Axis or key/switch for throttle?

[Razor18]

Do you use analog axis assigned to throttle in Ka-50 or you rather use some switch for it?

 

In the Huey you have an „analog” throttle, that can be assigned for an axis on your joystick (or throttle). This means the throttle doesnt have discrete stops or positions, can be stop anywhere in between. In the Ka-50, even tough it is a lever, it seems there are rather 4 specific positions for the different engine regimes. Does it means you better use switch type assignments? Because with an analog axis assignment, you can’t really know when to stop for instance a throttle slider to be in any specific engine regime, without looking down and confirming visually (I guess).

 

 

Just curious...

[dburne]

I personally use a key rather than my throttle axis for that reason. Not that often one needs to adjust the throttle , at least not me in my early learning stages.

[20thBG_Blackwolf]

I use one of the axis on a CH throttle quad for it. Most of the time it is a "set it and forget it" throttle. So key or axis..works just fine.

[Yurgon]

I never bothered to even map the throttles in the Ka-50. PG UP and PG DN is easy enough to remember, and PG UP twice is something I do more or less automatically by now, once the engines are spooled up to idle. :)

 

It only really gets interesting when you need the Governor Fail or Emergency position for a single engine, but then RALT and RSHFT are relatively easy to remember as modifiers as well IMO.

 

In all normal situations, the throttles just reside in the auto position anyway.

 

If I were to map them, I would definitely prefer a switch over an axis, unless the axis had clearly tangible detents that correspond to the real positions.