Saitek X52 Pro Assignments

[Grandad1955]

I am new to Black Shark and am currently enjoying the learning to fly before learning to fight - it may take a while! I wondered if anyone could offer some tried and tested options for the numerous buttons etc on the joystick and throttle.

 

Glenn

[MTFDarkEagle]

Hi! Welcome to your new addiction!

 

Since when did you have your x52pro? I have the "stock" x52, and I think you should really find the buttons out for yourself, what you find works best for yourself. However, I can send you my profile if you would like?

 

Greetings!

[herr_LaSk]

Start out by looking at the button assignments of the real flight controls in the manual, they should give you a pretty good idea of what buttons you want to have on the HOTAS, and where. :)

[Ramstein]

I am new to Black Shark and am currently enjoying the learning to fly before learning to fight - it may take a while! I wondered if anyone could offer some tried and tested options for the numerous buttons etc on the joystick and throttle.

 

Glenn

 

 

I have some profiles along with a BS profile you can download at:

http://www.saitekforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

 

see the first post (I used winzip to zip e files up)

 

you must register there to download the files (I think).

[Grandad1955]

Many thanks everyone. I have used the buttons etc in FSX but this is a different animal altogether. So, anything to get me onto the first rung of the ladder is appreciated.

 

Glenn

[Ike4fin]

Here is my profile for X52 pro. 3 modes are set as Navigation, Combat, and Emergency.

You can modify it easily with profile editor as all commands are named.

 

Axis commands need to be made in BS options.

DCS_Ike.rar

[Waldo_II]

Definitely a good idea to use the most of your three modes, just like Ikefin has described.

 

As for individual buttons, the best answer is your answer, not mine, not anybody else's. If you use somebody else's controls, then you have to learn those controls and conform to the way that they think and fly. The best way is to grind through all of the controls function-by-function. In the end, you will know all of them and they will all intuitively feel "right" to you.

 

Some suggestions:

- First stage of your trigger is cannon, second stage is rockets/bombs/gunpods/etc.

- The covered "fire" button is for ejection (using it as release weapons I found to be not worth the effort, and you still get the epic feeling of flipping the switch and committing)

- I have used the lefthand thumb slider and rotation-thing for zoom in the past. Slider worked best for me.

- The black button that your thumb kind of rests on is my trim button.

- In combat mode the lefthand index-finger HAT switch is for Shkval optical zoom, in general flight it controls various lights inside and outside.

- I use one HAT switch for weapons selection. The smaller one on the joystick worked best for me. Down is for guns, Left is for inner weapons, right is for outer weapons, up is for HMS

 

If a function doesn't feel right to you, don't use it. Place it exactly where you think it should be. If one of mine makes sense for you, great, but if it doesn't, the last thing you should do is use it.

[Haukka81]

Here is one:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=49765 (message 2)

 

Very basic, you really don't need 3 mode's of x52pro. :joystick:

 

 

-haukka81

[Martillo1]

Try mine if you want. Note that they are for the standard version of X52 (not Pro).

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=748120&postcount=6