Author Topic: Tricks with Views (Read 215 times)

MANDOBLE · « **on:** May 23, 2001, 04:14:00 AM »

A friend shared with me some useful tricks to do with the frontal view, especially useful for 190 pilots.

Most of us have 7,9,4,6,1,2 and 3 in keypad configured as normal "level" view, and these keys with 5 as looking up views. Well, you can configure much more frontal views using "extrange" key combinations. An example:

Press 7 and 1 at the same time, you'll have normal frontal view. Now, with these key pressed, change the POV with cursors and pgup/down and press F10 to save the pos. Now you have the normal frontal view and another frontal view with a different POV while pressing 7 and 1. You can repeat the operation with more unused key combinations (8 + 2, 9 + 3, etc) having, as result, a bunch of different frontal views.

In the 190 I have 7 + 1 view configured to look at the instrument pannel from a lower possition, this way I'm able to check engine overheat with a single key press.

The only problem is that you'll be able to configure only different frontal views, the trick doesnt work with rear views.

[This message has been edited by MANDOBLE (edited 05-23-2001).]

flakbait · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2001, 04:40:00 AM »

Then again, you could just remap the semi-colin (;) key to look forward-down so you can see all the insturments. That's what I did since I fly with one hand on the trim keys.

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Lephturn · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2001, 08:53:00 AM »

Check out an article I wrote about this:
http://lephturn.webhop.net/views.htm

You don't need to map it to a combo view. Actually, the "default" forward view and "forward" view are two different views. I map another button on my stick to the second "forward" view, which is set back and down to see my instrument panel.

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MANDOBLE · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2001, 08:57:00 AM »

Yep, I have the default forward view, the over the nose forward (KP8) view, the look at instrument panel forward view (KP7 + KP1), and then forward with head at top left and up, and forward with head at top right and up (very usefull when taxing and landing).

Nexus · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2001, 09:56:00 AM »

The way I do it, I have forward, rear, left, and right views mapped to two hats, one on my throttle and the other on my joystick. 2 buttons on throttle for up and down.

Mapped down-forward to look at instrument panel. That's "down" button on the throttle and hat forward on joystick or the throttle.

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