My Saitek X52 Pro has arrived today, I must say it's hard to pick a hyperbolic number of times it's better to play with rather than with a gamepad. Five times better? A hundred?
Anyways, I'm having trouble configuring analog throttle the way it would be perfect for me.
I dislike "forward throttle" preset because to stop the ship I have to push throttle lever through the edge zone (whatever it's called properly, the last like 5% of the lever range where the lever is considerably harder to move), also the whole docking takes place inside the edge throttle zone which is quite cumbersome combined with the need to press the reverse throttle button.
I also dislike "full range" because zero throttle is now dead center of the lever range and with no feedback it's very hard to make the ship stand still without looking at the speedometer; plus it effectively cuts the lever range in half, which sucks.
My question is is it possible to customize the way throttle lever works? I would like it to go -5..+100 instead of 0..+100 or -100..+100, so pulling the lever gently all the way down would stop the ship and then applying some extra pressure would take the lever through the edge zone and give the ship some reverse thrust, for docking purposes.
Or (a girl can dream, right?) make it go -100..+100 but non-linear, so zero throttle is still at the top of the lower edge zone?
Thanks!