Trying to create a flight yoke with the joystick.h library

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Hi, I was trying to use the joystick.h to make a flight yoke and it doesn't seem to be working. Does anyone know what am I missing here or what's wrong? x-plane does recognize the arduino leonardo, the 4 axis, x, y, thottle and rudder, but moving the joystick gets no response in x-plane.

#include "Joystick.h"

Joystick_ Joystick(JOYSTICK_DEFAULT_REPORT_ID, 
  JOYSTICK_TYPE_MULTI_AXIS, 0, 0,
  true, true, false, false, false, false,
  true, true, false, false, false);

  int xAxis=A0;
  int yAxis=A1;
  int throttle=A2;
  int rudder=A3;
  void setup() 
{
  Joystick.begin();
  Joystick.setXAxisRange(-127, 127);
  Joystick.setYAxisRange(-127, 127);
  Joystick.setZAxisRange(-127, 127);
  Joystick.setThrottleRange(0, 255);
  Joystick.setRudderRange(0, 255); 
}
  void loop()
  {
        analogRead(xAxis);
        Joystick.setXAxis(xAxis);
        analogRead(yAxis);
        Joystick.setYAxis(yAxis);
        analogRead(throttle);
        Joystick.setXAxis(throttle);
        analogRead(rudder);
        Joystick.setYAxis(rudder);
        Joystick.sendState();
        delay(10);
  }
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analogRead(xAxis)analogRead returns a value. Why not use it?

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I am not using it properly you mean? I was trying to use analogRead(xAxis) to get the value from A0 and then use Joystick.setXAxis(xAxis) to transfer it to the values that are sent back to the computer.

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Why not Joystick.setXAxis(analogRead(xAxis)) etc?

(I really don't know - I don't have a Leonardo, but your way seems a waste of an analogRead)

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Well my code looks like this now.

#include "Joystick.h"

Joystick_ Joystick(JOYSTICK_DEFAULT_REPORT_ID, 
  JOYSTICK_TYPE_MULTI_AXIS, 0, 0,
  true, true, false, false, false, false,
  true, true, false, false, false);

  int xAxis=A0;
  int yAxis=A1;
  int throttle=A2;
  int rudder=A3;
  void setup() 
{
  Joystick.begin();
  Joystick.setXAxisRange(-127, 127);
  Joystick.setYAxisRange(-127, 127);
  Joystick.setZAxisRange(-127, 127);
  Joystick.setThrottleRange(0, 255);
  Joystick.setRudderRange(0, 255); 
}
  void loop()
  {
        Joystick.setXAxis(analogRead(A0));
        Joystick.setYAxis(analogRead(A1));
        Joystick.setXAxis(analogRead(A2));
        Joystick.setYAxis(analogRead(A3));
        Joystick.sendState();
        delay(10);
  }

X-plane does seem to be getting some info from the arduino. But it's not working properly, having the potentiometer on the mid position, x-plane sets the bar on the full level for axis 1 and 2, getting it to the 5v side makes the bar go to half of the way, taking it to the other side deals nothing.

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So my code would look like

#include "Joystick.h"

Joystick_ Joystick(JOYSTICK_DEFAULT_REPORT_ID, 
  JOYSTICK_TYPE_MULTI_AXIS, 0, 0,
  true, true, false, false, false, false,
  true, true, false, false, false);

  int xAxis=A0;
  int yAxis=A1;
  int throttle=A2;
  int rudder=A3;
  void setup() 
{
  Joystick.begin();
  Joystick.setXAxisRange(0, 255);
  Joystick.setYAxisRange(0, 255);
  Joystick.setThrottleRange(0, 255);
  Joystick.setRudderRange(0, 255); 
}
  void loop()
  {
        Joystick.setXAxis(analogRead(A0)-127);
        Joystick.setYAxis(analogRead(A1)-127);
        Joystick.setXAxis(analogRead(A2)-127);
        Joystick.setYAxis(analogRead(A3)-127);
        Joystick.sendState();
        delay(10);
  }

I'm still getting the same results though, having the pot connected to A0 deals, when having the pointer closer to the GND, both axis 1 and 2 are on max on x-plane, passing the midpoint of the potentiometer, getting closer to 5v deals axis 1 lowering and axis 2 lowering glitchily.Also, same thing happens when connecting to A1.Connecting to A2 and A3 deal a decrease on axis 1 and 2 a bit glitchily.

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I SOLVED IT.
I figured that not connecting anything to the analog inputs makes it screw up a bit, it didn't need any compensation, so +-127 wasn't needed. I could improve it a bit and add a few buttons to it, but that'd be a new problem all in all. Thx everyone. This is the code I have now and works fine.

#include "Joystick.h"

Joystick_ Joystick(JOYSTICK_DEFAULT_REPORT_ID,
  JOYSTICK_TYPE_MULTI_AXIS, 0, 0,
  true, true, false, false, false, false,
  true, true, false, false, false);

  int xAxis=A0;
  int yAxis=A1;
  int throttle=A2;
  int rudder=A3;
  void setup()
{
  Joystick.begin();
}
  void loop()
  {
        Joystick.setXAxis(analogRead(A0));
        Joystick.setYAxis(analogRead(A1));
        Joystick.setThrottle(analogRead(A2));
        Joystick.setRudder(analogRead(A3));
        Joystick.sendState();
        delay(10);
  }
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