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  Saitek X45 USB Flight Stick
  Saitek X45 USB Flight Stick


Flight Gear will fail to recognize it.
FlightGear will fail to recognize it.


This happens with some frequency. It has been known for the same stick in a manufacturer's line to report different identifier strings. If you encounter a problem getting your usb stick to be recognized by FlightGear, it is helpful to first check to see
This happens with some frequency. It has been known for the same stick in a manufacturer's line to report different identifier strings. If you encounter a problem getting your usb stick to be recognized by FlightGear, it is helpful to first check to see
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The CH Products Yoke and Pedals are among the most popular flight sim controls.  
The CH Products Yoke and Pedals are among the most popular flight sim controls.  
Flight Gear provides excellent configuration files for both the Yoke and Pedals manufactured by CH. Windows Vista recognizes and configures the USB versions of these products by default. However, it reports them as "Generic Controls." This creates an issue when Flight Gear tries to assign the appropriate controller configuration.  
FlightGear provides excellent configuration files for both the Yoke and Pedals manufactured by CH. Windows Vista recognizes and configures the USB versions of these products by default. However, it reports them as "Generic Controls." This creates an issue when FlightGear tries to assign the appropriate controller configuration.  


To overcome this you need to edit your Joystick.xml (Filghtgear\Data\Joystick.xml) file to manually assign a configuration file for Flight Gear to use.  
To overcome this you need to edit your Joystick.xml (Filghtgear\Data\Joystick.xml) file to manually assign a configuration file for FlightGear to use.  


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