August 31, 201510 yr Interesting........... https://www.editorskeys.com/flight-simulator-x-keyboard/ We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 31, 201510 yr Phew, quite expensive, but I like the back lit keys. I took a normal keyboard, turned it 90 degrees, remapped the keys using FSuipc & printed little lables that I cut out & stuck on the keyboard keys. Colour coded & grouped per function. We are using a few like this at our VA. Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
August 31, 201510 yr Author Considering the amount of money spent on this hobby, the $129 is probably not outrageous, comparatively....... Doing it yourself is an option as well, but unless I could do it very neatly, I would consider it an eyesore, and probably not use it that much. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 31, 201510 yr Soft of default MFS flier type, I'd say. A lot of keys I would not need, e.g.: - engine start (!) - smoke system - mission compass - reset flight - etc Of course you can reassign the keys but, hey, I can do it with any keyboard using e.g. FSUIPC. Lit keys? Nice, for sure. But I never ever fly in the dark, so no problem here again.
August 31, 201510 yr a Logitech G510 has backlit keys + at least 54 macro keys .... you will remember them all with use !! for now, cheers john martin
August 31, 201510 yr Commercial Member I don't find this useful. I don't use 95% of key shortcuts, except 1....0 for PFE, S & A (Shift+) for changing cameras, and V for screenshot, that's it! Current system: ASUS PRIME Z690-P D4, Intel 12900k, 32GB RAM @ 3600mhz, Zotac RTX 3090 Trinity, M2 SSD, Oculus Quest 2.
August 31, 201510 yr Here in South Africa, $129 equates to R 1550.00 local currency. So, if you already have FSuipc, as I'm sure most of us have, a normal,unilluminated keyboard costs the equivilant of $ 6.15! (R80.00 local). I went thru all FSuipc's key codes & made labels, colour coded, of the most important keys we would use, & colour printed them on sticky labels. It actually works well when the new keyboard is turned 90 degrees. I also use a CH-Products yoke, & the combination works well, at he price! Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
August 31, 201510 yr Author For me, it might still be worth it. I never did learn what all the keyboard commands were (at least not instinctively) and this seems an easy way to catch up. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 31, 201510 yr Even cheaper... http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCwQFjAEahUKEwjbprf479PHAhUEnIAKHQ_ZDKw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mutleyshangar.com%2Fdownloads%2FFSX%2520Keyboard%2520Commands%2520Pamphlet.pdf&ei=rJLkVdugE4S4ggSPsrPgCg&usg=AFQjCNGFyKZUXJB0oefw2x-TerNueBDwHw Philip Manhart :American Flag: - "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." ~ Plato
September 1, 201510 yr It is a great price for a backlit keyboard that caters to a niche market Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
September 1, 201510 yr Great for default plane enthusiasts but Im trying to get away from a keyboard ZORAN
September 2, 201510 yr Author It is a great price for a backlit keyboard that caters to a niche market I was beginning to wonder if I was the only sentient in this arm of the galaxy who didn't hate the idea! We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
September 3, 201510 yr That's quite expensive indeed, but if I'll ever find time to get back to flight simming, this looks really great! Having been flying mainly default-ish airplanes at the end of my flying carreer, this may really prove helpful for me, just to get back into the whole stuff, because after being inactive for more than half a year, and only very seldom in the year before that, I think I don't remember most of the commands anymore... Florian
September 3, 201510 yr Commercial Member Related, but on a different slant: I wish a company would make a keyboard that is laid out with the buttons in an even grid, preferably with no letters on them. Just like the number pad, but a nice even grid, including all keys. Blank holes at the corners would be a plus. I'd buy that in a heart beat. That would look excellent with proper labels, mounted in a simpit. My issues with any keyboard is that they still look like a keyboard, and my OCD nature refuses to accept the messy layout that results from trying to use one! Years ago I recall seeing a keyboard that was a blank base, and the keys attached via suction or friction of something to the base, allowing you to group keys together for application-related shortcuts. I don't think they're made any longer. Edit: A bit of googling told me that the original keyboard I was thinking of was called the ErgoDex. CH products then teamed up with them and made the CH Products 'Multi Function Panel'. It seems that they've become popular as an input device in Star Citizen: https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/148997/ch-products-mfp-ch-multi-function-panel-owners-club and as such, considering they were never a popular item to begin with and have been out of production for some time from what I gather, they are scarce like hens teeth. I found one on EBay, and it's near $250 USD. Jim Stewart Milviz Person.
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