[bolox]

do you have any other controllers attached- eg joystick. IL2 has a limit of 4 controllers and if the bu is the 5th controller seen by windows IL2 will not see it.

you might be able to combine controllers using joymapper from here

http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/lightningstools

http://www.viperpits.org/smf/index.php? ... pic=2929.0

sounds like you've got even more switches in your pit than me :oops: - running a plasmalite with gt 64x expansion here