This guide shows you how to configure your Pro Flight Yoke unit and the USB Throttle Quadrant for twin engine craft and 4 engine craft. In the steps below, the Yoke is Quadrant Q1, and the USB Throttle is Quadrant Q2.
Twin Engine Craft Setup:
Setting Engine Reverser for Jet Engines
Jet Engines can reverse the thrust. This control is set in the button/keys and is usually assigned to the Engine 1 Throttle lever.
Quad Engine Setup Guide
Twin Engine Craft Setup:
- Attach the quadrants to a suitable surface side-by-side with Q1 to the left of Q2 as shown in Image1, below.
- Attach the colored knobs to the stick levers in the following order: Black – Black -- Blue – Blue -- Red – Red
- Start the FSX or FS2004.
- Click on Settings in the menu bar.
- Click on the Controls button located on the right of the Settings window.
- Click the CONTROL AXES tab from the top.
- In the box named Controller Type, in the drop-down menu, choose PRO FLIGHT YOKE (or the Pro Flight Cessna Yoke if you are using this model). Keep in mind the quadrant is seen as part of the Yoke, so it still needs to be selected if you are making changes to the levers.
NOTE: Do not move the scroll wheel of your mouse or you may accidentally select a different device. - Click on the Events category list and scroll down to where Engines 1-2-3-4 are listed.
- Select Engine 1 Throttle Axis and click Change Assignment — move the left lever of Q1 so that Z Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 2 Throttle Axis and click Change Assignment — move the middle lever of Q1 so that X Rotation appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 1 Propeller Axis and click Change Assignment — move the right lever of Q1 so that Y Rotation appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 2 Propeller Axis and click Change Assignment — move the left lever of Q2 so that X Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 1 Mixture Axis and click Change Assignment — move the middle lever of Q2 so that Y Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 2 Mixture Axis and click Change Assignment — move the right lever of Q2 so that Z Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
Setting Engine Reverser for Jet Engines
Jet Engines can reverse the thrust. This control is set in the button/keys and is usually assigned to the Engine 1 Throttle lever.
- On the left, click on Settings.
- On the right, click on Controls.
- Click the BUTTONS / KEYS tab at the top.
- In the Event Category drop-down list, choose Engines.
- Click in the Event list below and scroll down to Throttle (decrease quickly). This button is usually also assigned to the F2 key on the keyboard.
- Select Throttle (decrease quickly) and click Change Assignment — move the left lever of Q1 down to the bottom of the range so that Button 21 appears in the box, and then click OK.
NOTE: On the Pro Flight Cessna Yoke, this will appear as Button 20.
Quad Engine Setup Guide
For multi-engine jet aircraft, you can configure four of the levers to be Engine (1-4) Throttle Axis as shown in Image 2. In this example we have used the Flaps and Spoilers as the remaining levers, but you can assign whatever you like. The reverser setup is the same as before.
- Start from step 8 in the procedure “Twin Engine Craft Setup” above.
- Select Flaps Axis and click Change Assignment…Move the right lever of Q1 so that Z Axis appears in the box then click OK
- Select Engine 1 Throttle Axis and click Change Assignment — move the middle lever of Q1 so that Z Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 2 Throttle Axis and click Change Assignment — move the left lever of Q1 so that X Rotation appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 3 Throttle Axis and click Change Assignment — move the left lever of Q2 so that X Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Engine 4 Throttle Axis and click Change Assignment — move the middle lever of Q2 so that Y Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
- Select Spoiler Axis and click Change Assignment — move the right lever of Q2 so that Z Axis appears in the box, and then click OK.
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