My stick does nothing in the sim
The aircraft ignores the stick, or the controls feel dead. Work through these checks in order.
1. Is HeavyPro running?
If you made HeavyPro your stick's only path, the stick does nothing in MSFS while HeavyPro is closed. Start HeavyPro (or look for it in the tray). The in-game panel says APP NOT RUNNING when it isn't.
2. What does the badge say?
- MOVE STICK: move the stick once.
- SET UP STICK: press Detect for Pitch and Roll in Setup.
- WAITING FOR MSFS: load a flight; HeavyPro connects by itself.
- AP ON · PAUSED: disconnect the autopilot.
See What the badges mean.
3. Is the licence active?
HeavyPro only shapes your stick once the licence is confirmed. Press Licence at the bottom of the app: it tells you whether HeavyPro is active on this PC and what to do if not.
4. Want your old set-up back?
Restore MSFS bindings in Setup puts back the bindings HeavyPro saved, and the sim reads your stick directly again.
Tip: still stuck? Press Copy bug report and send it to us. See Send a good bug report.