On 10/30/05, jt5005 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am excited to try Flight gear, and I can get as far as the engine of the > cessna running at idle on the SFO runway, but nothing I try to do seems to > work. The turn and bank indicator is rocking back and forth as I sit there > idling, as if some sort of wierd crosswind is going on. I think I have > figured out that if I start with numlock on, I have to turn it off, then > back on to get it to read the keyboard at all. Then, it will start to roll > down the runway with a press of the 9 key, but engine speed doesn't pick up > at all, no matter how long I hold it pressed or keep intermittantly pressing > it. At the same time, the plane starts to drift to the left, and the turn > and bank shows a hard left bank. I have to hold steady on the 6 key and the > ". " key to keep it from spinning around to the left. That still doesn't get > me going down the runway to a takeoff. Am I missing something here? Here's > the specs: > > Dell Dimension 8400 (yes, I've read about Dell issues), standard Keyboard > Windows WP SP2 > Pentium IV 3.6 Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 19" CRT. > 256Mb NVidia 6800 GTO (I know about the GTO also) > Standard FG install from installer. > Cessna 182 2-D, default JSB sim > > Any suggestioons for a noob would be welcome. I have flown Pro Pilot and > Microsoft FS 1998 without major problems > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________
if you are flying with the keyboard, you can increase/decrease engines with page up and page down. rudder controls are on the 0 and enter of the numeric keypad. all surfaces center with 5. you can use [ and ] for flaps. The rocking you see is normal... so is the drift to the left. correct for it with the rudder. you can also fly with the mouse. right click puts your mouse into fly mode. right click again and you can use the mouse to look around the cockpit. a third right click brings you back to default mouse. use V to change views. the cockpit is also clickable. use C (or ctrl-C) to display the clickable spots on the panel. happy flying _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
