Hi "The drift to the left" is normal?? I find that too - is that how it is in real life?
Also how is it possible to 1. Communicate with Tower in a controlled airspace? 2. Enable Fly-By view ( i press v several times, but no FlyBy view) Regards Shelton> On 10/30/05, jt5005 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot > > 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 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
