bumfire Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Do any warthog owners notice this about their throttles. The off/idle detent, when the stick is in its off position, pushing forward just a little will bring it out of off without lifting it up. My stick just needs a little touch more power to do so than I would normally use to move the throttle forward, however going back from idle to off, I need to lift it. Is other owners throttles like that, in respect to being able to gently push forward and it gets over the detent itself without lifting, no force needed. I looked at the mechanism with a torch and it does seem to be built like this on purpose, i.e built so you can push through the detent when going forward/increasing power without needing to lift it up first, but also built so that you HAVE to lift to get back into the off position. So my questions are, is other owners warthog throttles as easy to gently push through the detent as mine is ? and if so what is the correct procedure from going from off to idle, is it lift and push forward or just gently push forward ? I am wondering incase my stick is somehow flawed due to it being easy to just gently push through the detent going forward.
MTFDarkEagle Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 Yes, I can move mine forward out of idle. Though I like to lift it out of the detent (don't know why really... Just used to it I guess.). Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
celticcoho Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 It's made that way. Mine is the same, But i lift to idle, lift to off. It will whoever slide over detent and drop into idle! 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]Celticcoho (OriginFreedom) WIN 7 64 bit, I7975 at 3.6ghz,X58 Classified 3 Mobo, 6gb Corsair 2000 ram, 2 ea ATI 5870 Eyefinity 6 2gb's , 27" Ultra Sharp,(main view), 3 23"touch screens , Tm Warthog, Saitek Combat Pedals Track IR 5,:D JIM.:book:
bumfire Posted March 8, 2011 Author Posted March 8, 2011 Cheers both of you :thumbup: I prefer to lift it also, which I will continue to do as the stick is so cool it would be a crime not to :)
GGTharos Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 In fact you don't have to lift the real throttles, they go through friction detents instead which you can just push through, except for going idle->off where there's a set of fingerlifts that jam in to prevent you from turning off the engine without deliberately intending to - at least in the F-15E :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
MTFDarkEagle Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 :D :thumbup: Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
bumfire Posted March 8, 2011 Author Posted March 8, 2011 In fact you don't have to lift the real throttles, they go through friction detents instead which you can just push through, except for going idle->off where there's a set of fingerlifts that jam in to prevent you from turning off the engine without deliberately intending to - at least in the F-15E :D I guess that would translate to a few different AC, maybe the A10C is one of them ? because if I remember correctly, the right throttle on the warthog is directly taken from the F15E.
GGTharos Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 I would imagine they have push-through friction blocks because lifting the throttle would cause you to lose time, not to mention potentially pushing buttons as you fumble with that. This isn't really applicable to the A-10 which has no AB detent, but I believe they'd use friction blocks + fingerlifts like on the F-15 for idle->off. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
celticcoho Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) I would imagine they have push-through friction blocks because lifting the throttle would cause you to lose time, not to mention potentially pushing buttons as you fumble with that. This isn't really applicable to the A-10 which has no AB detent, but I believe they'd use friction blocks + fingerlifts like on the F-15 for idle->off. Fumble with Buttons???Now Who would Ever do that??:thumbup: Ok, I admit it, I HAVE!!!!Makes The Flight exciting...Too say the least. Cheers...Jim Edited March 8, 2011 by celticcoho [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]Celticcoho (OriginFreedom) WIN 7 64 bit, I7975 at 3.6ghz,X58 Classified 3 Mobo, 6gb Corsair 2000 ram, 2 ea ATI 5870 Eyefinity 6 2gb's , 27" Ultra Sharp,(main view), 3 23"touch screens , Tm Warthog, Saitek Combat Pedals Track IR 5,:D JIM.:book:
sobek Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 I would imagine they have push-through friction blocks because lifting the throttle would cause you to lose time, not to mention potentially pushing buttons as you fumble with that. This isn't really applicable to the A-10 which has no AB detent, but I believe they'd use friction blocks + fingerlifts like on the F-15 for idle->off. On the other hand, the F-16 throttle has lift over detents too. Btw. what do you mean with 'fingerlifts'? Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
GGTharos Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 There is a set of metal 'teeth' in front of the F_15E throttle which you lift up with your fingers to get it unstuck from the off to idle or idle to off position. http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/technology/cockpit/81-pilot-throttle [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
sobek Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 There is a set of metal 'teeth' in front of the F_15E throttle which you lift up with your fingers to get it unstuck from the off to idle or idle to off position. I see, basically same as the tm warthog, but you don't lift the whole throttle grip but just the sliders up, right? Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
GGTharos Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 That is right :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
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