When it comes to flight simulators, I can never remember how I’ve mapped my joystick buttons.

Rather than relearning/remapping every time I loaded up a sim, I dusted off Adobe Illustrator and created these little PDF cheat sheets that I fill out for every game. Now, I give them to you!

PDFs

Elite Dangerous Saitek X52 Profile

Saitek Game Profile Downloads

Saitek X52 Joystick Saitek X52 Throttle. Each layout has two fields per button, in case you’re using a modifier button or playing a game that switches states (e.g. Landing Mode or Galaxy Map in Elite: Dangerous). You can type right into the PDF and save or print, or just print a blank copy and write in the entries with a pencil. You should NOT load a 'profile' (keyboard mapping to the joystick buttons) as Elite Dangerous supports the joystick natively. If you want to make any changes, do it in the Options menu in the game. Having played with a perfectly good Logitech joystick for a year, the Saitek took my Elite Dangerous gaming experience to a different level.

Each layout has two fields per button, in case you’re using a modifier button or playing a game that switches states (e.g. Landing Mode or Galaxy Map in Elite: Dangerous). You can type right into the PDF and save or print, or just print a blank copy and write in the entries with a pencil. I usually do the latter, since, at least for the first few hours of a game, I’m getting familiar with the most important buttons and update the layout multiple times before settling on the “right” one.

Here’s the layout I’m currently using for Elite: Dangerous.

Hope these are helpful!

Note: If you’re in the market for a new stick, I’ve got an article here comparing the X52 and CH Products.