X45 Throttle Problem in Falcon 4.0

[Gamer001]

I recently purchased a Saitek X45 Flight System.

The problem I am having is with the throttle slider. For instance when I want to use the after burner I have to Slide the slider up and then push the slider one more time in force past the setting for the throttle slider I selected to be max throttle position inside the game to avoid having to force it. This attempt failed to fix the AB Throttle setting. Assistance Needed


Falcon 4.0 Configuration:
F4108US Hi-Tiles SP 4.1 SP 4.2 Hi-Res BMS 2.0 BMS & SP 4.2 Data Patch BAZT 1.1

System Configuration:
AMD 64 4000+ "Sledgehammer Core" ASUS A8V-Deluxe 1024Mb Corsair Twin 3200XL 2-2-2-5 "Extremely Low Latency RAM" Audigy 2 x45 Flight System P2500 Rumble Game Pad.

If it helps here is my flight profile I use in Falcon 4.0
Falcon 4.0 X45 Flight Profile "Easy and Immediate Access for air to air engagements reducing time tremendously on acquiring target and firing"

Joystick Buttons

Trigger = Key "/" - M61 20mm Cannon
Hat Buttons 2 = Switch - unused
Launch = Key "Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M" - Master Arm Toggle Switch
Fire Button A = Key "Space" - Deploy Desired Weapon
Fire Button B = Key "Num+0" - Designate Radar Target
Hat Buttons 1 = Keys "Num Left+ Num Right+ Num Up + Num Down" - Pan View

Throttle Buttons

Fire Button D = Key "D" - Goto Dogfight Mode Radar
Mouse Fire Button = Key "Num+Del" - Unfreeze Dogfight Radar Immediately
Mouse Cursor Control = Key "C" - Shutdown Dogfight Radar and Immediately reactivate to unlock current target then reacquire new
Aux-1 Switch = Unused
Rotary One = Unused
Rotary Two = Unused

Various operating Modes:

HAT Buttons 3 Mode 1 = Key "B" - Open/Close Speed brakes
HAT Buttons 3 Mode 2 = Key "Shift+/" - Touchdown - Apply Nose Wheel Steering A.S.A.P.
HAT Buttons 3 Mode 3 = Key "Shift+d" - Touchdown - Deploy the Drag Chute.

X45 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 / Falcon 4.0 SP 4.2 w/ BMS 2.0 & BAZT
P2500 - FarCry / Ghost Recon / RavenShield

[Terminator]

I think the problem is your game setting. The throttle slide has a detent at about 90% of the way. Slide the throttle to this detent and hit de "set AB" button in Falcon. AB wil kick in at this point. (I set my AB a little past the detent to avoid accidentilly going to AB). If you can't feel the detent you're throttle friction is probally set to high.

Geetings Terminator

[Gamer001]

The game was not the problem as I discovered later on.

In order to get the throttle working where it should I have to always recalibrate the X45 Flight System each time before I run falcon 4.0 - When I reboot or shutdown eventhough I don't actually unplug or disable the flight system and game pads prior to reboot/shutdown. Strange Problem

Not sure why my computer requires this, but its ok to do if I can get the throttle working correctly before each game of Falcon 4.

Thanks for the info on AB Detent Setting