AJ MacLeod wrote: > On Sunday 04 June 2006 04:24, Josh Babcock wrote: > >>Hmm, rather than force everyone to start with the P-brake engaged, why >>don't you just set it in your preferences.xml file? This is the sort of >>thing that really has nothing to to with the aircraft, and everything to >>do with the procedures that an individual pilot likes to follow. > > > Of course I can set this for myself (I have quite a few changes locally on > the > Harrier model) but when something is as uneccesarily annoying as this I'd > prefer others without that knowhow didn't have to suffer it. > > I completely fail to see how anyone benefits from a mad scramble for control > of the aircraft on FG startup... particularly since on the carrier it's often > over the side by then. This aircraft has a parking brake IRL unless I'm very > much mistaken - surely it's sensible to use it here? How many pilots IRL > have to jump into the cockpit of a moving aircraft and immediately hunt > around for the brakes to avoid a crash? > > Cheers, > > AJ > How many pilots still have their parking brakes set at the runway threshold?
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