Help with Programming ProFlight Controllers

[misterkleen]

I finally purchased this product after wonderful reviews and great word of mouth. Now the hard part - How to program ProFlight Yoke, Rudder Pedals, 4 Throttles, 4 Props and 4 Mixtures. I read the beginners guide and have major axis programed but how do you get reverser, mixturer cutoff, and prop feather to work. Cannot seem to get these to program correctly. Thanks for any help or guidance.

MisterKleen

[Pete Dowson]

how do you get reverser, mixturer cutoff, and prop feather to work.

You assign them and calibrate them just like all the others. There's no mystery. They are all the same, just axes with values, to be assigned and calibrated.

Pete

[g1000pilot]

Hey guys,

You CANNOT simply make the Props feather with Prop1/Prop2 button set to PropDec. I have no clue why; however, it just does not work on the Saitek yoke.

[Pete Dowson]

You CANNOT simply make the Props feather with Prop1/Prop2 button set to PropDec.

PropDec? What's that. Do you mean "PropN_Dec" control?

I have no clue why; however, it just does not work on the Saitek yoke.

does that have twin Prop Pitch levers? If you are only talking about one lever, use to "map to 4 props" option in the single prop pitch control in FSUIPC, then calibrate the feather and/or reverse pitch (according to aircraft) in 4 props section.

Regards

Pete

[g1000pilot]

I did mean PropN_Dec, sorry!

The prop levers work great; however, it will not put them into feather mode for some weird reason. I tried this for over an hour last night to no success.

[Pete Dowson]

The prop levers work great; however, it will not put them into feather mode for some weird reason. I tried this for over an hour last night to no success.

Assuming you are using an aircraft which will feather the props (i.e. not an ordinary Cessna with standard prop pitch facilities) then I think the feather value is usually simply the zero value. Those aircraft with reverse pitch facilities would use a negative value for that.

If you are relying on the button action on the Saitek pull-back (is it via button?), then it may be that you've not calibrated for a zero at the detente. If it were, say, +N, and the PropN_Dec control merely subtracted less than N, you'd need it repeating to get to zero or below. So -- question - have you enabled repeat for it?

Another idea might be to explicitly set zero or whatever instead of using a Decrement. You can do that with PropN_Set and a parameter of zero, or whatever is needed.

Regards

Pete