Yoke trim switch keybind

Outermarker

Hi! When operating the elevator trim, I’m missing the characteristic "clacking" of the yoke’s elevator trim switch, since the MSFS keybind only uses the trim wheel. Is there a way to bind the elevator trim to the yoke switch natively in the sim, or would I need to use a third-party tool like AxisAndOhs for that?

SadBucket

This can easily be done natively. Please watch Youtube tutorials for setting up key-binds.

Zacke

Does the electric elevator trim actually use electricity in the Caravan? Does that show on the amp meter? That would be a reason for me to change the bindings from the trim wheel to the yoke switch for further immersion.

Outermarker

@SadBucket I'm well aware how to set up keybinds...my question was if there is a specific one for the elec elevator trim. Back in the day devs used tricks like assigning "G1000 Button 1" for "Elec Elevator Trim Up" for example.

SadBucket

@Outermarker I completely misinterpreted the question, my bad. Unfortunately, I am not the right person for the question.

@Zacke I also would also like to know the answer to this question.

pbrad74

I would like to know as well, I tried searching lvars, etc. with spad but couldn't find it

RPGamerous

I don't see any way to bind the elevator trim switch natively in the sim, and I also can't find a way to bind it with Axis and Ohs. Watching sim events through AaO, it appears pushing the trim switch with a mouse click activates the same sim events as using the trim wheel. The only thing I can find in the Behaviors inspector that differentiates the trim switch is for animating it. Otherwise all I see is that the switch activates K:ELEVATOR_TRIM_SET, which is also activated by the trim wheel.

It's possible there's a way to do it via an RPN script (which you'd also need external software for) but I don't know how.

My coding years are far behind me, so maybe (hopefully) someone else can pop into this thread and tell us I'm wrong.