Landing gear on an Axis

[tom1502]

Hi,

Relatively simple, but those aircraft that have landing gear on a lever, especially the piston engined aircraft, so if we could have it so that an axis can be assigned to landing gear that would be great; button presses don't do it for me at all.

 

Tom

[Winston 60]

I agree and made a post here last year wishing for basically the same thing. See here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=174832

 

I've since taken to programming my Saitek levers to raise the gear at the very top of the travel and lower it when I move the lever all the way down. You can also do this in the Saitek programming for other things that are usually on a lever (not necessarily on a real life axis) like multiple flaps positioning, tailhooks, manual radiators, mixtures, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

If wishes were fishes ... well ... we'd all smell pretty bad!

[drPhibes]

Why would you want an analog input for a function that has two discrete states (on/off, up/down etc.)? Unless you're flying a Grumman Wildcat (or a B-17 with the emergency hand pump engaged) it makes no sense to have it on an axis.

[tom1502]

Because the actual controls in the aircraft are on a lever, it would be good to be able to use my Throttle Quadrant as I am able to in other sims such as Cliffs of Dover.

[Winston 60]

Why would you want an analog input for a function that has two discrete states (on/off, up/down etc.)? Unless you're flying a Grumman Wildcat (or a B-17 with the emergency hand pump engaged) it makes no sense to have it on an axis.

Not necessarily wanting an axis to do this, but I like a real physical lever or handle to match a real lever or handle in an airplane. If the lever just throws 2 switches, like gear up/down, then so be it, it's still a lever. If the airplane has a lever to control some function, I want to be able to move a lever in my sim gear, not push a key on the keyboard or a button on a HOTAS. :smilewink:

[Winston 60]

Because the actual controls in the aircraft are on a lever, it would be good to be able to use my Throttle Quadrant as I am able to in other sims such as Cliffs of Dover.

Yes, cliffs of Dover is the perfect example of great control flexibility. Well thought out options to put landing gear, flaps, coolant radiator, oil radiator, prop pitch and mixture satisfies my craving to move levers where the real aircraft used levers. The DCS Mustang is also well thought out when it comes to axis options for gear and flaps which satisfies us but also leaves the button pushers happy too.

[tom1502]

Yes, cliffs of Dover is the perfect example of great control flexibility. Well thought out options to put landing gear, flaps, coolant radiator, oil radiator, prop pitch and mixture satisfies my craving to move levers where the real aircraft used levers. The DCS Mustang is also well thought out when it comes to axis options for gear and flaps which satisfies us but also leaves the button pushers happy too.

 

Exactly :) I have a CH Throttle Quadrant with 6 levers, in DCS (most of the time) they don't don't do anything, but there is the potential for them to do so it would just be good if this flexibility was built into the sim.

[Winston 60]

tom1502, isn't your CH throttle quadrant capable of programming, through CH's Control Manager, to activate a key press at the upper and lower limits of it's travel? I do this with my Saitek quadrant and I understood this is also possible with the CH unit.

[tom1502]

It is, and that is a possible alternative. I'll give it a go.

[sirrah]

I want to give this old thread a bump! 

 

I'm sure it's probably somehow possible to program my throttles and sticks with all kind of additional software (TARGET, CH's control manager, VPC, etc.), but it would be great if ED could just add at least the gear lever to be bindable by an axis

 

 

For instance: Since I now have a VIRPIL collective, I would like to use one of my TM Warthog axis to operate the gear lever in the Hind. I don't use and, till now, never needed TARGET and I'd prefer to keep it that way

 

 

I have seen the request for an axis bind option for gear levers many times here, so maybe ED could consider adding this option? (Pretty please with sugar on top )