Sounds reasonable to me, but I'm easily amused.

On Monday 03 December 2001 10:05 pm, you wrote:
> We'll have the ability to control the propeller as well as the
> throttle and mixture for the Cessna 310 very soon.  In preparation for
> that, I'd like to propose changing some of the default keybindings.
>
> Many (most?) larger piston-engine planes have a pedestal in the centre
> with, from left to right, throttle (black), propeller control (blue),
> and mixture (red).  Most PC keyboards have a 3x2 cluster of keys at
> the top, with Insert/Delete on the left, Home/End in the middle, and
> Page Up/Page down on the right.  I'd like to rebind those as follows:
>
> [Left]
>   Insert: increase all throttles
>   Delete: decrease all throttles
> [Centre]
>   Home: increase all propeller RPM
>   End: decrease all propeller RPM
> [Right]
>   Page Up: enrich all mixture
>   Page Down: lean all mixture
>
> That way, the layout would correspond with that of the controls in a
> real plane, and it would be trivially easy to control the powerplant
> with one hand (without looking) while holding a mouse or joystick in
> the other.
>
> Comments?  Objections?  Cheers of encouragement?
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> David

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