Falcon controller setup...

**TG_JBRanger** · 02-25-2006, 08:39 PM

While I don't have enough cash for a CH setup I do have a X45 HOTAS. I also have a very basic Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. I am thinking of using the Sidewinder as my stick and the X45 plugged in but only using the throttle from this combo. Is that possible?? Thanks for any and all help.

Pavehawk · 02-25-2006, 08:50 PM

If Windows can recognize them all then you're set. Even though I can map things from multiple CH devices my current setup doesn't and appears as three separate controllers to Falcon. You just have to pick the device that contains the axis you want to assign and click the detect button.

KillerTarget · 02-25-2006, 09:00 PM

Possibly, it depends on how F4 reads from multiple joystick devices. I know with FS2004 you can do this. The only thing you may want to do is with the x45 joystick to set the X and Y axis to have a huge dead zone so if you accidentally hit or move the stick your plane won't go haywire. If you feel adventurous open up the joystickand either cut the wires that control the axises and the buttons or put a switch on the wires so you can disable them and enable them anytime you want. As for having multiple switches coming out the back of the joystick I think you can somehow get it into one switch, but as for actually doing that I don't have the technical knoweldge.

Wolf-119th · 02-26-2006, 10:59 AM

Ok why would you not use the x45 stick ?????? This does not make sense to me..... Talk to Polish he has an x45 and a very good profile......

Gixxer_USMC · 02-27-2006, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolf-119th

Ok why would you not use the x45 stick ?????? This does not make sense to me..... Talk to Polish he has an x45 and a very good profile......

I also use the X45 and love it ....

I have a pretty good, easy to use profile as well .......

I have used the Sidewinder and don't know why you wouldn't use the X45 Stick ....
Any specific reason ?

**TG_JBRanger** · 02-27-2006, 09:15 PM

Well, I just feel with the stiffness of the X45 I could use the MS stick so I could be a little lighter on the controls. However, I found a modification you can do to the X45 to reduce the stiffness. I may try that. We shall see. I think I'll have to use the X45 just because it allows you so many more control options.

02-25-2006, 08:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
TG_JBRanger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atl, GA Age: 29 Posts: 661	Falcon controller setup... While I don't have enough cash for a CH setup I do have a X45 HOTAS. I also have a very basic Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. I am thinking of using the Sidewinder as my stick and the X45 plugged in but only using the throttle from this combo. Is that possible?? Thanks for any and all help. __________________ In the pursuit of... something.

02-25-2006, 08:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pavehawk Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 68	Re: Falcon controller setup... If Windows can recognize them all then you're set. Even though I can map things from multiple CH devices my current setup doesn't and appears as three separate controllers to Falcon. You just have to pick the device that contains the axis you want to assign and click the detect button. __________________ Pavehawk Any Time, Any Place

02-25-2006, 09:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
KillerTarget Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Great Northwest, USA, North America, Earth, Sol, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe Age: 20 Posts: 257	Re: Falcon controller setup... Possibly, it depends on how F4 reads from multiple joystick devices. I know with FS2004 you can do this. The only thing you may want to do is with the x45 joystick to set the X and Y axis to have a huge dead zone so if you accidentally hit or move the stick your plane won't go haywire. If you feel adventurous open up the joystickand either cut the wires that control the axises and the buttons or put a switch on the wires so you can disable them and enable them anytime you want. As for having multiple switches coming out the back of the joystick I think you can somehow get it into one switch, but as for actually doing that I don't have the technical knoweldge. __________________ -BB\|KillerTarget

02-26-2006, 10:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
Wolf-119th Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 248	Re: Falcon controller setup... Ok why would you not use the x45 stick ?????? This does not make sense to me..... Talk to Polish he has an x45 and a very good profile......

02-27-2006, 09:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
TG_JBRanger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atl, GA Age: 29 Posts: 661	Re: Falcon controller setup... Well, I just feel with the stiffness of the X45 I could use the MS stick so I could be a little lighter on the controls. However, I found a modification you can do to the X45 to reduce the stiffness. I may try that. We shall see. I think I'll have to use the X45 just because it allows you so many more control options. __________________ In the pursuit of... something.

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