PMDG MCP knobs sensibility

[middiu 0]

Hi Guys

quick question about MCP knobs:

is there a way ( may be a keyboard shortcut) to increse the sensibility of MCP knobs?For example to change the Altitude, instead to increase/reduce the value 100 by 100, to increase/reduce the value 500 by 500 or 1000 by 1000.

 

Cheers

Emilio

[B77X 2]

I was also wondering this!

 

It can be a little annoying to constantly rotate the knob to the desired figure. I know that they have to do this in real life but they can scroll with their fingers faster than I can with my mouse

[pcubine 143]

What plane are you all talking about? The T7 will change altitude in 1000 foot increments and the MD-11 in 500 foot increments. It's a real hardship on the NGX and 744 to hold the left or right mouse button down.

[makdrive 9]

PMDG 777 already has an option of 100 increments and 1000 increments on the knob.

[Fadamor 6]

Probably talking about the 738.  For fun I went and ran the 738 Tutorial #2 again last night.  About 60 seconds of holding down the mouse button in order to get the barometric DH to 989.  I understand that PMDG is shooting for as realistic as possible, but does it really take a full minute to set one control in a 738?

[Fabo 213]

 

 

About 60 seconds of holding down the mouse button in order to get the barometric DH to 989.  I understand that PMDG is shooting for as realistic as possible, but does it really take a full minute to set one control in a 738?

 

This one is actually broken in 737 - should work like in 777. Pull it a bit, goes slow, pull it more, goes fast.

It is supposed to be repaired in SP2.

[Cristi_Neagu 134]

Probably talking about the 738. For fun I went and ran the 738 Tutorial #2 again last night. About 60 seconds of holding down the mouse button in order to get the barometric DH to 989. I understand that PMDG is shooting for as realistic as possible, but does it really take a full minute to set one control in a 738?

Have you tried using the scroll wheel on your mouse?

[Fadamor 6]

Using the scroll wheel generally moves my mouse off of the target control.  In my case using the mouse buttons to increment/decrement the control works more efficiently.

[Cristi_Neagu 134]

Using the scroll wheel generally moves my mouse off of the target control. In my case using the mouse buttons to increment/decrement the control works more efficiently.

But... You're complaining it takes too long to put in the right value, and yet the wheel works a lot faster... I don't really see how that is less efficient. Also, scrolling moves your mouse? Weird... Oh well, to each his own, I guess.

[Fadamor 6]

 

 

Also, scrolling moves your mouse? Weird..

Not everyone has your obviously superior motor skills. :rolleyes:

[Cristi_Neagu 134]

Not everyone has your obviously superior motor skills. :rolleyes:

Shucks... Thanks. I try to maintain proficiency by doing 15 minutes of finger flexing before every flight.

[middiu 0]

Sorry, I was talking about 737.

 

Thanks for your replies

 

Emilio

[KevinMM 22]

With FS2Crew I just tell my VFO to set it.

[Tabs 2,790]

There is no 1000 foot increment option on the real 737 MCP, so no.

 

There is an acceleration function if you use the mouse wheel though - roll it faster and the digits should move quicker.

[Meese 5]

Just please don't take the scroll-function away from the EFIS-panel with NGX SP2, Ryan! However functional the click-drag method of the T7 is, it just feels wrong not to scroll scroll-wheels