Starting to make little progress

[mxmadman]

Originally Posted by d.burnette

No I have not as of yet assigned my two rotaries on my throttle- have assigned keypresses for trimming that will get assigned to buttons on my stick.
I was thinking of using the two available rotaries, one for prop pitch, and the other for mixure? Would that make sense?

I do not plan on flying with full cem as I will be learning this sim for some time I am sure - maybe later on down the road...

Thanks,

I would strongly suggest using your two rotaries for trim, specifically rudder and elevator. This is just preference in the end, but you will be using them the most often and you will want more fidelity. Tiny adjustments in trim are necessary almost constantly and are essential in setting up a good gun platform.

I would say prop pitch you will want to use on another analog control of some sort. I personally use a slider for this. For the same reasons above, you want as much sensitivity as possible, but its not as necessary.

And to respond to an earlier question: my 1, 2 ,3 suggestion for starting was only an example. I use my joystick for everything and almost never use my keybpoard, but to simplify things I still put them in a sequence that's easy to remember because there are a number of things you will end up doing on every sortie and only turn it on before take-off (like sight illumination, which makes your crosshair brighter and easier to see against certain backgrounds) and then you don't really need them again.

I don't think you should get too attached to your mappings. Once you get airborne you will feel differently about some and they will certainly change as needed.