Reverse Thrust

Ed,

If your set up has a separate throttle control, and you have a registered version of FSUIPC, you can reset the zero of your throttle to something above zero on the throttle control (like 20%) and then use values below this to input negative (reverse) throttle.

Mike Daugherty
VP, Operations; Training Manager

Holding the f2 key in FSX results in reverse thrust. I use FSUIPC registered version to assign a button push for repeating F2 key until the button is released - then upon release - f1 key once. This cancels the reverse thrust. My saitek throttle quadrant has triggers a "button" signal when the throttle is moved to the lowest position. I assign this with FSUIPC for the repeated F2-key and then use the FSUIPC "on release" for that setting to trigger the single F1-key to cancel the reverse thrust.

The only issue with this is that you can't do other control things during reverse thrust (not that you'd want to anyway) because it seems to only be looking at the pressed f2 key and blocking out other commands. While this isn't a problem for flying, it can cause head-scratching moments when you find your system unresponsive for unknown reason - like sitting in your cockpit with the engine off, only to find you either bumped or left the throttle in the reverse thrust position. Moving the throttle back to neutral fixes that issue of course.

John

I elected to use FSUIPC to redefine the "zero" of my Saitek throttle in order to have access to the "Beta" range of my Aerosoft DHC6 Exended for taxing. Unfortunately, it fails to function well enough to allow taxiing. However, it still allows me to apply variable reverse thrust.

Mike