Wondering what peeps use the X56 and what they use the Rotaries on the Thrust controller for. As you will know there is a button and rotary on each and have a centre button. There is also a rotary on the extreme left of this stick which appears to be a true rotary encoder, does anyone use this and what for. Please only answers about the X56. Thanks
the top rotary, The big one, I use for zoom
The bottom rotary, I use for Helo throttle
RTY 4 I use for Tacan
RTY 3 I use for ILS
RTY 3 and 4 I only use if the axis binds are there for Tacan and ILS, For example the F-16 has axis binds for both.
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thats correct, most left rotary is encoder and I dont use it at all. the other rotaries are potentiometers.
I have it as follows for different games/airframes
WWII
- right throttle
– top rotary - prop RPM
– bottom rotary - mixture - base
– rotaries - radiators / cowl flaps
Helicopters
- right throttle
– top rotary - throttle
– bottom rotary - mixture - base
– rotaries - no use
General Aviation
- right throttle
– top rotary - no use
– bottom rotary - no use - base
– rotaries - no use
most of the time I dont use all the controls on my X56. if possible I use my mouse to interact with cockpit.
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Ok not flying helos yet. I too use the mouse for cockpit but it is getting to be a nuisance as I have my two joystick -throttle controllers either side on my desk and the mouse gets knocked quite often so a bit of a pain. Dont think I’ll ever be able to stop using it.
I have clickable cockpit mode on/off mapped to my stick to stop the mouse moving being a pain
Not sure what this means but a rough guess that a button the stick would enable/disable mouse till needed ?. On the modules (hi-fid) with having to click for using cursor would be a bit annoying ???.