OH-58D Kiowa Throttle axis range below idle detent?

[HipoxiK]

Hi Polychop,

 

Are you going to model the throttle axis to go below the idle detent so that users can use physical detents on realistic collective/throttles, maybe using custom axis curves to adjust the position.

 

The DCS UH-1h Huey doesn't allow the throttle axis to go below the idle stop detent which means you have to use keys or the mouse to shut the acft down or do proper start ups breaking immersion.

 

Cheers

[Ramsay]

The trouble with your request to allow the throttle axis to go below the idle detent is that 99% of users won't have a throttle axis with a physical idle stop i.e. they'll have a risk of accidently shutting down the engine, when using the throttle to regulate RPM (with FADEC disabled).

[EvilBert VR]

4 hours ago, Ramsay said:

The trouble with your request to allow the throttle axis to go below the idle detent is that 99% of users won't have a throttle axis with a physical idle stop i.e. they'll have a risk of accidently shutting down the engine, when using the throttle to regulate RPM (with FADEC disabled).

Hello everyone,

in my opinion HipoxiK is right. Something like this is absolutely nedded.
I do not know much about programming but there should be the posibility  to add such a feature for people like me as well as for others, that are using SimPits with idle stop capabilites.
 I assume that those are quite more than just 1% with an increasing number due to progress in available sim controls in the not too distant future.

Cheers!

[Coota0]

 

It may not be that hard to model in a Kiowa. You can't just roll the throttle below idle, you have to push the button just above the throttle to roll the throttle past idle to off. Add an option to push that button and and if you want to shut it off you pull your hotas throttle all the way back and push the button or while pushing the button.

[HipoxiK]

6 hours ago, Ramsay said:

The trouble with your request to allow the throttle axis to go below the idle detent is that 99% of users won't have a throttle axis with a physical idle stop i.e. they'll have a risk of accidently shutting down the engine, when using the throttle to regulate RPM (with FADEC disabled).

This is true. Maybe there could be 2 throttle axis options that users could choose from depending on the peripherals you have at home. 

59 minutes ago, Coota0 said:

 

It may not be that hard to model in a Kiowa. You can't just roll the throttle below idle, you have to push the button just above the throttle to roll the throttle past idle to off. Add an option to push that button and and if you want to shut it off you pull your hotas throttle all the way back and push the button or while pushing the button.

Another good option. This would also work with the Huey. 

[Rogue Trooper]

13 hours ago, HipoxiK said:

Hi Polychop,

 

Are you going to model the throttle axis to go below the idle detent so that users can use physical detents on realistic collective/throttles, maybe using custom axis curves to adjust the position.

 

The DCS UH-1h Huey doesn't allow the throttle axis to go below the idle stop detent which means you have to use keys or the mouse to shut the acft down or do proper start ups breaking immersion.

 

Cheers

Is this with an analogue throttle?

Digitally, I do it with my thrustmaster and it works superbly so you must mean a twist analogue throttle on your collective...?

Edited December 4, 2020 by Rogue Trooper

[HipoxiK]

11 hours ago, Rogue Trooper said:

Is this with an analogue throttle?

Digitally, I do it with my thrustmaster and it works superbly so you must mean a twist analogue throttle on your collective...?

Yes exactly. I have a twist throttle on my custom collective with an idle stop detent but I can’t use it on the Huey and was hoping the Kiowa module will cater for this. 

[jym]

It's not a true fix but have you considered using something like JoyToKey to make your twist throttle emulate DCS's throttle up/down buttons? That would at least let you use the throttle idle position and stop in a reasonably consistent manner.

Edited December 5, 2020 by jym

[HipoxiK]

On 12/6/2020 at 4:07 AM, jym said:

It's not a true fix but have you considered using something like JoyToKey to make your twist throttle emulate DCS's throttle up/down buttons? That would at least let you use the throttle idle position and stop in a reasonably consistent manner.

No as I'd rather keep the axis of the throttle instead of it emulating key strokes.