Thrustmaster T.Flight Stick X - Manual (Page 7)

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR JOYSTICK
Adjustable handle resistance
Depending on your gaming style, you may prefer to have an ultra-sensitive joystick, which
responds to the slightest movement, or a firmer joystick, which offers a certain resistance
when you use it.
Your joystick’s handle resistance is adjustable, in order to adapt to all gamers. To adjust it,
use the handle resistance adjustment dial (9) located under your joystick’s base.
Throttle
The throttle is in the form of a thumb slider (6), easily accessible with your left hand resting
on the base of your joystick.
Rudder function
Your joystick features a rudder function, which in a plane corresponds to the pedals used by
the pilot to turn the steering, allowing the plane to pivot around its vertical axis (therefore
making the plane turn left or right). This rudder function is accessible on your joystick by
rotating the handle to the left or right.
If you are not using the rudder function in your games (or if you have programmed it onto
action buttons), you can disable handle rotation thanks to the locking screw (5) located on
the handle’s base.
Use a flat head screwdriver to change the screw’s position and thus lock/unlock the rudder
function.
Multidirectional “Point Of View” hat-switch
Your joystick features a “Point Of View” hat-switch (3) which, as its name indicates, allows
you (in games which permit) to instantly view everything that’s going on around your plane.
To do so, simply go to your game’s configuration menu and program the different views (rear
view, left view, right view, and also external views) onto the directions of the “Point Of View”
hat-switch.
Of course, you can also use the “Point Of View” hat-switch for other functions instead (firing,
etc.).