FS2020: Back to Basics With MSFS Part 6 - Creating Custom Controls For Your Flight Controller

[@vicrobinson1366]

All your videos are full of information and excellent especially for new flyers and even some of us aging flight simmers when we sometimes forget things🤔

[@Huddison]

Thanks Vic.

[@ChrisWilliams1962]

I honestly don't know what I'd do without your videos!!! :) So clear and well explained. Thank you!

[@Huddison]

Thanks Chris 😊

[@MagnumMike44]

Thank you for this information, Huddison. One thing that surprised me about FS 2020, along with many others, is when you set up a Controller profile for one aircraft, as you did for the Cessna 172, that profile becomes the default for all other aircraft, including the Boeing 747-800 and the 787, which have different sensitivity settings for whatever controller(s) you're using. So you have to create a different profile for every controller for the different classes of aircraft and select the one(s) you have set up for whichever aircraft you choose, instead of making the simulator automatically attach the appropriate profile to the aircraft you want to fly. I hope somebody requested a change to fix this issue.

[@Huddison]

Excellent point & I also hope this is implemented soon.

[@nsauvan]

Your videos have been so damn helpful! I am LOVING having access to MSFS on Xbox as I'm not a PC guy. If I buy a mouse will I have the ability in cockpit view to use it freely without going into "cursor mode" i.e. clicking in left thumb stick? If so it feels like a no brainer that I need to go get now!

[@Huddison]

Thanks, appreciated. Yes a mouse is essential IMO.

[@nsauvan]

You rock! Thank you, kindly

[@JoseLNazario]

Excellent video! Many thanks for your thorough videos; you help me to enjoy the sim much more!! 👍

[@Huddison]

Glad to help!👍

[@jpmonti85]

Mine arrives tomorrow! So excited to try it. Have the issues of being able to save settings between sessions been resolved? Thanks for the videos! -John from Hawaii!

[@Huddison]

Hawaii wow😎 On the Xbox, you're still not able to save sensitivites, as of yet.

[@jpmonti85]

@@Huddison let me know if you find out if an update becomes available! Thanks for the great videos! Literally just unboxed my hotas one! The throttle is so loose that it will not stay in place. Used some one sided sticky velcro on the plastic that goes onto the throttle section that goes under the housing, and it worked great! Let me know if you want a pic!

[@hammerpgh]

@jpmonti85 I did that exact same thing. It really does make a difference and with no warranty invalidation either.​

[@hammerpgh]

Just partway through this excellent episode and just seen you assign auto pilot and nav hold on. If you hit the button a second time does that turn them off as you didn't assign anything to do that 🤔

[@Huddison]

Pressing your button for heading mode etc will turn Nav off, or the AP master toggle binding.

[@hammerpgh]

​@@HuddisonMany thanks. Finished this one now.. another very nice and clear video. I'll likely set my controls pretty much the same 👍

[@mikec9763]

Love the joystick, but it's unbelievable the sensitivity settings still don't save from one session to the next.

[@Huddison]

Yes I totally agree.

[@hammerpgh]

Oh wow I did not realise that. Maybe it's been fixed since these videos were created. I changed my sensitivity settings the other day and I just assumed they were the same when I restarted the Xbox the next day. I'll have to check this out later.

[@terrypapineau9268]

Hi and thanks for answering my previous question. I am still learning and doing tutorials with xbox and hotas. I am unable to navigate and start the timer for example with both hotas and xbox controller. Controller acts like actual flight controls. Please help. Thanks.

[@Huddison]

I'm not sure what you are referring to with 'timer'?

[@terrypapineau9268]

@@Huddison I have completed the solo flight in the tutorial and am on to vfr training. I need to time a leg of flight in a window that is open. I can’t find a button on Hotas or the xbox controller that lets me do that. Furthermore, I don’t know how to open the top menu or any flight control on the plane’s instrument panel with either the hotas or xbox controler. Can you help me with that? The xbox controler does the same thing as the hotas once I am flying. Also, when I am in discovery flight, the only view I can access is drone view in back of the airplane. Can that be changed? Thank you so much.

[@terrypapineau9268]

@@Huddison Hi and thanks for your answer. I am referring to a window that pops up on vfr flights and using waypoints and using timer between waypoints to guide the flight. When I am in the plane, both the hotas and xbox controller act as the same. I can’t actually grab and select any instruments or activate the options panel at the top. I am also unable to get out of drone view when I am in a discovery flight. I programmed the hotas top hat with the same views as you recommend and those work fine in normal flight or training flights however not in discovery flights. Any suggestions and Happy New Year!

[@Old_B52H_Gunner]

Another great video. Btw I tried setting up things on the throttle rocker and no matter what I do it sets it up the same no matter which side I press on the rocker it puts both as + instead of one side + and one side - as it worked before I tried reassigning the rockers. Any idea how to fix that? Btw I had my trim set up like yours. Great minds think alike lol.

[@Huddison]

Not sure what's going on there Brian (re the Rocker); I'll take a proper look when time allows ;)

[@Old_B52H_Gunner]

@@Huddison it never prompted me to make a new profile like it usually does, I’m thinking that caused it, I may have to start over with a fresh profile if that will fix it.

[@Huddison]

@@Old_B52H_Gunner let me know

[@Old_B52H_Gunner]

@@Huddison fixed it. Had to enter the button manually.

[@Huddison]

Excellent Brian

[@mysalvation1940]

How does a person know what airport gates has a full ground services????

[@Huddison]

Good question: I spawn in at different gates to see which one suits my needs best.

[@mysalvation1940]

@@Huddison I got lucky the other day, and everything was there and I cant remember the gate number in Chicago, O'Hare Airport. I wish they would tell us, which one has or not... I had to look at your Thrust video, to use as my push back from gate.

[@mysalvation1940]

@@Huddison I found out my problem, why no Ground Service was spawning in those area, it was a corrupt file... I had to reload my software and now all Ground Services shows up... I have no clue what happened... Its all fine now.

[@moevivas550]

What’s with the rubber band on the throttle?

[@Huddison]

It adds resistance to the throttle (see my community page here on KZbin for more details).

[@moevivas550]

@@Huddison ha! genius. Mine was very sensitive and moves slightly if bumped. I’m going to try this. Thanks!

[@bryce.hooops]

DUDE I am so sick and tired of this company didn’t they say they would start preorders by the end of the year and they have not said a word about anything has anybody heard anything yet.

[@Huddison]

Hopefully you'll receive word on new orders soon.