It can be a nuisance to reach down to the bottom of the panel to adjustthe Pitch on the autopilot.. so I've been looking for a spot where I could puta "remote" UP/DOWN wheel.Best I've been able to find is the left side of the ADF radio, to the left of thedisplay read-out. That is conveniently close to the autopilot, but kind of small..As I said, best I've been able to find. If you can locate a better spot - that works,please post!Here is a little xml gauge "PC1.xml" that will do the trick - mouse wheel only!I positioned it in the panel.cfg right below my AutopilotHelper gauge,but you could put it in a popup window:[Vcockpit01]......gauge04=RadioC337!RadioAdf, 0,294,300,75gauge05=CCTTS!GEM6, 297,0,214,211gauge06=MyGauges!AH1, 0,0,1,1gauge07=MyGauges!PC1,20,294,40,75here is the gaugeEdited: (and yes, you do need a little "blank.bmp" bitmap, 10X10 all black is fine, in your MyGauges folder):

<Gauge Name="PC1" Version="1.1."><!-- Pitch UP/DOWN wheel for C337--><Image Name="blank.bmp" /><Mouse>	  <Cursor Type="Hand"/>	  <Click Kind="WheelUp + WheelDown" >	 (M:Event) 'WheelUp' scmp 0 == if{		 (A:Autopilot Master,bool) if{		 (A:AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE LOCK,bool)  if{		 (A:Autopilot Nav1 Lock,bool) (>L:NAV337,bool)		 (A:Autopilot Heading Lock,bool) (>L:HDG337,bool)		 (>K:AP_ATT_HOLD_ON)  		 (L:NAV337,bool) 0 != if{ 0 (>K:AP_NAV1_HOLD_ON) }		 (L:HDG337,bool) 0 != if{ 0 (>K:AP_HDG_HOLD_ON) } }		 (>K:AP_PITCH_REF_INC_DN)		 (>K:AP_PITCH_REF_INC_DN) } }	  (M:Event) 'WheelDown' scmp 0 == if{		 (A:Autopilot Master,bool) if{		 (A:AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE LOCK,bool)  if{		 (A:Autopilot Nav1 Lock,bool) (>L:NAV337,bool)		 (A:Autopilot Heading Lock,bool) (>L:HDG337,bool)		 (>K:AP_ATT_HOLD_ON)  		 (L:NAV337,bool) 0 != if{ 0 (>K:AP_NAV1_HOLD_ON) }		 (L:HDG337,bool) 0 != if{ 0 (>K:AP_HDG_HOLD_ON) } }		 (>K:AP_PITCH_REF_INC_UP)		 (>K:AP_PITCH_REF_INC_UP) } }	  </Click></Mouse></Gauge>

BTW, if you make the "blank.bmp" dark grey instead of black, itwill give you a visible click-spot which helps in positioning the mouse pointer.Here is a dark grey color (28,28,28) instead of black (0,0,0).Or, you can substitute any bitmap for that matter..Also, if you would like the spot to only show up when the AP is on,substitute the following for the Image Name line:

<Element><Visible>(A:Autopilot Master,bool)</Visible><Image Name="blank.bmp" /></Element>

HOTAS is easier!

If you have spare buttons on your Yoke or Joystick,that could be the way to go.. although I do not see what you would assignso that you can change from Autopilot hold to Pitch up (or Down)..How would you do that?

thanks Bert, always amazed at your little add-ons that make life so much easier.

I was hoping you could help programme that for me! But this is a fine solution, I will try it soon.

I just added this to mine and it is a great little gadget. Thanks Bert.Ray

Thanks for this fix Bert, works great.

If you have spare buttons on your Yoke or Joystick,that could be the way to go.. although I do not see what you would assignso that you can change from Autopilot hold to Pitch up (or Down)..How would you do that?

Hi Bert. I have not tried this as yet as I have only just purchased the C337 last Monday, but you could try this out :

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http://forum.avsim.net/topic/351061-a-keyboard-key-for-de-vs-wheel/

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I have not even tried it in the J41 either. I will try it at some stage though as I do have two buttons free.I hope this helps.Cheers ... Pete.

Hi Pete, that probably would work...However, I've got all my buttons in use, so this would not be the solution for me..

Very nice cause I'm very lazy and hate leaning over! Thanks Bert for another cool mod.

 

I'd really like to configure the AP pitch to my yoke switches however I can't seem to get "Autopilot pitch ref (down)" and "Autopilot pitch ref(up)" in the button key assignments to ever work. Any ideas on that?