Throttles Will Not Retard To Idle

[David123]

I have assigned two throttle levers. One is assigned to throttles 1 and 3, and the other is assigned to throttles 2 and 4. I can advance the throttles to the forward stop (maximum power) but when I retard them only throttles 3 and 4 return to idle. The others (1 and 2) retard but they stay advanced to the engine start position. I tried setting all throttles to separate levers and calibrating them separately with the same result so I reassigned the throttle levers to my original configuration. 

When I calibrated the throttle levers, I calibrated the first lever (assigned to throttles 1 and 3) to throttle 1 and throttle 3 and the second lever (assigned to throttles 2 and 4) to throttle 2 and throttle 4. This caused the problem of not being able to advance throttles 2 and 3. So, I deleted the throttle 3 and throttle 4 calibrations (by pressing the reset button on throttles 3 and 4 and then not calibrating any throttle movement to throttle 3 and 4) and I am now able to advance all 4 throttles as assigned but, still, throttles 1 and 2 refuse to retard to idle.

I have attached the FSUIPC .ini and .log files

David McCormick

FSUIPC7.ini FSUIPC7.log

[John Dowson]

Can you please attach an FSUIPC7.log file showing your issue, i.e. with logging for Axes Controls activated and you move the throttles. The log file you attached doesn't event tell me what aircraft you are using...and ALWAYS exit FSUIPC7 before attaching files please.

47 minutes ago, David123 said:

So, I deleted the throttle 3 and throttle 4 calibrations (by pressing the reset button on throttles 3 and 4 and then not calibrating any throttle movement to throttle 3 and 4) and I am now able to advance all 4 throttles as assigned but, still, throttles 1 and 2 refuse to retard to idle.

Try removing the calibration for throttles 1 & 2 as well - these are still calibrated, from your ini file:

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Throttle1=-16124,-512,512,14463
Throttle2=-16384,-512,512,14847

Some aircraft do not like post calibration (i.e. calibrating when assigning using Send to FS as normal axis).

If you still have issues after removing the calibration, I will look into this next week - once you have attached an log file that is useful.

[David123]

John,

Removing the calibration on the number 1 and 2 throttles worked. Thank you. I did not realize that some aircraft didn't like post calibration. For your information, the plane I am using is the PMDG DC-6B. One final question: When I was removing the calibration on the throttles, I made sure that the FSUIPC Log tab had Axes Controls checked just in case I would have to send you another .log file. My question is, should I keep things like Buttons and Keys, Events, and Axes Controls checked or should I uncheck them for normal FSUIPC use?

David McCormick 

[John Dowson]

You can leave them unchecked. You only need to enable logging when tracking down an issue.

John