I'd like to propose some changes to keyboard.xml:
1. There's no key for the wing leveler. Ctrl-w is still free and consistent
with the other autopilot settings.
2. I have never understood why the gear is a "property-toggle". It is quite
common to land with gear down, but it's hard to tell if the gear is up
or down at a particular moment if no panel is activated. This is a big
problem for many of the modeled aircrafts. And then, the gear indicator
might be broken. In a real aircraft the pilot can feel the state of
the gear from the lever. He shouldn't even have to look there. (Well,
he can only feel the =real= state of the gear when he touches down,
but that's a different matter. ;-)
I'm using "g" for gear up and "G" for gear down. I never have to fear that
I might actually retract the landing gear on approach. "Shift-G" is always
secure in this situation. Hitting it twice doesn't hurt.
3. Maybe the DC3's tail wheel lock should be mapped to "l" and "L" in
this way, too?
Comments? (Yes I know, everybody (except me) is now used to a toggling gear,
but does security in air traffic not count at all? :-)
m.
<key n="23">
<name>Ctrl-W</name>
<desc>Toggle autopilot wing leveler.</desc>
<binding>
<command>property-toggle</command>
<property>/autopilot/locks/wing-leveler</property>
</binding>
</key>
<key n="103">
<name>g</name>
<desc>Gear up.</desc>
<binding>
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear-down</property>
<value type="double">0.0</value>
</binding>
</key>
<key n="71">
<name>G</name>
<desc>Gear down.</desc>
<binding>
<command>property-assign</command>
<property>/controls/gear-down</property>
<value type="double">1.0</value>
</binding>
</key>
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