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Civil / Airliner45 min lesson
HOTAS & Controller Configuration
You will have your HOTAS, pedals, and peripherals configured with sensible curves, deadzones, and bindings — no more twitchy controls or missing functions.
About this lesson
A badly configured HOTAS makes everything harder. Your tutor helps you set up axes, curves, deadzones, and button assignments for your specific hardware and sim — then tests it in flight with you to fine-tune.
Why a human tutor? Control setup is personal. A tutor watches you fly and adjusts curves until the aircraft responds the way your hands expect.
What you'll learn
- ✓Axis assignment and calibration for your hardware
- ✓Deadzone and curve settings — what they do and when to change them
- ✓Binding essential functions without running out of buttons
- ✓Modifier keys and shift states for complex HOTAS setups
- ✓Testing and refining in flight — how it should feel
Prerequisites
- •HOTAS, yoke, or gamepad
- •Any flight sim installed
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Prep material
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