Setting up warthog and throttles

[erjdriver]

Newbie help here - starting to fly the Huey and have the warthog throttles.

 

I understand most people assign the thrust levers to the collective and invert it - makes sense.

 

How about the throttle - assign to what?

Edited May 30, 2015 by erjdriver

[King_Hrothgar]

In general for choppers:

Throttle slider = Collective

Rotary axis = Throttle

Flight stick = Cyclic

 

Given that the TM WH is a bit short on axis compared to other HOTAS setups, you may want to use your rotary axis for zoom instead. If you do so, just assign throttle to two buttons. In all honesty, it isn't really something you use often in flight in a chopper and certainly not with the woefully underpowered Huey. As for axis inversion, I don't invert any of the axis compared to fixed wing planes, not sure why anyone would want to do that unless they vertically mount their throttle slider.

[PiedDroit]

In general for choppers:

Throttle slider = Collective

Rotary axis = Throttle

Flight stick = Cyclic

 

Given that the TM WH is a bit short on axis compared to other HOTAS setups, you may want to use your rotary axis for zoom instead. If you do so, just assign throttle to two buttons. In all honesty, it isn't really something you use often in flight in a chopper and certainly not with the woefully underpowered Huey. As for axis inversion, I don't invert any of the axis compared to fixed wing planes, not sure why anyone would want to do that unless they vertically mount their throttle slider.

The WH has 2 throttles, you can use the left one for throttle and the right one for collective (to free the rotary - "friction slider" - for zoom).

 

As for axis inversion, the inverted collective axis allows you to get the feeling of pulling to increase and pushing to reduce.

I think the majority of chopper users invert it.

[King_Hrothgar]

I know the WH has 2 throttle sliders, but I ignored that option since it isn't ergonomic and throttle really isn't that important. It's used to start the engine and then not touched again typically.