* Andy Ross -- Monday 28 January 2002 20:26:
> * Melchior FRANZ wrote:
>  > * Andy Ross wrote:
>  > > There's also a complication with the Harrier.  You'll need to map a
>  > > joystick axis to the /controls/thrust-vector[0] property in order to
>  > > work the thrust vectoring.
>  >
>  > Works also reasonably well when mapped to the low/high properties of a
>  > joystick hat switch.   [:-)]
> 
> I actually found that this wasn't very satisfactory.  The problem is
> that the thrust vectoring is your foward-back control in hovering
> flight. [...]

Uhh ... that explains a lot. I thought that the thrust vector has only
a 90 degree range. And, yes, I fell over on my nose quite some time.
OK, so the hat switch isn't well suited. Except if I write a script that
outputs the vector value.  :-)

Thanks for your detailed and interesting explanations!

m.

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