* Michael Selig -- Monday 09 June 2003 08:31:
> I tend to think of the j/k spoiler keys like I do the [/] flap keys. To
> land the ASW 20, hit the ] & k, and then [ & j to retract everything.
The [ and ] keys are a bad idea, too, and should IMHO be changed to
f and shift f -- for a different reason, though: [ and ] are only easily
accessible on US-keyboards. On German keyboards[1] for example, they are
on AltGr+7 and AltGr+8. Given that we don't have keys for mixture and prop
pitch yet, as well as for many other functions, we should really be
careful, or we are soon out of keys. And who says that j and k lie next
each other? OK, Dvorak keyboard layout users are screwed anyway, but ...
> I think this seems to work out best because only one hand is free during a
> busy landing.
Huh? I don't need two hands for pressing Shift and j together.
> A glider can pilot use spoilers on landing sort-of like a
> power plane pilot uses throttle to flare on the back side of the power
> curve. Yes?
Yes, but that does not explain why spoiler up and down cannot be
on one key. :-)
m.
[1] I'm using a US-keyboard. German ones are hardly useable. I'd
like to know the idiot from IBM who designed their layout.
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