Microsoft Flight Simulator Joystick & HOTAS Setup Questions & Answers

Joystick setup in Microsoft Flight Simulator often goes wrong before take-off: axes are reversed, throttle travel is incomplete, rudder inputs drift, or several devices are bound to the same control. This hub covers creating and saving profiles in MSFS 2020 and 2024, assigning essential axes and buttons, and removing conflicting default bindings.

Practical guidance addresses calibration, dead zones, sensitivity curves and hardware-specific quirks for WinWing panels, Thrustmaster TCA sets, Logitech X56 HOTAS units and other controllers. Answers written and tested by the Fly Away team also explain how to diagnose unrecognised devices, erratic inputs and settings that reset, so each control can be checked methodically rather than mapped by trial and error.