What controls should be mapped to Joystick

[thdman1511]

I have a thrustmaster T-flight Hotas X joystick, the one that has the throttle assembly that can be disconnected from the joystick.

 

I would like some advise on what controls should be mapped to the joystick, apart from the normal axis controlls. At present I dont have rudder pedals but looking into it at present, but I am using the twist stick function for rudders.

 

I have 12 buttons available, 4 are on the joystick, and 6 on the throttle assembly and 2 on the base.

 

What controls should be mapped on the joystick and what should be left for the keyboard

[McBlemmen]

Slew , TMS , DMS , and coolie hat switch should be on the HOTAS. Also wichever CMS switch releases CMS (sorry , i dont remember off the top of my head wich one it is)

 

Also , i dont know if you have a pinky switch , but if you do , it essentially doubles your HOTAS keys available. You might (not 100% sure since i havent done this mysellf) use a keyboard modifier along with a hotas key to get even more hotas functions so you can keep one hand on the stick and one on the keyboard. Usefull for things like trim.

 

 

Edit :wow , just noticed this is not in fact in the A-10 forum. My bad.

 

 

If you're talking about the SU25t, my suggestion would be slew , target lock , switch weapon , cannon , release countermeasures and activate laser. If you have more keybindings available i like to have my TGP toggle and ELINT pod toggle on there aswell.

Edited May 13, 2014 by McBlemmen

[Sceptre]

Which aircraft are you talking about thdman

[PFunk1606688187]

Everything you can map that sensibly allows you to do the most actions without taking your hands off the stick. Things like Gear up/down are low priority being that they're usually twice a flight, while things to do with selecting weapons or waypoints or slewing a targeting camera or something are high priority.

 

Take the HOTAS concept to heart and you'll come up with a system. Of course its impossible to know how to design one til you know how to use the systems themselves on a given aircraft. How can you know whats important without learning it? Thats of course when you can choose to adopt another's control scheme.

 

You can categorize it generally, like target management switches, weapons release and selection switches, etc, or you have specifics to an aircraft like TMS and DMS which for the A-10 does both the previously mentioned things. Every aircraft is different but there are some rules of thumb you can use. Trim should always be readily at hand, so onto the POV switch that you can most easily reach (unless you have to use it to control your camera).

Edited May 13, 2014 by P*Funk

[thdman1511]

Thanks to everyone that has replied, given me much to think about.

 

Sceptre, the aircraft I am talking about are the Su-25, Su-25T and the A-10A Thunderbolt II I am aware that I will need to map the control differently for the A-10A.

[Sceptre]

you'll want to be able to slew and lock targets without touching your keyboard, flaps are nice to have and speedbrake so all these things apply to Su25 and the A-10A.

I use the pinky button to lock targets on my hotas, and as people said above you should map trim to your pov switch especially if you have a trackIR. That's about all there is too it really, just play the su25T training missions and thing about what suits you best.

[howie87]

Eject!

 

Trust me, you don't want to be fooling around with the keyboard when it's time to hit the canvas.

[Sceptre]

You also don't want to press it by accident :P

[Zabuzard]

My profile, that should give you an idea of what is important:

 

Mustang:

 

Su-25T:

 

FC3: