User Guide

Flight Simulator
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Using the Mouse
As you fly, you can use the mouse to
manipulate the buttons, knobs, and
levers in the cockpit. Just click the
appropriate control. Some controls are
toggles (for example, clicking the
landing gear lever once retracts the
wheels; clicking it again extends
them). Other controls, such as the
throttle and trim wheel, move through
a series of positions. You can drag
these controls with the mouse, much
as you would move them with your
hand in a real airplane.
If you don’t own a joystick, yoke, or
gamepad, you can also use the mouse
as the primary flight control. Right-
click anywhere on the aircraft instru-
ment panel and choose Mouse as
Yoke from the menu that appears. Any movement
you make with the mouse controls the aircraft just
like a joystick would. (Moving the mouse to the
left makes the aircraft bank left, and so on.) To
return to using the mouse to manipulate cockpit
controls, right-click on the panel again.
Using the Keyboard
The keyboard is often the best way to view and
operate certain aircraft controls and to choose
commands and options. By learning which keys
do what you can be more efficient in the Flight
Simulator cockpit. And although it’s best to use a
joystick or yoke as the primary flight control, you
can fly the aircraft by using the keyboard to
control the ailerons, elevator, and rudder.
The Key Commands tab on the Kneeboard in
Flight Simulator (press F10 to display the
Kneeboard) features a list of the basic keyboard
commands you’ll need. The same information is
on the back cover of this book. The complete list
of commands is in the Simulator Help section of
Help.
Customizing the Controls
In real aircraft, each button, lever, or knob serves
a specific function. In Flight Simulator, you can
customize the joystick and keyboard commands
so that your simulated cockpit works the way you
like best. For example, you could reassign the key
used to extend and retract the landing gear from
the G key to another. On the Options menu, point
to Controls, and click Assignments. To adjust
how sensitive your joystick is, on the Options
menu, point to Controls, then click Sensitivities.
Note: For assistance with any Flight Simulator
2000 dialog box, click the ? button, or right-click
any item and choose What’s This?.