Re: [Flightgear-users] noob question - erratic keyboard

[Eric Brasseur]

jt5005 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! Hello, Actually when rolling on the ground to take off, you should use the rudder pedals to turn. Two methods exist to control the rudder pedals: - Use the keypad 0 and Enter keys. - Keep the left mouse button down and move the mouse horizontally. (This supposes you control the yoke using the mouse. Therefore you pressed the right mouse button and the mouse pointer is now a + sign.) In order to know the position of the rudder pedals, either ask for the schematic instrument panel by pressing P (Shift-p) or ask for the HUD by pressing h. You can get a simpler HUD by then pressing I (Shift-i). The rocking turn coordinator is normal. You can use the keyboard Page Up and Page Down keys to control the engine power. Cheers, Eric

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