SAS doesn't apply to axis action groups?

[kendfrey]

I built a ship using the Breaking Ground robotic parts for control, instead of the standard thrust vectoring and control surfaces. I set up the Pitch/Yaw axis groups to set the play position on a couple of robotic controllers. I'm able to control it using my keyboard (WASD) but turning on SAS does not seem to use the robotic controls, so it's still unstable.

Does SAS ignore the axis groups, or am I doing something wrong? How do I stabilize a craft with robotic controls? (MechJeb isn't able to stabilize it either.)

[OHara]

You understand correctly.  SAS does not control the axis groups.

(Players have made a suggestion to change this https://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/issues/22946)

[AHHans]

Indeed, as I wrote on the bugtracker: the yaw, pitch, and roll axis groups behave like custom axis groups that just happen to be matched to the same keys as the controls for the craft.

If you are as unhappy about this as I am, then I encourage you to upvote the issue on the bugtracker as describe here: