Pilot stick

[Kang]

Just a simple question:

Does the real flight stick on the FB Mk VI really have four triggers?

I've been trying out the module a bit these past weeks and enjoyed it, but one of the things that somewhat irked me is how there are four separate, independent triggers: machine guns, cannons, bombs and rockets. I haven't been able to find a good picture of the actual stick. Not really doubting it's what it's like, but would be nice if someone who knows could tell me.

[Baldrick33]

This picture from a restored Mk VI shows four separate buttons (the two grey ones for guns & cannons and two round buttons for bombs & presumably for rockets?),

Edited August 26, 2022 by Baldrick33

[Terry Dactil]

The version of the Mosquito that we have has the rocket firing button on the starboard throttle.

Still, in typical British engineering standards of the time, where fuel system controls are behind the pilot's seat let's improve other versions..
Put all 4 weapon firing buttons on top of the stick; have 3 of them thumb operated; and 2 of them identical and adjacent.
What could possibly go wrong?

See ED's manual that is hidden at <...> :\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\MosquitoFBMkVI\Doc\DCS DH Mosquito FB.VI Flight Manual EN.pdf  (page 119)

Edited August 26, 2022 by Terry Dactil

[Bozon]

18 hours ago, Terry Dactil said:

The version of the Mosquito that we have has the rocket firing button on the starboard throttle.

Still, in typical British engineering standards of the time, where fuel system controls are behind the pilot's seat let's improve other versions..
Put all 4 weapon firing buttons on top of the stick; have 3 of them thumb operated; and 2 of them identical and adjacent.
What could possibly go wrong?

See ED's manual that is hidden at <...> :\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\MosquitoFBMkVI\Doc\DCS DH Mosquito FB.VI Flight Manual EN.pdf  (page 119)

 

LOL some planes have bad ergonomics - the Mosquito has gone beyond that and crossed into the "comical" category. Seriously, someone had to invest some thought into making it so senseless. Look at the rockets example - the 3 switches are all over the place: arming switch in a tiny hidden nook aft of the throttles detent, the trigger is burried inside the starboard's engine throttle knob, and the salvo selector on the dashboard

Or the levers - someone decided to place the bay door lever, the undercarriage lever, and the flaps lever right next to each other in simiar size levers. I wonder how many pilots opened the bay doors instead of lowering the gears... So they had to add safety latches to the undercarraige and flaps and make them different latches to prevent accidental blind operation of the lever. But it does not end there - they placed the trio of levers to the right of the pilot so he has to switch hands and fly with his left in order to operate flaps and gears - try to do that during an engine cutoff at takeoff... There's more - the levers pop back to neutral position after operation has ended - automation! must be a good thing no? NO, because unlike in every other plane, the levers position does not indicate the intended state of the bay doors / undercarriage / flaps and you need separate indicators for that . As a final touch, the levers are ordered such that the bay doors lever is the left-most of the three, far from the bomb arming panel and on the opposite side from the navigator/observer that may be incharge of operating it. I mean why put the bomb bay door lever and the bomb arming panel next to each other, when you can stuff 2 irrelevant levers between them?

And lets not get into the locations of the trimmers

 

Edited August 26, 2022 by Bozon

[Kang]

Thanks for clearing that up. Guess I could have read the manual a bit more thoroughly after all.