Tab. 5: Special action of keys, if autopilot is enabled.
Key
Action
8 / 2
Altitude adjust
0 / ,
Heading adjust
9 / 3
Autothrottle adjust
Tab. 6: Engine control keys
Key
Action
SPACE
Fire starter on selected engine(s)
!
Select 1st engine
@
Select 2nd engine
#
Select 3rd engine
$
Select 4th engine
{
Decrease Magneto on Selected Engine
}
Increase Magneto on Selected Engine
~
Select all Engines
Tab. 7: Miscellaneous keyboard controls.
Key
Action
B
Toggle parking brakeon/off
b
Apply/release all brakes
g
Toggle landing gear down
,
Left gear brake (useful for differential braking)
.
Right gear brake (useful for differential braking)
l
Toggle tail-wheel lock)
]/[
Extend/Retract flaps
p
Toggle pauseon/off
a/A
Speed up/slow down (time acceleration)
t/T
Time speed up/slow down
m/M
Change time offset(warp) used by t/T forward/backward
Shift-F2
Save current flight to fgfs.sav
Shift-F1
Restore flight from fgfs.sav
F3
Save screen shot under fgfs-screen.ppm
Shift-F4
Re-read global preferences from
Shift-F10
Toggle data logging of FDM on/off
ESC
Exit program
Mouse controlled functions: There are three mouse modi. In the usual mode (pointer curser) panel’s controls can be operated with themouse. To change a control, click with the left/middle mouse button on the corresponding knob/lever. While the left mouse button leads tosmall increments/decrements, the middle one makes greater ones. Clicking on the left hand side of the knob/lever decreases the value, whileclicking on the right hand side increases it.
Right clicking the mouse activates the simulator control mode (cross hair cursor). This allows control of aileron/elevator via the mouse inabsence of a joystick (enable --enable-auto-coordination in this case).
Right clicking the mouse another time activates the view control mode (arrow cursor). This allows changing direction of view via themouse.
Right clicking the mouse once more resets it into the initial state.