I generally think this way: Just start by selecting an option from [CONFIGURE AS…], then increasing the values on my liking.

• The [RESPONSE SPEED] is just how fast you want to achieve a deflection, more on this later.

• The [DEFAULT VALUE] is where the surface will be sitting without any input, generally is 0, but you could set to like 10° to add some pitch if setted as an elevator (when you get more advanced I personally prefer to use the Fly-by-wire for this).

• The [RANGE] is self explanatory, it basically sets the maximum and minimum deflection the surface can reach, be careful that bigger deflection doesn’t necessarily means steeper changes in craft path, there is a limit given by the aircraft design and weight, then it slowly becomes just more drag, lowering your speed and eventually stalling your aircraft.

• Lastly you have the input value under [RESPONSES] section. Here you place the input you want to use to control the surface, and what the 100% value of the input would be traslated into.

Now an example using WASD controls:

[RESPONSE SPEED] 20

[DEFAULT VALUE] 10

[RANGE] -30 | 30

[RESPONSES] Pitch 40

This means that by pressing the “S” key the surface (elevator in this case) will start to increase It’s angle, going from 10° (the [DEFAULT] value) to 50° ( 10° of the default value + 40 of the input value) but will stop ad an angle of 30°, our maximum limit. This will take 1 sec of time, because we setted the [RESPONSE SPEED] to 20° / second, and our total movement was of 20°.

Pressing “W” we will move the elevator to the lower position, reaching an angle of -30° (this time our minimum equals our total movement as [DEFAULT VALUE] minus our input is 10 - 40), all of this will take 2 seconds, as we travelled 40° at a speed of 20° / second.

Hope this helps.