Thrustmaster Airbus Throttle Quadrant Configuration for the ATR in Microsoft Flight Simulator
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- It's not straightforward - so I made a video about it :)
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You’re a genius! Thanks so much for doing this so quickly and also at what would appear to be 1am in the morning!
I know... I'm a lunatic. lol
Video: ua-cam.com/video/Xu4rdVyS_ZM/v-deo.html
Ok Lads, here is how you configure the conditioning levers correctly on the TCA Airbus Quadrant or even the (Boeing quadrant, by using reverse switch as Toggle Feather Switch)
You need the TCA Airbus Spoiler/Flaps add on. (or use 2nd throttle)
1. Remove all virtual button assignments from quandrant components in msfs ATR72 joystick profile, spoiler, throttle, flaps.
2. Set propeller axis to the SPOILER axis(REVERSE) on the TCA addon.
3. Set Toggle Feather Switch 1&2 to Joystick Button 31.
4. Set R-AXIS Z curves as follows, SENSITIVITY-(-10%), SENSITIVITY+(-78%), DZ(0), NEUTRAL(-21), EXTREMITY(-73%), REACT(100%)
In this config setting the spoiler handle to center = Auto on the ENG condition.
The problem with that is you cannot control them independently - which means you're not following the checklist properly.
Thank you very much again Johnathan for a great service in demonstration of the new ATR... throttle quadrant set up and tutorial videos! Brilliant thank you very much.
You're welcome :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to produce this video Jonathan. Perfect!
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Thank you so much for making this as someone who has the Airbus Throttle Quadrant! :)
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I needed this. Spent a lot of time arsing around last night. Thanks mate.
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You legend. 🙌🙌🙌 I was going insane last night with it flickering back to zero. I was trying to find a conflict somewhere. I had mine set to the 0-100% option and it wasn’t having any of it.
I tried just about everything before realising the gust lock was blocking everything :)
thank you, you saved my life!
Thanks a lot, my first Flight was ruined due to Throttle configuration. This Video has been much help.
Cheers
Thanks so much for this! I watched some other videos, and they made no sense. This was it !! Genius :)
Ahhh so that’s how you do it, I’ve been scratching my head over this for the past 2 days 😊 cheers 🍻
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Just what I needed to know ! About to take ATR, need to configure my controllers
Many thanks Johnathan you are a star👍
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Thank you so much! You also solved the setting of my throttle with hotas one. I followed your same reasoning and it works perfectly
Perfect :)
This has been driving me crazy all day.
Now just need to figure out all the other controls 😂
It drove me mad for a good hour last night :)
Man, you saved my life, this was driving me crazy.
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Großartig, ich wäre hier ohne Dein Video fast durchgedreht, danke :D
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Thank you! This must have saved people hours!
Wonderful work. Always count on you for help and insight. Thing is I don't have this throttle😢 I do have the saitech one though. I might try this. Like you, so far this has been a painful business. Haven't even got the thing off the ground.
Informative, Quick and very Helpful. Thank you so much for making this video Jon
You're welcome :)
Nice job giving us this information. THX!
So, it's as simple as that! lol, thanks, that was driving me crazy.
Omg I have been looking for a tutorial I have the exact same throttle thank you.
No problem :)
Thanks! I also couldn't set it up for a long time.
Muchas gracias, me has ayudado mucho, he estado buscando y no encontraba nada.
Thank you so much! Thought I was the only not figuring things out lol
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Thanks for this, saved me heaps of time!
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Kudos! works perfectly, thank you very much.
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I hacked this last night was A real pain but was OK. Your setup is betterment thx videolots of messing around with sensitivity
Cheers :)
So greatfull for your videos, keep up the good work. Thank you🙏
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YOU'RE A GENIUSSSSS ! THANKS SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!
Not a genius - just persistent :)
I have the same hardware but this doesn't work for me exactly... After config'd the throttle jumps from 50%-75% (notch-ramp) and I can't dial in anything inbetween. Also half the time I'm looking at the throttles on the screen and I move the hardware from idle-notch on the screen it jumps all the way to ramp. I have no idea how to fix this. Any help would be appreciated
Have you looked at the sensitivity curves and the axis being used ? Also - make sure the gust lock is disengaged - this foxed me for the longest time.
Thank you sooo much, you make my day happy 😊
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Its so crasy😢
When i turn the gas forward nothing do on axis
Thank you for this video. Unfortunatly this still does nothing for me. Strangely, when at idle ready to take off, my TQ sits at 80.6%, when I full throttle up it climbs to 86.2 briefly and then slowly decreses. I will have to keep trying at this stage.
Same
@@rifrox2384 I think I have fixed it. After doing mental gymnastics I think I have fixed it. For some reason, my MSFS (even with default set up ) has the throttle binding listed as 'Throttle 'x' axis (0-100%) for both engines, which seems to work for every other plane I have. After deleting those binding and using 'Throttle (1 or 2) Axis' it seems to work as desribed. Seems stupid of me now, but hopefully this provides a solution to someone struggling like I did. Hopefully you have the same issue that can be fixed.
@@mitchapalooza7949 Thank you so much bro. :)
@@rifrox2384 Did it work?
@@mitchapalooza7949 Yes, the only problem that I still have is reverse thrust. It isnt going 100% if I use it. But Thank you very much! You made this plane flyable for me.
Excellent Jon, copied exactly how you did it, works fine ! Saved my hours and grey hair :)
Hah - the one thing I have done since is gone in and flattened out the throttle curves. As you probably know - if you copy the default profile for the Airbus controller, you get whacky throttle sensitivity curves. After doing that, I obviously had to go re-calibrate in the EFB.
Thanks, that has been very useful.
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Hello you are the man , good job , even if i am not concerned ( i have the honeycomb bravo) , but i recognise the genius , bravo
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I'm late to the party!!! Thank you!
thanks a lot for saving so much time!
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Simple as that. Bought the ATR on Xbox a few weeks ago. Still couldn’t get these throttles sorted. I’ll try this today :). Simple as that
Good luck :)
thank you ! you rock !!! 😸
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you ar the life saver..thanks mate
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Thank you for this video! however, for me in the Throttle setup under throttle position it states the max power and full reverse option and these are both greyed out so i can't click on either of them. When i set my throttle to reverse thrust it puts the plane into max power and when i set my throttle to full power it goes into reverse thrust. How do i solve this issue?
You’re my hero
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Thank you, this helped a lot!
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Thats great ❤
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Thanks a ton, that worked perfectly. Amazing stuff mate :). Cloned the default profile - then cleared the Throttle axis (0 to 100%) and manually selected the input for the Throttle 2 Axis to Joystick L-Axis Y and Throttle 1 Axis to Joystick L-Axis X and set it from the EFB - worked like a charm. Any recommendations for parking brakes?
No suggestion for parking brakes - it obviously uses an axis - not a switch.
I have the parking brake set to a switch. The parking brake switch on TCA Throttle doesn't seem to work properly the lever on the plane jumps about
Thank you! :D
Many thanks for this. What are you using for the propeller controls to the right of the throttles
I'm not.
Jonathan, thanks for the video! I have the same Airbus throttle quadrant as you. However, I don't have the X and Y channels, so I've assigned Throttle 1 to the 8th axis and Throttle 2 to the 5th axis. Unfortunately, the throttles are functioning in reverse. When I move the throttle down to the reverse side, it powers the aircraft, and the normal thrust range gives me reverse thrust. Do you have any solutions for this issue?
The question is: how can I set the throttle in order to move it on FI (flight idle). As shown in your video, the throttle goes directly from GI (ground idle) to Notch. While in flight, you should rather keep the throttle on FI. This make the transition from GI to Notch so rough that you either stall or overspeed. I can’t figure out how to solve it.
Thank you so much !
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It works, thanks
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Muito obrigado pelo tutorial , deu certo mesmo parabéns! Um abraço!
Thanks :)
Hi Jonathan, have used this guide and set the throttles exactly the same as in the video, HOWEVER, whilst they work perfectly on the ground for taxi/take-off, the throttles do not respond to manual movement in the air (to reduce thrust upon descent, etc), or move to the reverse detent upon landing. Any thoughts? Anything to do with the last ATR update in the sim? Have you flown the ATR recently to verify your settings still work?
Never mind I worked it out: The Idle Gate (under the throttles) has to be pulled out during flight for the throttles to respond (which is the opposite position it is mean to be in), so it seems like a bug.
Never seen that :)
Thank youuuuuuu 🙇🏽
Are we not supposed to be able to set the power between ramp and notch? Mine just jumps between the two.
I'll check later - I don't have the sim running at the moment (work work work lol)
My Airbus joystick won’t work for the atr do you know how to fix it
I'm using an Airbus joystick and throttle quadrant. If you only have the Joystick, you will need to map the throttles to the axis available to you on the joystick.
Thank God I've got the same controller (without the extra add-ons) so just monkey see, monkey do :) Thx Jon !
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Thank you!!
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Thanks for putting this video up so fast. When setting up my Airbus Quadrent in the ATR it says on the EFB the raw input is the same no matter what detent I move the throttle to. It says the same -15672 (your default value) at 50%, 75% and 100%. Any fix for this? Have tried to flatten the sensitivity but it didn't work. I even double checked in the FBW A320, and the detent setup works just fine, maybe its a bug?
Check the sensitivity curves of your throttle axis. After recording this I realised that I had used the default curves of the default profile for the quadrant - I have subsequently flattened them out and re-calibrated. It made no actual difference, but made me feel better lol
@@jonbeckett Found the fix, I was just an idiot lol. I had assigned the throttle axsis to 0-100% and not just the regular 1/2 axsis. Thanks for reply tho :)
@@mr.stonks7303 Please can you explain what you did to resolve the issue Mr. Stonks? I have the same issue where I follow Jonathan's guide yet wherever I move the throttles to, it reverts to 15672.
Ignore the above Mr. Stonks. Found the correct axis.
@@CrispySpamFritter good to hear, yea it’s a bit confusing!
COOL VID jonathan But i could do with seeing your sensitivity settings as ive followed your video and still not getting the correct result
Since recording this, I actually modified mine again - I flattened out the throttle curves into a straight line - then went back to the tablet and re-set the detents.
Hello Johnathan, i have problem with flaps, they don't want to move, just jumping from 0 to 1 can you share how did you setup the flaps. THANKS
Cheers 😊
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So I got it to work from the A320 but it does not work for turbo prop planes, they dont have a calibration option in the efb for them
At some point, could you do a setup video on how you have the other bits setup?
The switches will never work right - they're not for this aircraft :)
@@jonbeckett true. What do you use your spoilers lever for? I was thinking of using it for the prop condition.
I have still problems with thrustmaster throttle, what sensityvity option's to use? my throttle goes to revers randomly when pushing it forward?
I straight lined the sensitivity - removed the curves from it. Obviously I then had to re-calibrate in the EFB.
For me the plane isn't picking up that I move my thrust levers, not even on the tablet
I had the same issue, I had to make sure that my throttle was set the Throttle Axis and not Throttle Axis 0-100% in the settings like in this video, missed that. Then the tablet will pick up the throttle raw input
Thanks!
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Thank you so much
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how to make a separate profile, the one you made for ATR in control settings. Thanks in advance
In the control settings, select a device, choose the default profile, then manage the profiles at the bottom of the screen - and duplicate the default profile - then rename it, and start changing it.
when you say 50% and 75 % we can consider those as climb and flex detent for the airbus?
Great now my problem is I can't use nose steering. I have the Thrustmaster rudder pedals which are linked to my rudder obviously. My nose steering is linked to the Z axis on my yoke under control settings this moves fine. But when I try to taxi this thing I get zero nose steering, and I've tried the NS switch on and off no luck. Do you have rudder pedals and nose steering works?
Hydraulics.
Thank you!
Can you share your joystick settings for this aircraft? In mine it moves slightly then goes full lock.
You saw them in the video :) Nothing more or less than what the video shows.
So it worked for me now but only on the ground for some reason, after takeoff and rotation it won’t let me move the throttle any lower than ramp even if I pull the throttle all the way to the idle notch it won’t respond. Any ideas what it is?
A combination of controller profile, and calibration.
How I do to make the lever to auto beside the throttle get move. It is stock impossible to move with thrustmasdter quadrant.
Move the lever with the mouse.
tHANKS SO MUTCH :
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Hey when I move my thrustmaster throttle it keeps the same idle value to all the detents. Can you help me out
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Check which axis you have configured in the controller profile, and the sensitivity curves.
@@jonbeckett the axis are the same on ur video and the sensitivity are linear
Hi mate! Life saver indeed! Just wondering if you know how to configure the speed brake lever to use with the conditioning levers? I can’t figure out how to do that as it only sees a button not an axis? Any idea? Thanks so much for the great tutorial!1
Yeah - I've never figured that out either. The Thrustmaster quadrant is a bit odd, isn't it.
@@jonbeckett it is indeed!However, i found another video that the chap used one of his thrust levers for both levers in sim, and the other for the conditioning... works a charm... not realistic but the limitations of the throttle seem to govern this... thanks for the great videos!
@@jonbeckett Here is how you configure the conditioning levers(not throttles) correctly on the TCA Airbus Quadrant or even the (Boeing quadrant, by using reverse switch as Toggle Feather Switch)
You need the TCA Airbus Spoiler/Flaps add on. (or use 2nd throttle)
1. Remove all virtual button assignments from quandrant components in msfs ATR72 Joystick Profile, spoiler, throttle, flaps.
2. Set propeller axis to the SPOILER axis(REVERSE) on the TCA addon.
3. Set Toggle Feather Switch 1&2 to Joystick virtual button 31.
4. Set R-AXIS Z curves as follows, SENSITIVITY-(-10%), SENSITIVITY+(-78%), DZ(0), NEUTRAL(-21), EXTREMITY(-73%), REACT(100%)
In this config setting the spoiler handle to center = Auto on the ENG condition.
Waiting to hear back.
@@krisiluttinen You don't need to do ANY of that - you just start from the default profile - which is pre-configured for the controller! If you have a version of the airbus that allows throttle calibration, just flatten the throttle curves in the profile, and go through calibration.
@@jonbeckett
Jon, here is a video of exactly what I mean:
ua-cam.com/video/Xu4rdVyS_ZM/v-deo.html
Yes I know, but this is for the CONDITIONING levers. Not the throttles. Those levers do not go all the way down into the engines cutoff position without my suggestion above, only if unbound an using the mouse, but with my suggestion above they can be mapped to the spoiler lever on the Airbus quadrant. Its those levers next to the throttle. Were you referring to these levers also? In default mode the levers are not mapped and will never go into engine cutoff(all the way down) hence my custom curve. As far as the throttle levers, I set them up as you suggested, started default, set the sensitivity curves to linear for both throttles and configured the rest on the EFB, no problems there.
Now here is another bug/feature maybe you can help with, the parking brakes, cannot be properly configured to the brake toggle located on the right of your Airbus quadrant addon. No matter if they are bound to button 20, they do not release unless we physically move the ATR's brake lever with the mouse first. Then that "PARK BRK" toggle switch works as intended to release and engage parking brakes. However there is a problem with that, if we press the FREELOOK (HOLD) button in order to move around the plane, the brakes get released and the plane creeps up while waiting for takeoff. So we need to keep that in plane brake lever engaged to prevent this. Basically we cannot control the parking brake 100% with the quadrant park switch. They still need to be released with the mouse as button 20 cannot control the lever itself. (Hope this makes sense)
thankyou Sir
Have you noticed the parking brake lever not moving after you take the parking brakes off from the tca quadrant?
Yes - it's not compatible with the quadrant. Several aircraft are not :)
@@jonbeckett I noticed that , but does work , it doesn’t do the animation but if you take off the parking breaks and then take it off from the quadrant it’s active , hope you understand , I don’t know if I worded it correctly
I have the saitek throttles. They are moving correctly the ATR throttles (probably not reverse). But they also move the CLs, does that happen to you? This is no good because when I come back to flt idle for landing, the CLs move back all the way, well below "AUTO". But they have to be sitting in AUTO for the hydraulic pumps to work. So I lose all brakes, and I roll each time the length of the runway and off the far end. What setting would disconnect the throttle operation from the CLs?? The CLs should work correctly remaining in AUTO.
You must have the controller axis also connected to that function. Check in your controller profiles.
@@jonbeckett I’m not great at the settings but I looked at controls and all it shows is the 2 throttle assignments. There’s nothing at all about condition levers. I looked under props but perhaps fuel?
I did what you said. At first it seemed to get the job done but later it suddenly stopped responding to throttle input. If I click on the virtual throttle levers and at the same time move the hardware throttle back and forth it eventually moves to the correct position but that just shows that the problem is not in the way I configured it but that it's really a bug.
I think I found the problem. Below the throttle levers there is a handle that stops the levers at the Flight Idle position and doesn't let it reach the Ground Idle position. When this handle is PUSHED (i.e. in Flight mode) the throttle doesn't move properly. When I PULL it (i.e. in Ground mode) everything works fine.
Great find :)
This video has been very helpful. But one problem, when I calibrate on the tablet, one throttle shows a very different value than the other one. For example, for the notch, Throttle 1 indicates a value of -4725 while Throttle 2 indicates a value of -8203. How can I solve this?
I imagine you have set the axis sensitivities differently in the controller profiles within the simulator.
have you been able to configure any other settings with the throttle quadrant? Feather, flaps, breaks ect?
Not tried. Flaps worked out of the box.
Does your throttle itself goes up and down while you doing your set up, mine throttle keep going forward and back while my actual hardware set Ground idle
No ?!
@@jonbeckett were you able to share your sensitivity config setting ? Thanks
Hope you don’t mind me asking, but I’m having trouble setting up my condition leavers. When I sort an axes, they don’t go all the way back. What am I doing wrong? Cheers Mav. Ps i’m using the x56 rotating switches
No idea about other hardware than what I have :) Sorry.
When I do as you suggest all my values (Idle, Notch and Ramp) are -16384 and the throttles in the aircraft do not move with the TCA throttle. To say I am confused would be an understatement.
Same
@@carstenhoffmann455 It is no coincidence that the CRJ's gave me the same or similar issues
@@marekpaul6110 i dont have crj i have cj4 this is ok
Check which throttle axis you are using in your controller profile, what your sensitivity curves are, and make sure you have the gust lock off.
@@jonbeckett the trottle going 80% when i make Xbox Controller off, revers 0-10% and full 90-100% not going!
Ive been working on this a week now and still wont work. I have the Thrustmaster Boeing quadrant. I set up a new profile labeled ATR. Copied my default. Throttle 1 is JS R Axis y, throttle 2 is JS R Axis z. I'm more than halfway up the quadrant before they begin to move. Help!
Change to the 0 to 100 axis, and then move the centre-point of the axis in the sensitivity settings.
That worked! Thanks for your help.
Hi Jonathan. You've lost me at the key selection. None of my selections are Joystick L-axis X or Y. My selections are all numbered 1-16 with either a minus, neutral, or plus. ???
Did you select the controller at the top of the screen ?
@@jonbeckett Success! Got it sorted. My key bindings are numbered 5 and 8 instead of X and Y. Odd that this is the case. I'm in North America. Are you in the UK? Wondering if the units have regional differences for some reason...
Tried setting the throttle exactly as shown, my throttle 1 seems to slide back into idel detent every time i set it in Notch!! The hardware and the EFB, dont seem to get along well, any ideas?? Maybe i should delete the the plane redownload it again. The setting process is straight forward enough! 😒
Check the throttle axis mappings and sensitivity curves I guess - make sure nothing odd is going on that might impact it. You don't have another controller impacting the throttle axis do you ?
@@jonbeckett No other, have chosen a default sheet in the control options under My throttle page rename to Atr,and select L Axis x for1 and L AxisY for 2. When choosing the throttle mapping it ask if i want to overlay mapping from elsewhere,the box is empty, so how does that work out? I have done this many times before, without issues this mapping is really a challange!
After playing around with it, could be something with Ramp-Notch-idle, tolerance nummers setting not right!
Hi. What about the sensitivity curves?
I forgot to cover that in the video - it works with the default curves for the Thrustmaster Airbus quadrant - you can also flatten the curves out, but obviously you'll need to then re-calibrate the detents in the EFB.
Ok, so, I have a newish problem, my condition levers won't move unless i bind them to an axis, and that axis won't let me put them in fuel shutoff mode, hence the lowest they go is 'feather/FTR' and as a consequence of that I cannot shut off my engines. Know you how to make the condition levers free again, so that I may control them only via mouse? Using Logitech X56 (new version)
Roll the mouse wheel on the condition levers
@@jonbeckett Yes, I'm sorry, this just causes the lever to revert back to where it was. As if something was keeping it, even though there is no bound axis or key. :(
I did this yet my throttle ingame goes into reverse suddenly at a specific detent
Have you calibrated it in the tablet ?
HELP! 😂 I seem to be having issues, I've done exactynas your video says but every time I come out off hotel mode/start engines it immediately the engines go to 70% and I can't get them to come back?
No idea - I've not loaded the ATR for ages - will have to return to it soon :)
It doesn't work for me. When I move the thruttle the numbers change but when I left it, the numbers come back to the original value. Can you help me?
Not sure about that. You must have something else interfering with it?
Thank you
please could you make a video about the boeing thrustmaster throttle?
I don't own the boeing thrustmaster throttle :)