Article ID: 176295
Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003
Control Key(s)
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Mouse/Joystick Control:
Toggle mouse-as-yoke CTRL+DELETE
Toggle joystick control on/off K
Ailerons (roll):
Left KEYPAD 4
Center KEYPAD 5
Right KEYPAD 6
Elevator (pitch):
Nose up KEYPAD 2
Nose down KEYPAD 8
Trim up KEYPAD 1
Trim down KEYPAD 7
Rudder (yaw):
Left KEYPAD ZERO (0)
Center KEYPAD 5
Right KEYPAD ENTER
Throttle (power) in Airplanes:
Increase F3 or KEYPAD 9
Decrease F2 or KEYPAD 3
Cut F1
Full F4
Throttle (power turbine) in Helicopter:
Increase CTRL+F3
Decrease CTRL+F2
Set at ground idle CTRL+F1
Set at flight idle CTRL+F4
Collective (torque) in Helicopter:
Increase F3
Decrease F2
Set full down F1
Set full up F4
Propeller Control:
Increase RPM CTRL+F3
Decrease RPM CTRL+F2
Minimum RPM CTRL+F1
Maximum RPM F4
Mixture Control:
Enrich CTRL+SHIFT+F3
Lean CTRL+SHIFT+F2
Idle cutoff CTRL+SHIFT+F1
Full rich CTRL+SHIFT+F4
EGT Bug:
Select EGT U
Move needle forward U+PLUS SIGN
Move needle back U+MINUS SIGN
Starter/Magnetos:
Magnetos on/off M, PLUS SIGN (+) or MINUS SIGN (-)
Jet fuel flow start CTRL+SHIFT+F4
Jet engine start J, PLUS SIGN (+) or MINUS SIGN ()
Jet engine shut down CTRL+SHIFT+F1
Multiengine Controls:
Select engine E
Flaps:
Extend in increments F7
Retract in increments F6
Full Up F5
Full Down F8
Spoilers/Speed Brakes:
Extend/retract spoilers /
Arm auto-spoilers SHIFT+/
Landing Gear:
Landing gear up/down G
Pump landing gear down
(after system failure) CTRL+G
Brakes:
Parking brakes on CTRL+PERIOD (.)
Parking brakes off PERIOD
Differential (left/right) brakes F11 and F12
Apply brakes PERIOD
Carburetor and Pilot Heat:
Turn carburetor heat on/off H
Turn pilot heat on/off SHIFT+H
Checklists:
Display, cycle through,
and hide on-screen checklists SHIFT+C
Land Me:
Land Me X
To Calibrate Instruments:
Altimeter B
Heading indicator D
To Display/Hide the Instrument Panel:
Display/Hide instrument panel,
radio stack, and mini-controls W or SHIFT+[
To Make Instrument Panel Windows Active:
Activate instrument
panel windows 1-9 SHIFT+1 through SHIFT+9
Autopilot Functions:
Autopilot on/off Z
Wing leveler (LVL) CTRL+V
Altitude hold CTRL+Z
Heading hold CTRL+H
Attitude hold CTRL+T
NAV1 hold CTRL+N
ILS lock (APP) CTRL+A
Localizer lock CTRL+O
Back course lock CTRL+B
Yaw damper on/off CTRL+D
Airspeed hold CTRL+R
Arm autothrottle SHIFT+R
Set takeoff power/go-around CTRL+SHIFT+R
Lights:
Instrument panel/navigation
lights on/off L
Landing light on/off CTRL+L
Strobes on/off O
Point helicopter
spotlight/landing light CTRL+KEYPAD 8,4,5,6,2
Radios:
To tune the radios, press the following keys to select the appropriate
radio, then press PLUS SIGN (+) or MINUS SIGN (-) to change the digits on
the display.
ADF A (one, two, or three times)
COM C or CC (Fractional)
DME F+1 or F+2-Toggle DME 1 or DME 2
PLUS SIGN (+)-Toggle distance
from station/speed
NAV N+1 or N+2, NN (Fractional)
Transponder T (one, two, three or four times)
VOR/OBI V+1 or V+2
Morse Code Identifiers:
Toggle VOR 1 ident on/off CTRL+1
Toggle VOR 2 ident on/off CTRL+2
Toggle DME 1 ident on/off CTRL+3
Toggle DME 2 ident on/off CTRL+4
Toggle ADF ident on/off CTRL+5
Sound/Pause:
Sound on/off Q
Pause on/off P
Flight:
Save current flight ; (semicolon)
Reset current flight CTRL+; (semicolon)
Exit:
Exit Flight Simulator CTRL+C or CTRL+BREAK
View direction:
Front SHIFT+KEYPAD 8
Rear SHIFT+KEYPAD 2
Left SHIFT+KEYPAD 4
Right SHIFT+KEYPAD 6
Left front SHIFT+KEYPAD 7
Right front SHIFT+KEYPAD 9
Left rear SHIFT+KEYPAD 1
Right rear SHIFT+KEYPAD 3
Down SHIFT+KEYPAD 5
Pan up SHIFT+BACKSPACE
Pan down SHIFT+ENTER
Pan right CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
Pan left CTRL+SHIFT+BACKSPACE
Pan View Reset CTRL+SPACEBAR
Straight and level (no pan) SCROLL LOCK
To cycle through cockpit,
virtual cockpit, tower, and
spot views S or SHIFT+S
Controls: Turn slewing on/off Y Set aircraft position to North Heading, level pitch, level bank SPACEBAR Turn latitude/longitude display on/off Z Coordinates on/off SHIFT+Z Movement: Forward KEYPAD 8 Backward KEYPAD 2 Left KEYPAD 4 Right KEYPAD 6 Freeze KEYPAD 5 Altitude: Increase slowly Q Increase quickly F4 Decrease slowly A Decrease quickly F1 Freeze F2 or F3 Heading: Left KEYPAD 1 Right KEYPAD 3 Freeze KEYPAD 5 Pitch: Nose up 9 Nose up fast F5 Freeze F6 or F7 Nose down fast F8 Nose down ZERO (0) Bank: Left KEYPAD 7 Right KEYPAD 9 Freeze KEYPAD 5
Opening and Closing Windows: Open a new window [ Open a map window NUMLOCK Close the active window ] Switching Between Views and Windows: Switch to next view CTRL+TAB Switch to previous view CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Cycle through view modes S Switch from map view to other views CTRL+S Bring window to front ' (apostrophe) Toggle instrument panel on/off SHIFT+[ To zoom: In PLUS SIGN Out MINUS SIGN In (fine) SHIFT+PLUS SIGN Out (fine) SHIFT+ MINUS SIGN 1X (normal) BACKSPACE Maximize active window W Other: Display coordinates/frame rate SHIFT+Z
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