AIRBUS X Volume 7 Thrust Lever Setup Version 02-01-XX RECORD OF REVISIONS revision n° Issue date Description 001 28-Aug-2010 Release INTRODUCTION
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-2 12 September 2014 STOP, if you got no problems with the throttles in the Aerosoft Airbus, stop reading and go and fly. This document is really only needed for people whose setup is none standard. The throttles of the real Airbus A320 series are not mechanical connected to the engines like seen on most other aircraft.
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-3 12 September 2014 If you found the throttles to work inverted you now know what to click. Make sure you select the right number of Throttle axis, if you got a dual controller make sure 2 is selected. It is not a bad idea to activate logging of AsInput because it can help to debug things. Just close the configurator, the new settings will be stored. Now let’s start FSX.
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-4 12 September 2014 SETTINGS INSIDE FSX Go slow, make sure you check the images thoroughly so you do not miss any of the settings! In FSX select “Settings”, then “Controls…”. We’ll look at the CALIBRATION tab first Note that preferably the Null Zones should be set to minimum and Sensitivity set to Maximum. Now click the CONTROL AXES tab.
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-5 12 September 2014 If you got an advanced setup with joystick/yoke, throttle quadrant and pedals, then it could look like this:
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-6 12 September 2014
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-7 12 September 2014
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-8 12 September 2014 Please go through each and every controller you have attached to your system in the FSX controller menu and verify that all axes for the various controllers are setup correctly, and more important, that there are no double assignments, like “ENGINE 1 THROTTLE SET” assigned to both Your Throttle quadrant and Pedals.
Aerosoft Airbus A318/A319 FSX Thrust Lever Setup (only in case you have issues!) Vol 7 07-01-9 12 September 2014 Then select the Joystick calibration tab and check it look like this: You will need to repeat this for each of the Airbus models you fly. With the above setup you won´t have reverse thrust with your hardware levers, but will need to use F2 to engage revers thrust. Another solution can be found here: http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.
