29 minutes ago, Capytan_Clint said:

Press Y to get in. This is a good tutorial video for all the particulars. 

Don't you think it's a bit excessive to dig up five old threads from the grave and post your own video in all five?

Oh hey and it's your first five posts here. Way to go with shameless self-promoting.

Edited December 30, 20205 yr by JacquesBrel

On 9/7/2020 at 5:38 PM, NightOfDreams said:

Is there a way to slew small distances? When I press an arrow key the plane slews really, really far. Sometimes I just want to make a micro adjustment on the ground if I don't like where the plane is parked.

This happened in FSX too, and took me a while to find the answer - if this happens in your setup, you need to disable your joystick before slewing and then re-enable afterwards, otherwise you go slewing away for miles in a second or 2.

In FSX it was Ctrl-K to disable (and re-enable) the joystick.

What is "slew mode"? I have never figured this out. What's the difference between slew mode and drone mode and external view mode?

There is a big difference. Drone and external view modes control cameras, but do not affect the position of the airplane. Slew mode moves the plane itself to a new location.

On 7/21/2021 at 8:35 AM, cobalt said:

There is a big difference. Drone and external view modes control cameras, but do not affect the position of the airplane. Slew mode moves the plane itself to a new location.

Thank you so much!

OK, so to toggle Slew mode on off, press the Y key on your keyboard.

Then, there are many key commands available to use in Slew mode.  For a full listing of keyboard commands in MSFS 2020, browse

https://www.gamesradar.com/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020-keyboard-controls/

Edited March 18, 20224 yr by CaptTim
Updated link to an improved list

Great find ! Thanks much for sharing.

On 9/7/2020 at 11:09 PM, mick92627 said:

Truer words were never spoken.

There is an MSFS manual here

https://store.flightsim.com/product/sofly-a-guide-to-flight-simulator-msfs-2020/

As others have mentioned up thread, removing all slew commands (except Y) from the keyboard and reassigning them to the controllers allows you to slew very slowly and very small distances or angles. Or very fast if you move the controller further on its axis (I use the pedals to slew the nose direction, yaw).

Example: You are sitting at the end of a runway. Slew backwards. Then slew upwards. Now slew the yaw to point nose directly at the runway. Now you are ready to test a straight in landing. This is a very fast and easy method.

 

where is the slew assign option in the msfs menu?

On 9/8/2020 at 5:09 AM, mick92627 said:

Truer words were never spoken.

Nonsense. People need to just have a look themselves. (Not having a go at the OP).