Fenix A320 Block 2 Nosewheel Steering Issues Fix

[vanislepilot]

If you are having issues getting the Fenix A320 V2 nosewheel steering to work, ensure you delete all 'SteeringTiller' lines in FSUIPC7.ini file under the [JoystickCalibration.FENIX A320] (or whatever you have named it) section. This solved it for me.

[Alhard Horstmann]

Hi, how can I nevertheless assign the tiller axes to fenix a320, what I did with assigning "steeringTiller"  didnt work. I dont want to control via MSFS controls.

[John Dowson]

Did you try either the Steering Set or Axis Steering Set axes (using 'Send to FS as normal axis')?

FSUIPCs SteeringTiller axis is a special axis that should only be used in conjunction with the rudder and provides blending between the rudder and tiller (see the User guide). If you are using a separate Steering Tiller axis, you should try assigning to one of the MSFS-provided steering controls.

If those don't work in the fenix, then you will need to look to see if any input events or lvars are available to control this axis. I don't have the fenix so cannot look into his for you, but if you log/list the available lvars and input events and anything looks applicable I can show you how to use theses.

John

[Alhard Horstmann]

Hi John, it only works in conjunction with MSFS controls assignment "Nose Wheel Steering Axis" AND  FSUIPC  "Send direct to ...." and  "SteeringTiller".

I tried Axis Steering Set axes (using 'Send to FS as normal axis'), but didnt work.

What is the correct way ?

Alhard

 

[John Dowson]

19 minutes ago, Alhard Horstmann said:

it only works in conjunction with MSFS controls assignment "Nose Wheel Steering Axis" AND  FSUIPC  "Send direct to ...." and  "SteeringTiller".

So it doesn't work with only the MSFS assignment? That is very strange. The Nose Wheel Steering control is not available for external assignments - there is no such event in the SDK.

22 minutes ago, Alhard Horstmann said:

I tried Axis Steering Set axes (using 'Send to FS as normal axis'), but didnt work.

Did you try Steering Set? Also try this without calibration first (i.e. remove any steering calibration).

23 minutes ago, Alhard Horstmann said:

What is the correct way ?

As I don't have this aircraft, I don't know. Try the Steering Set control. If that doesn't work, list/log input events to see if there are any that control the steering tiller. Also list the lvars and show me a log file.

[Aq86]

I’ve been having this issue for a while too with the FENIX as well as the Inibuilds A340. Both 2020 and 2024. Once I shut down FSUIPC, nose wheel works normally again.  As Alhard stated, the FSUIPC assigned “Send direct to” “steering tiller” is the only method that seems to be working. This workaround wouldn’t have been an issue except that now it won’t allow me to make hard 90 degree turns for some strange reason. I’ll try to troubleshoot some more and see if I can pin it down further. 

[Aq86]

I managed to resolve the issue for me at least. This is what I did:

- Open up FSUIPC.ini

- Go to the [JoystickCalibration] section

- Delete both "Steering Tiller" sections

Now unassign your tiller axis in FSUIPC, and just have it configured in regular MSFS controls. 

This worked for me. I've had this issue for a long period of time so it's nice to finally have it resolved. 

[John Dowson]

1 hour ago, Aq86 said:

This workaround wouldn’t have been an issue except that now it won’t allow me to make hard 90 degree turns for some strange reason.

I don't think a 90 degree turn should be possible!! The max steering angle is defined by the NOSEWHEEL MAX STEERING ANGLE simvar, which I guess is taken from the aircraft.cfg file or some other aircraft-specific configuration file. I am pretty sure this will be less than 90 degrees, although this is updatable. I would have thought this would be obeyed regardless of how the steering tiller is assigned.

41 minutes ago, Aq86 said:

I managed to resolve the issue for me at least. This is what I did:

- Open up FSUIPC.ini

- Go to the [JoystickCalibration] section

- Delete both "Steering Tiller" sections

Now unassign your tiller axis in FSUIPC, and just have it configured in regular MSFS controls. 

Okay, so you are just using MSFS assignments for the tiller. Thats fine if you want to do this, but @Alhard Horstmann wants to assign in FSUIPC and not MSFS, hence his post.
Note that the OP of this topic (firs post) also recommended removing the SteeringTiller calibration entries to get this to work.

I am not sure what the issues are with the SteeringTiller assignments in the Fenix as I do not have this aircraft and so cannot look into this in detail.

John

[Aq86]

On 10/30/2025 at 9:54 AM, John Dowson said:

I don't think a 90 degree turn should be possible!! The max steering angle is defined by the NOSEWHEEL MAX STEERING ANGLE simvar, which I guess is taken from the aircraft.cfg file or some other aircraft-specific configuration file. I am pretty sure this will be less than 90 degrees, although this is updatable. I would have thought this would be obeyed regardless of how the steering tiller is assigned.

Okay, so you are just using MSFS assignments for the tiller. Thats fine if you want to do this, but @Alhard Horstmann wants to assign in FSUIPC and not MSFS, hence his post.
Note that the OP of this topic (firs post) also recommended removing the SteeringTiller calibration entries to get this to work.

I am not sure what the issues are with the SteeringTiller assignments in the Fenix as I do not have this aircraft and so cannot look into this in detail.

John

Thanks for the reply. I must have glanced over the first post too quickly. I couldn’t find a [JoystickCalibration.FENIX A320] specifically in my FSUIPC.ini, instead I only found a [JoystickCalibration] section, that’s why I added that to my post.

When it comes to the “send direct to” “steering tiller”, at least with the FENIX and Inibuilds A340, full tiller deflection, even at slow speeds, will not allow a turn on my end. Not sure if that is an aircraft specific issue or something else that’s messed up in my configuration. But I figured I’d mention that as well in case someone else had the same issues. 
 

I’m glad I found this post regardless, as it helped me solve my issue. Hopefully if anyone else runs into the same problem, they’re able to find this post. 

[John Dowson]

1 hour ago, Aq86 said:

I couldn’t find a [JoystickCalibration.FENIX A320] specifically in my FSUIPC.ini, instead I only found a [JoystickCalibration] section, t

The additional '.FENIX A320' indicates that this is a profile-specific calibration section - FENIX A320 is the name of the profile.
If you are not using a profile for the Fenix, then you would use the general calibration section [JoystickCalibration], which will apply to all aircraft that don't have a profile specific calibration section, even when the aircraft is in a profile and has its own profile specific [Axes.xxx] section.

John

[Aq86]

Thank you for the clarification. I must’ve missed it in my .ini file. 

[John Dowson]

10 minutes ago, Aq86 said:

I must’ve missed it in my .ini file. 

You will only have profile sections in your ini file if you are actually using profiles. Also, if you are using profiles-in-separate files, the profile-specific sections will be in a separate file (named after the profile) and will not contain the profile-name extension.
So it really depends on how you are using FSUIPC.

If you fly multiple aircraft, you should be using profiles. The only reason to not use profiles is if you only fly a specific aircraft.

See the section on profiles is the User guide for details.

John