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When starting from ramp, my throttles are "locked" until I use the keyboard command (home+ralt/rctrl) to start the engines - which works okay but it seems like being able to just move the throttles up to idle would be preferable. In all the videos and guides I've seen people seem to have no trouble moving their throttles, is there a setting I'm missing?

I have a Saitek X52 (non-pro) and I can't seem to configure any of the buttons or axises. For example, the throttle axis is set to be the small slider on the side of the throttle, as the FAQ mentions, but I can't reconfigure it to use the correct axis. Similarly, trying to download and use a "premade" profile doesn't work, all buttons stay the same even though the Saitek software definitely recognizes it. What am I doing wrong?