Setting up FSUIPC question

[ilovetofly]

Hi all;

I've had the free version of FSUIPC for some time now and just recently registered it.

My question is this: Is there a way to set up FSUIPC so that when I change aircraft, the settings for the CH TQ will work without having to reset the options in FS9 for the operation of the axis controls? What I mean is, if flying a 4 engine craft, jet or prop, and switch to a 2 engine craft, jet or prop, do I need to redo FSUIPC or reassign controls in FS9?

I hope my question is clear.

Thanks for any help.

ilovetofly

[Pete Dowson]

My question is this: Is there a way to set up FSUIPC so that when I change aircraft, the settings for the CH TQ will work without having to reset the options in FS9 for the operation of the axis controls? What I mean is, if flying a 4 engine craft, jet or prop, and switch to a 2 engine craft, jet or prop, do I need to redo FSUIPC or reassign controls in FS9?

That depends on what you want.

There is no joystick axis management as such in FSUIPC at all. All the assignments for axes are in FS.

If you want two throttles, two mixture axes and two pop pitch axes then you assign them that way in FS. If you want 4 of each I assume you need two CH TQs? For a 4 engined jet obviously you'd need to replace two of your prop-only controls by separate throttle controls.

As a compromise you could consider using only a single mixture and a single prop control for both engines of a twin prop and allocate 4 throttles, or you can use FSUIPCs "mapping" facilities to map 2 to 4 in each case, thus giving you complete control but not individually for each engine.

Regards,

Pete

[ilovetofly]

Thanks Peter, that's what I thought. I guess I need to create some "maps" using the CH Control Manager and then set up FSUIPC.

Thanks for your response.

Jim

ilovetofly