AirBrakes

[LEONARD_MICHALON]

Hi, someones can tell me where ise the command for the airbrakes plz ?

Thanks !:cry:

[power5]

Look in the HOTAS section of the controls list.

[mvsgas]

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=58991&highlight=GUI

 

speed brake switch fwd=b+Lshift

Aft=b+Lctrl

Edited October 17, 2010 by mvsgas

[159th_Viper]

Hi, someones can tell me where ise the command for the airbrakes plz ?

Thanks !:cry:

 

On the Throttle - Speed-Brake switch. Manual pg 86-87.

 

Key-Command:

 

FWD - [LShift-B]

AFT - [LCtrl-B]

 

 

Edit: Sniped properly twice-over :D

[lobo]

In the real aircraft I wonder if you can hear when the airbrakes are deployed? You would certainly feel it at higher speeds... in the sim should there be a sound effect to give us this missing clue?

 

Thoughts?

[dave4002000]

If you're in a dive and your airspeed is decreasing.....your speedbrakes are open ;)

 

But seriously, i would think you would at least hear some buffeting seeing as the brakes on this thing are like barn doors..lol

 

Who knows..could very well be in the works and just not implemented in this early beta

[kylania]

Speedbrakes are becoming a big pain for me. First it was from an awkward control scheme, but now I'm still having trouble figuring out when they are open! :)

[dane48]

You can always make a quick check on the outside view to see the status of your brakes

[arality]

Or you can put the speed brakes on a slider on your hotas, if you have one. Then just a quick glance to see if they are deployed or not.

[goldfinger35]

Or you can put the speed brakes on a slider on your hotas, if you have one. Then just a quick glance to see if they are deployed or not.

 

Is it possible to assign speed brakes on a slider on Hotas?

It seems that slider can only be assigned to axis commands?

[robmlufc]

I guess there is no caption on the warning panel or anywhere to say they are deployed?

[Echonomix]

I guess there is no caption on the warning panel or anywhere to say they are deployed?

 

 

Nope, you do get to choose if you would like to look at the left or the right wing to check though!

[Spectre_USA]

Is it possible to assign speed brakes on a slider on Hotas?

It seems that slider can only be assigned to axis commands?

 

This would be a very GOOD thing!

 

I have the perfect slider in the throttle of my X-52 Pro, bu cannot finger out how to get

it recognized by the sim...

[nomdeplume]

You can't do it with the sim, but you can with the Saitek profiling software. You set the slider mode to 'bands' and then you can assign keypresses to certain bands. I think I use the top and bottom 10% of the range to retract and open the speedbrakes, respectively. You just have to be careful not to use any other keyboard commands while using the speedbrakes since the keys are likely to conflict.

[kylania]

I guess there is no caption on the warning panel or anywhere to say they are deployed?

 

Look over your shoulder. :)

[Cali]

In the real aircraft I wonder if you can hear when the airbrakes are deployed? You would certainly feel it at higher speeds... in the sim should there be a sound effect to give us this missing clue?

 

Thoughts?

 

In the F-16 I couldn't hear them open, I don't know about the A-10.

[Bulletstop]

I always do a quick check, with trackir it is real easy and takes less then a second.

 

 

Bullet

[arteedecco]

Go-around : Make it part of your flow (mental shortlist - "checklist") to retract speedbrakes completely >> as soon as your nose is above the horizon you're full throttle and cleaning the aircraft up (gear, flaps, brakes)

 

Descent : You need to stabilize your descent anyhow, meaning you should have time for a quick shoulder check / outside view check (F2...peek...F1)

 

One thing that may help is to get used to motor speed on the speedbrakes, for deploying in descents w/out having to peek. Practice on the ground during preflight.

[joey45]

Having the head gear that pilots use I very much doubt you'll hear the hair dryers behind uoi..

[goldfinger35]

You can't do it with the sim, but you can with the Saitek profiling software. You set the slider mode to 'bands' and then you can assign keypresses to certain bands. I think I use the top and bottom 10% of the range to retract and open the speedbrakes, respectively. You just have to be careful not to use any other keyboard commands while using the speedbrakes since the keys are likely to conflict.

 

Thanks. It is working BUT if I want to use it, I can not use my trick which enables me to use 10 additional buttons for my X-52 pro:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=41108

[kylania]

I have the perfect slider in the throttle of my X-52 Pro, bu cannot finger out how to get

it recognized by the sim...

 

The problem with the slider is how the air brakes work. There are two buttons associated with them and each one opens or closes depending on how long you hold down the button.

 

So your slider won't be from "closed" to "open" as you expect, instead you'll have to map a percentage of the slider to one of the two keys, then slide down or up and hold as long as you want it to be raised/closed. Then you have to move the slider back to the middle dead zone you've setup.

 

If you don't, then you'll keep affecting the speed brakes, and you'll keep pressing that button in Windows!

[Fish]

Or you can put the speed brakes on a slider on your hotas, if.......

 

I think the reason its not available as an analog axis in the sim, is because in RL its worked from a rocker switch on the A10 throttle.

[arteedecco]

If you haven't checked this out, use it. I do and it maps speedbrakes to slider.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=58484&highlight=saitek+x52+profile