Microsoft KB Archive/176295

= Flight Simulator 98/2000: Basic Keyboard Controls =

Article ID: 176295

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176295



SUMMARY
This article lists the keyboard assignments for the basic aircraft controls in Microsoft Flight Simulator 98. Note that the Number Lock keyboard feature should be turned off when you use these keyboard commands.

Flight Controls
Control                            Key(s) ---                            --

Mouse/Joystick Control:

Toggle mouse-as-yoke               CTRL+DELETE Toggle joystick control on/off     K

Ailerons (roll):

Left                               KEYPAD 4 Center                             KEYPAD 5 Right                              KEYPAD 6

Elevator (pitch):

Nose up                            KEYPAD 2 Nose down                          KEYPAD 8 Trim up                            KEYPAD 1 Trim down                          KEYPAD 7

Rudder (yaw):

Left                               KEYPAD ZERO (0) Center                             KEYPAD 5 Right                              KEYPAD ENTER

Throttle (power) in Airplanes:

Increase                           F3 or KEYPAD 9 Decrease                           F2 or KEYPAD 3 Cut                                F1 Full                                F4

Throttle (power turbine) in Helicopter:

Increase                           CTRL+F3 Decrease                           CTRL+F2 Set at ground idle                 CTRL+F1 Set at flight idle                 CTRL+F4

Collective (torque) in Helicopter:

Increase                           F3 Decrease                            F2 Set full down                       F1 Set full up                         F4

Propeller Control:

Increase RPM                       CTRL+F3 Decrease RPM                       CTRL+F2 Minimum RPM                        CTRL+F1 Maximum RPM                        F4

Mixture Control:

Enrich                             CTRL+SHIFT+F3 Lean                               CTRL+SHIFT+F2 Idle cutoff                        CTRL+SHIFT+F1 Full rich                          CTRL+SHIFT+F4

EGT Bug:

Select EGT                         U Move needle forward                 U+PLUS SIGN Move needle back                   U+MINUS SIGN

Starter/Magnetos:

Magnetos on/off                    M, PLUS SIGN (+) or MINUS SIGN (-) Jet fuel flow start                CTRL+SHIFT+F4 Jet engine start                   J, PLUS SIGN (+) or MINUS SIGN Jet engine shut down               CTRL+SHIFT+F1

Multiengine Controls:

Select engine                      E

Flaps:

Extend in increments               F7 Retract in increments               F6 Full Up                             F5 Full Down                           F8

Spoilers/Speed Brakes:

Extend/retract spoilers            / Arm auto-spoilers                  SHIFT+/

Landing Gear:

Landing gear up/down               G Pump landing gear down (after system failure)            CTRL+G

Brakes:

Parking brakes on                  CTRL+PERIOD (.) Parking brakes off                 PERIOD Differential (left/right) brakes   F11 and F12 Apply brakes                       PERIOD

Carburetor and Pilot Heat:

Turn carburetor heat on/off        H Turn pilot heat on/off              SHIFT+H

Checklists:

Display, cycle through, and hide on-screen checklists     SHIFT+C

Land Me:

Land Me                            X

To Calibrate Instruments:

Altimeter                          B Heading indicator                   D

To Display/Hide the Instrument Panel:

Display/Hide instrument panel, radio stack, and mini-controls    W or SHIFT+[

To Make Instrument Panel Windows Active:

Activate instrument panel windows 1-9                 SHIFT+1 through SHIFT+9

Autopilot Functions:

Autopilot on/off                   Z Wing leveler (LVL)                  CTRL+V Altitude hold                      CTRL+Z Heading hold                       CTRL+H Attitude hold                      CTRL+T NAV1 hold                          CTRL+N ILS lock (APP)                     CTRL+A Localizer lock                     CTRL+O Back course lock                   CTRL+B Yaw damper on/off                  CTRL+D Airspeed hold                      CTRL+R Arm autothrottle                   SHIFT+R Set takeoff power/go-around        CTRL+SHIFT+R

Lights:

Instrument panel/navigation lights on/off                     L Landing light on/off                CTRL+L Strobes on/off                     O Point helicopter spotlight/landing light           CTRL+KEYPAD 8,4,5,6,2

Radios:

To tune the radios, press the following keys to select the appropriate radio, then press PLUS SIGN (+) or MINUS SIGN (-) to change the digits on the display.

ADF                                A (one, two, or three times) COM                                C or CC (Fractional) DME                                F+1 or F+2-Toggle DME 1 or DME 2 PLUS SIGN (+)-Toggle distance from station/speed NAV                                N+1 or N+2, NN (Fractional) Transponder                        T (one, two, three or four times) VOR/OBI                            V+1 or V+2

Morse Code Identifiers:

Toggle VOR 1 ident on/off          CTRL+1 Toggle VOR 2 ident on/off          CTRL+2 Toggle DME 1 ident on/off          CTRL+3 Toggle DME 2 ident on/off          CTRL+4 Toggle ADF ident on/off            CTRL+5

Sound/Pause:

Sound on/off                       Q Pause on/off                        P

Flight:

Save current flight                ; (semicolon) Reset current flight               CTRL+; (semicolon)

Exit:

Exit Flight Simulator              CTRL+C or CTRL+BREAK

View direction:

Front                              SHIFT+KEYPAD 8 Rear                               SHIFT+KEYPAD 2 Left                               SHIFT+KEYPAD 4 Right                              SHIFT+KEYPAD 6 Left front                         SHIFT+KEYPAD 7 Right front                        SHIFT+KEYPAD 9 Left rear                          SHIFT+KEYPAD 1 Right rear                         SHIFT+KEYPAD 3 Down                               SHIFT+KEYPAD 5 Pan up                             SHIFT+BACKSPACE Pan down                           SHIFT+ENTER Pan right                          CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER Pan left                           CTRL+SHIFT+BACKSPACE Pan View Reset                     CTRL+SPACEBAR Straight and level (no pan)        SCROLL LOCK To cycle through cockpit, virtual cockpit, tower, and spot views                        S or SHIFT+S

Slewing Controls
Controls:

Turn slewing on/off                Y Set aircraft position to North Heading, level pitch, level bank  SPACEBAR Turn latitude/longitude display on/off                    Z Coordinates on/off                  SHIFT+Z

Movement:

Forward                            KEYPAD 8 Backward                           KEYPAD 2 Left                               KEYPAD 4 Right                              KEYPAD 6 Freeze                             KEYPAD 5

Altitude:

Increase slowly                    Q Increase quickly                    F4 Decrease slowly                     A Decrease quickly                    F1 Freeze                              F2 or F3

Heading:

Left                               KEYPAD 1 Right                              KEYPAD 3 Freeze                             KEYPAD 5

Pitch:

Nose up                            9 Nose up fast                       F5 Freeze                              F6 or F7 Nose down fast                      F8 Nose down                           ZERO (0)

Bank:

Left                               KEYPAD 7 Right                              KEYPAD 9 Freeze                             KEYPAD 5

Windows Functions
Opening and Closing Windows:

Open a new window                  [ Open a map window                  NUMLOCK Close the active window            ]

Switching Between Views and Windows:

Switch to next view                CTRL+TAB Switch to previous view            CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Cycle through view modes           S Switch from map view to other views                        CTRL+S Bring window to front              ' (apostrophe) Toggle instrument panel on/off     SHIFT+[

To zoom:

In                                 PLUS SIGN Out                                MINUS SIGN In (fine)                          SHIFT+PLUS SIGN Out (fine)                         SHIFT+ MINUS SIGN 1X (normal)                        BACKSPACE Maximize active window             W

Other:

Display coordinates/frame rate     SHIFT+Z

