely) has never been problematic for me.