Saitek Pro Flight Yoke Throttle

[rwsallis]

I am in the process of building a PMDG747-400 cockpit and wish to use two Saitek Pro Flight Yoke systems with the throttles thus making Captain and First Officer position Speed Break 4 engines and Flaps. Will there be any issue of conflict using two of these controllers together. Do I need a separate throttle quadrant attached to one yoke in addition or will I be able to use the ones supplied.

 

I will be using Windows 7 Ultimate FSX Deluxe and I have the full version of FSUIPC installed. It will all be run from 1 PC

 

Thanks for any advice

[Pete Dowson]

I am in the process of building a PMDG747-400 cockpit and wish to use two Saitek Pro Flight Yoke systems with the throttles thus making Captain and First Officer position Speed Break 4 engines and Flaps. Will there be any issue of conflict using two of these controllers together.

 

With FSUIPC axis assignment "direct to FSUIPC calibration", you get automatic arbitration between two or more inputs to the same flight controls -- the one with the greatest deviation from 'normal' (i.e. zero or centre) wins.

 

However, I've a feeling that PMDG aircraft don't like their controls fed from FSUIPC's calibration facilities. This might only apply to the throttles, so it may be okay, but best to check for yourself or ask other PMDG users -- I have no PMDG aircraft myself.

 

If you can't assign them that way then you need to make sure there is no jitter at all of the axes -- i.e. no unwanted inputs. Possibly using the dead zone in FSX would help there.

 

Do I need a separate throttle quadrant attached to one yoke in addition or will I be able to use the ones supplied.

 

Surely that simply depends on how many throttle quadrant levers do you need -- i.e whether you want separate levers for speed brake and flaps. With a 747 that's 6 levers. Aren't there only three on the Saitek quadrant?

 

Pete