Ill check them out in a bit, Ill order them tonight though so thanks.

Blampers,glad you got your stuff,and you Roy your stick,i agree the sticks are big and \\blampers, i agree about the ch control software,if you find help please post it |:).glad you like the pedals,im toying betweem saitek combat and the ch,using a thrustmaster hostas x throttle for thw rudder and stuff cus the x52 pro throttle dont have a rocker swith for rudder,do the pedlas centre themselves and if not how do you know your rudder is centred without looking in the dial in cockpit
thanks, and both of you enjoy:)

All rudder pedals centre themselfs if you dont put pressure on them.
Rudder pedals give you more controle then the rocker switch on the Saitek X45.

+1 on that. Got a Combat stick and Pro throttle about a week ago. I've calibrated the controllers using Control Manager and saved a profile - but it's hard to get a handle on the other features - and with the possibility of using modes and writing scripts things can get out of hand pretty quickly.

Unfortunately it's a little difficult to grasp some of the concepts from the provided help. Need to go back to the Dummies pdf again myself.

Should be very powerful and configurable once I've mastered it though!

After over 8 years with CH gear I have never figured out the control software for it. A classic example of software by programmers for programmers.

Fortunately every thing I need for the sim can be configured in the game itself.

Still the CH hardware is the best out there. Bullet proof.

The rudders center themselves when you dont put pressure on one of them, plus there is a type of 'slot' feel when they are centered. the thing i'm noticing is i'm always slightly hitting the toe brakes on them (the rocking part of the pedal), but that's probably due to how I'm sitting at my desk.

I've gotten as far as you have with calibrating the controllers and saving that profile, or map. My problem comes when I assign, say, F and V for flaps up and flaps down with IL2. Save the profile, download it to my controler(s) and launch the game, those commands don't work. The other thing that confuses me is the direct mode, mapped mode buttons in the software. After I download my profile to the devices I can't seem to go back and edit them further as the buttons are all greyed out. I have to log out of windows and back in to get the software to recognize my button presses on the controllers again. I'm normally a pretty tech/software savvy guy but this software has me down on my knees right now lmao.
We're not even going to get into scripting at this point, although I've seen some nice examples of how it can be implemented. Right now I just want to get basic functionality out of my HOTAS so I can get used to it all.

I'm loving the feel of the hardware, but like you said that software is something else! Hopefully I can figure out how to get all my basic commands mapped at some point, as I'm having fits with it right now (see above).

I too struggled with that programming system, contacted CH tech support and they sent me a profile that I use. Everyone has a certain way of using the system.

lets start a CH programming club:)

we should, because i'm on day 2 and I haven't made a single bit of progress lmao. wow. :(

I'm uninstalling and reinstalling the software now, I don't know why but maybe it'll help. I'm getting no action from controllers inside IL2 now even though everything "works" in ch control manager.

i've never felt so computer stupid in my life haha

Update: When configuring for IL2, don't join all the controllers to act as one. I now have controls and buttons working. Now for mapping. :D

yes i made that mistake too:)