CH Flight Sim Yoke/Pro Pedals axis inputs calibrate but don’t work in X-Plane 11.55

Charles,

If the axes move and calibrate in X‑Plane’s joystick screen but do absolutely nothing in the aircraft, that usually means one of three things in XP11:

1. The axes are calibrated but not actually assigned to pitch/roll/yaw/throttle, or they’re assigned to something unexpected.
2. A plugin/script is overriding flight controls (common with some camera/utility plugins, Lua scripts, or “external FFB/control” type tools).
3. You’re in a situation where X‑Plane is ignoring joystick inputs (keyboard/AI/autopilot/“auto-rudder” interactions are less common, but worth checking).

Step 1 — Confirm the axes are truly assigned
In X‑Plane go to the Joystick settings page where you see the axis bars moving.

1. Click each axis drop-down and make sure they are set to the basics:
   • Yoke left/right = Roll
   • Yoke forward/back = Pitch
   • Pedals = Yaw (and toe brakes if you use them)
2. Make sure they are not set to “none” or to something like “view”, “mixture”, “collective”, etc.
3. Hit whatever “Apply/Done” button you see on that screen and then re-test in the sim.

Step 2 — Check for a control override (plugins/scripts)
This is the big one when everything calibrates but nothing moves in the airplane.

1. Temporarily remove/disable 3rd party plugins and try again.
2. Easiest test: move everything out of:
   X-Plane 11\Resources\plugins
   …except Laminar’s default ones (don’t delete anything—just move them out to a temporary folder on your desktop).

3. Re-launch X‑Plane and try the C172 again.

If controls suddenly work, add plugins back one at a time until you find the culprit.

Step 3 — Make sure you’re not fighting the autopilot
In the default C172:

• Confirm the autopilot is OFF.
• Also confirm you’re not in a “replay” situation (replays will ignore live control input).

Step 4 — CH Control Manager (if you use it)
If you’re running CH Control Manager with a merged device/profile, it can sometimes present axes in a way X‑Plane doesn’t like (or multiple axes end up mapped oddly).

• As a test, close CH Control Manager completely and plug the yoke/pedals in “plain” so Windows sees them as standard USB game controllers.
• Then re-do the X‑Plane joystick setup from scratch.

Step 5 — Force X‑Plane to rebuild the joystick prefs
Sometimes the joystick config gets stuck/corrupt.

1. Exit X‑Plane.
2. Go to:
   X-Plane 11\Output\preferences

3. Move (don’t delete) the joystick-related preference files out of that folder to a backup folder.
4. Start X‑Plane and reconfigure/calibrate again.

A few quick questions so I don’t send you in circles

• Do your yoke/pedals work in any aircraft in XP11, or none at all (including the default C172)?
• Are you running any plugins/scripts at all (FlyWithLua, camera utilities, etc.)?
• Are you using CH Control Manager profiles/“mapped mode”, or just the raw USB devices?
• When you move the yoke in the cockpit view, do you see the yoke/controls in the 3D cockpit move at all, even slightly?

If you can answer those, I can narrow it down pretty quickly.