User manual

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Aircraft Operation Manual
Piper Cheyenne I, IA, II, IIXL
For ight simulation use only
BASICS OF OPERATION
Panel operation
Microsoft Flight Simulator traditionally depends heavily upon mouse actions to
operate buttons, switches and knobs. Sometimes, click spots may not be 100%
intuitive, or the result of your action may depend upon clicking with the left or
right mouse button at the correct location. When familiarizing yourself with the
panel, it is suggested that you turn on „tool tips”. These tips will then appear
when you hold your cursor over the various click spots, and the tips will describe
what each click spot is for. Tool tips can be activated under the FS menu under
Options / Settings / General.
The Piper Cheyenne uses a consistent, standardized approach to operate the dif-
ferent controls in the aircraft panels. Following is an overview about these meth-
ods to interact with the controls in the 2D and 3D panels:
Push buttons: Left or right-click to operate these buttons on/off.
Guarded buttons: Guarded buttons require two steps: First, right-click to open
or close the guard covering the control. Second, left-click to operate the button
underneath. The cursor will show a solid hand.
Multi-position switches: Multi-position switches have more than one position,
and may be turned left/down or up/right. Left-click to move the switch to the left
or down, and right-click of right/up movement.