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EC130 B4 Throttle/Collective Keyboard Controlls.

Postby sambatchelar » Sat May 18, 2019 10:23 am

Hey,

Does anyone knows how the collective or throttle is controlled by keyboard controls in the Eurocopter EC130 B4 (from the FGaddon hanger). I have tried the usual keyboard buttons of 3 and 9 and they don't do anything.

Thanks,
Sam.
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Re: EC130 B4 Throttle/Collective Keyboard Controlls.

Postby legoboyvdlp » Sat May 18, 2019 10:32 am

Try PgUp and PgDn - also notice that the throttle control is inverted; it starts at maximum, and you "throttle down" to increase collective.
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Re: EC130 B4 Throttle/Collective Keyboard Controlls.

Postby sambatchelar » Sun May 19, 2019 7:49 pm

Thanks for the reply, I found that PgUp and PgDn works fine for the throttle. Although its tricky for me to use those keys because you have got to apply rudder with the collective in a heli and im using keyboard/mouse controls. Do you know if I can re map the throttle controls to different keys on the keyboard or something?
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Re: EC130 B4 Throttle/Collective Keyboard Controlls.

Postby Thorsten » Sun May 19, 2019 8:51 pm

Operate the rudder with the mouse - using keyboard for the task won't make you happy, but I can fly the EC-130 (or in fact pretty muc any helicopter) just fine with the mouse and only collective mapped to keys.
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