Unless I missed it, has anyone posted how we setup reverse thrust on a Saitek quadrant?

Thanks

Go to controls settings

Click on the pro flight yoke

On filter (on the left), select All

Search “thrust”

On Hold Throttle Reverse, click assign button, and then move the throttle from neutral to the red zone. A “Z” should appear in the box. If Z doesn’t appear, select Z from the control selection drop down.

Thanks!

FlyingInACessna,

I am just wondering what exactly happened to the simple allocation of a key, button or axis for this.

I have spent hours trying to click on Hold Throttle Reverse, allocating different yoke and button keys to no avail. Where on earth and how did you find that solution?  Oh, I have just worked it out .... it MUST be in the manual.???? LOL

I love the potential of this sim but there is just so much that is simply wrong that needs fixing. It also needs a manual, a rocket science degree, patience and rapidly diminishing enthusiasm to come to grips to changes in procedure that are quite baffling and unnecessary.

Thank the good Lord for P3D, Xplane, DCS and Aerofly while we wait for these fixes.

I can't help thinking I have invested my pre-order money based largely on potential. There is so much that is good to excellent in this sim which is spoilt by the so much that is bad.

However, if your fix works (not tried it yet) I am extremely grateful.  By the way, do I need a scientific calculator and/or a slide rule?  Jest mate.

Regards

Tony

The implementation of reverse thrust does not look optimal right now, but im sure they flesh it out soon. 

It’s actually quite intuitive, with one major flaw: the filter defaults to assigned rather than all, so if you are trying to assign to an event that isn’t already assigned, it won’t show up on the list. For that reason alone, I spent 20 mins struggling. Once I switched the filter to all, I was good.

I think I know what your issue is though - you probably didn’t click on your yoke on the top menu before assigning the button.

Edited August 19, 20205 yr by FlyingInACessna

Andreas,

And therein lies the problem mate ... not a lot really looks optimal and we are all sure they will flesh it out soon.  WE ALL fervently hope so.

Tony

I'm actually really happy with how reverse works with my saitek. In P3D, I had to set the reverse button to decrease throttle, and it was very hard to get just a little reverse, and coming out of reverse was not ideal, because you couldn't reduce reverse to idle before disengaging it, causing a brief acceleration when disengaging reverse.

However, with this setup, you use the button at the reverse range to toggle the throttle to reverse, then use the axis to set whatever reverse thrust value you want. So you can easily do idle reverse, or 20% reverse, or whatever you like. Just pop it back down to the reverse range to disengage reverse and the throttle reverts to normal behavior.  Here's a screenshot of how it looks in controls...

1 minute ago, cwburnett said:

However, with this setup, you use the button at the reverse range to toggle the throttle to reverse, then use the axis to set whatever reverse thrust value you want. So you can easily do idle reverse, or 20% reverse, or whatever you like. Just pop it back down to the reverse range to disengage reverse and the throttle reverts to normal behavior.  Here's a screenshot of how it looks in controls...

I agree. I used toggle reverse instead of hold, and now to apply reverse I just slam the throttle down then back up to control how much reverse I want. Pretty cool.

Glad you see it that way, @cwburnett. I still wish for it to have its own axis though. Just a little bit more finesse and I think we've got it 🙂 

FlingInACessna,

Got it working now and thanks again for your fix.

I wonder if they will ever allow a reverse for individual engines or stick with one button to operate them all.  

Cheers mate

 

15 hours ago, FlyingInACessna said:

I agree. I used toggle reverse instead of hold, and now to apply reverse I just slam the throttle down then back up to control how much reverse I want. Pretty cool.

I've been searching for how to do this - I'll configure later.  So you make TR Toggle "Z" I believe (the indent below 0 on throttle)? And then when you move from 0 back through 100% of throttle span it is then RT?  Seems reasonable enough!

If my throttle doesnt have a range below idle, can I assign it to a key? So I go to idle, press the key, and then use the throttle as reverse thrust, then press the key to disengage reverse?

2 hours ago, zihmer001 said:

I've been searching for how to do this - I'll configure later.  So you make TR Toggle "Z" I believe (the indent below 0 on throttle)? And then when you move from 0 back through 100% of throttle span it is then RT?  Seems reasonable enough!

Yep, correct! And then to get out of RT mode again you just hit the red again.

One bug I’ve noticed with this however is that you can enter reverse thrust mode on non-reverse thrust aircraft. It doesn’t actually apply reverse thrust, but it does prevent you from moving the throttle regularly until you toggle it again.

1 hour ago, WestAir said:

If my throttle doesnt have a range below idle, can I assign it to a key? So I go to idle, press the key, and then use the throttle as reverse thrust, then press the key to disengage reverse?

Yep, just assign any key to “Toggle Throttle Reverse Thrust”