August 16, 20232 yr The MSFS Wright Flyer is fascinating but I cannot control the engine power with my joystick. Is this intentional or does something have to be set? Brian Lumb
August 16, 20232 yr 47 minutes ago, lumbco said: The MSFS Wright Flyer is fascinating but I cannot control the engine power with my joystick. Is this intentional or does something have to be set? Brian Lumb You may need to assign your joystick to control throttle. Look in msfs controls screen, and search for "Throttle" and see what it is bound to. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
August 16, 20232 yr Author Thank you for your suggestion. When I searched the term "throttle" in Controls Options it confirmed that axis Z is on the throttle axis. I tried to attach a screenshot to this reply but am baffled by the Avsim requirement to insert a URL instead of an attachment. My joystick throttle is set up properly and works with all other aircraft. Perhaps this is intentional and the Flier did not have a controllable throttle, maybe just a simple 'blip' function? Brian Lumb
August 16, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, lumbco said: Thank you for your suggestion. When I searched the term "throttle" in Controls Options it confirmed that axis Z is on the throttle axis. I tried to attach a screenshot to this reply but am baffled by the Avsim requirement to insert a URL instead of an attachment. My joystick throttle is set up properly and works with all other aircraft. Perhaps this is intentional and the Flier did not have a controllable throttle, maybe just a simple 'blip' function? Brian Lumb You know you could be right, that the Flyer only had essentially "on" or "off" for the throttle...if that is true then that explains the controls options screen. You could ask this question on the MSFS (official) forum, this type of question is right up their alley, someone there will probably know right away what is going on. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
August 17, 20232 yr Author Thanks, I did a little historical research and found that the Flyer engine did not have a throttle. I will try the official MSFS forum for the best way to blip the power in our simulator. I know that a video about the MSFS version of the flyer has been made but I do dislike instructive videos which for me require constant stopping and starting to allow note taking and waste much precious time. Notes are better! Brian Lumb
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