flap settings

[rickmd80]

Hi gents. Just wondering is there a way to assign a key press to flap detents so that i can voice command those settings through voice buddy. info and help would really be appreciated.

[Pete Dowson]

Hi gents. Just wondering is there a way to assign a key press to flap detents so that i can voice command those settings through voice buddy. info and help would really be appreciated.

You could assign keypresses to the FS "FLAPS SET" control, with the parameter set correctly to get you to the right flap setting. Note that these are not in degrees, though, but in the proportion to 16384 of the flap detente position (i.e. 0 flaps up, 16383 full flaps, 8192 the 'centre' detente if there is one) . So "Flaps 10" would have a different parameter value depending on the particular aircraft.

With FSUIPC you can change the key assignments automatically according to the aircraft loaded ("aircraft specific" assignment), so it can still be done. You'd need to work out the parameters, or use trial and error, for each aircraft.

Regards

Pete