Just started this sim, and currently I have my Shkval slew mapped to my hat switch. It's difficult to fly/trim/and skew the Shkval. I don't have anything mapped to the thumb stick on the throttle, but I can't seem to figure out how to get this mapped.

BTW, all of my mappings I've done in-game.

Have a look in the "Axis Commands" section. You will probably want to adjust the curves for the slew, with the standard linear curves I found it very hard to make small movements of the Shkval.

Hmm... I think the X52 Pro ministick on the throttle default maps to mouse inputs so I don't think you can get around it ingame, unless you also map your mouse commands to Shkval slewing which will have lots of unintended effects.

I, too, have an X52 Pro and could not find a way around not using the Saitek profile tool, but it works great for me. At a minimum you can create a profile where you "unmap" the ministick axes so you can map them ingame.

[edit: I don't know about yours, but the ministick on my X52 Pro has a lot of noise on it, which may make it unsuitable for use as an axis controller]

Solved it. Since all of my buttons are programmed IN-GAME, I'm using this profile for A-10, which has the ministick mapped to slew. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=58484

Works perfectly.