Activating NWS Noeswheel steering brings up Comm menu.

Guys, I'm not positive that this is due to the F5 Module or not but I have numerous modules and when I activate the NWS the comm menu (Mapped to the / key) comes up. The next press clears it away. If I try to hit the / key on the keyboard, the comm menu wont come up.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Will

PS, I am not using the TARGET software.

WW

Have you checked the mappings in the OPTIONS?

This only happens to me when the gear are up, on the ground it works fine. Bizarre isn't it?

Same here I think. Yes, I have checked the mappings. Glad to see its not just me. I will retest Ground/Air.

In Controls, I can press the TM WH Paddle switch on the bottom of the stick and it only brings up the NWS mapping, no comm menu.

same here

just started happening for me tonight... weird.

Happens for me too. Both with my DirectX mapping as well as the S key. I've also verified it's not double-mapped (or at least I didn't double map anything).

And for what is the radio button on the throttle, if there is the NWS button? :huh:

You do want to use radio, while on the ground.

I've had this exact same thing since release. I just figured it would be fixed at some point and I'm actually used to it now. :)

While I respect that this is how the aircraft works, could we please have an option to disable this feature? More than just keying a mic, this toggles the comm menu, which effectively disables our function keys unless we catch it. It also wreaks havoc with some controller profiles that use that button as a modifier (mine included).

And for what is the radio button on the throttle, if there is the NWS button? :huh:

In the fighters I've flown there is a PTT on stick and one on throttle. Allows you to be on a couple radios at once and use the other hand while busy.

WW

In the fighters I've flown there is a PTT on stick and one on throttle. Allows you to be on a couple radios at once and use the other hand while busy.

WW

Real or sims?

RW

If this is truly the case, it needs to be NWS on the ground, and radio in flight, not both at all times. Tower might get a bit annoyed if you keyed mic just to activate NWS while taxiing around.... Other way around should not be quite so problematic, but could still create some issues.

If this is truly the case, it needs to be NWS on the ground, and radio in flight, not both at all times. Tower might get a bit annoyed if you keyed mic just to activate NWS while taxiing around.... Other way around should not be quite so problematic, but could still create some issues.

Isn't this already the case for you? It is that way for me, meaning NWS while on the ground and radio while in the air. At first it was weird to me but now I actually quite like it!

I do not have the problem ( I dont have the F5 yet), but have tried to help Whiteside troubleshoot his issue. He has the Oculus Rift, maybe its a VR thing that is causing the Comms menu to open up on the ground???

And for what is the radio button on the throttle, if there is the NWS button? :huh:

With 10 years experience as a USAF Crew Chief (ground crew, I changed to air traffic control in 1990) I can only speak of F-4D's, F-16A/B Block 5-25, T-38A's and early F-5's, the throttle mic button is the only way to activate the radios, the stick NWS button was wired to the NWS system, only way to change it to a MIC button would be to have a weight on wheels switch which would change the function and I don't ever recall ever getting a write up for stick mic button stuck or inop, which we would get for the throttle button.

With weight off wheels, regardless of gear position, the NWS switch acts as a backup mic switch. Per T.O. 1F-5E-1.

I stand corrected, pg 61, "In flight - may be used as microphone button" I am willing to bet there is hundreds of former F-5 Mechanics know never knew this or have forgotten this since all the wright ups I remember getting for NWS were traced to either a bad switch or bad NWS steering actuator.

Same with comms, stuck throttle mic or intermittent button.

I stand corrected, pg 61, "In flight - may be used as microphone button" I am willing to bet there is hundreds of former F-5 Mechanics know never knew this or have forgotten this....

Well of course, it makes sense when you think about it:

If the NWS switch dies, you'll never get off the ground to discover it wasn't working as a mic switch :lol:

Well of course, it makes sense when you think about it:

 

If the NWS switch dies, you'll never get off the ground to discover it wasn't working as a mic switch :lol:

Rub it in,,,, hey, I learned something, so it was a good day :joystick:

I just spent a good hour after purchasing the F-5 investigating this, thinking this was a bug in the controller setup, or possibly my Warthog TM being faulty. I now read here that it's a FEATURE?!

But it's weird that the NWS is triggering the radio while you're on the ground. Oh well. You live and learn!

Now to fly...

It shouldn't trigger the radio on the ground, only in the air. I find it quite frustrating actually as I would like to use it on the ground as well. It would save me mapping the mic to another button!