Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS / Helicopters - help please

[collensr]

Hi All

I wondered if there is anyone here that flies helo's using the Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS?

So far I cant find any guidance or tutorials specific to this hardware in the forums or on Utube.

I have followed a couple of videos which :-

Made the recommended changes to the flight model selection bug (Legacy <> Modern).

1) assign the Collective Axis to my throttle control axis (R to Z axis) [reverse axis ticked]
2) assign the Cyclic Longitudinal axis to the forward/back of the joystick (L to Y axis) [reverse axis ticked]
3) assign the Cyclic Lateral axis to the left/right movement of the joystick (L to X axis) [reverse axis ticked]
4) assign the tail rotor axis to my Saitek rudder pedals [R to Z axis) [reverse axis ticked]

I have also assigned trim switches on the joystick for Rotor Longitudinal and Lateral trim again as per the videos.








Having done all this I find that I can raise the helicopter smoothly up and down like a lift using my "throttle/ collective" control without any forward / backward drift or lateral movement.
I can swing the nose 360 degrees using my rudder pedals.
However, my joystick (Cyclic) has no effect at all so I can't move forward or sideways nor do my trim controls seem to have any effect.

In fact the joystick in the helicopter doesn't visibly move at all whereas the collective lever responds to my throttle hardware.

Wondered if there are any rotarians out there that could help please.

Thanks

 

[kdl]

This video might be helpful:

 

[collensr]

This video might be helpful:

Many thanks - Mark is very good and this is the video I followed to set up my Thrustmaster hardware - unfortunately all the Utube videos seem to feature the same joystick (the Velocityone) which has the throttle/rudder/joystick all on the same device. Although in theory the assignment of axis etc should be the same for all peripherals it doesn't seem to work in my case.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

Just had a looksee with my own config. I also use the Warthog stick, in combo with a Saitek throttle quadrant and Simped rudders. I fly Taogs Huey from time to time.
The collective is mapped to the throttle axis of the quadrant, and I did nothing to configure the Warthog stick for helo / cyclic . It works for me with the global configuration. Same with the rudder pedals.
I run my peripherals through SpadNext and also here, the configs except for the ProFlight Panels are blank.

HTH!
Mark

 

[collensr]

Just had a looksee with my own config. I also use the Warthog stick, in combo with a Saitek throttle quadrant and Simped rudders. I fly Taogs Huey from time to time.
The collective is mapped to the throttle axis of the quadrant, and I did nothing to configure the Warthog stick for helo / cyclic . It works for me with the global configuration. Same with the rudder pedals.
I run my peripherals through SpadNext and also here, the configs except for the ProFlight Panels are blank.

HTH!
Mark

Thanks ! As you say using the normal fixed wing settings the "Cyclic axis" all work with the Warthog stick. However, I don't find it easy flying helos with that set up ( my flights usually start and end without much flying in between...) so it was that frustration which put me onto trying see if using the dedicated helo control bindings would make it easier. I just can't figure out why the Warthog stick won't respond when bound to the helo cyclic axis.