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54 CHAPTER 5. FLIGHT IN X-PLANE Movement Name Keyboard Shortcut Effect Translate left, right, up, and down Corresponding arrow key Shifts the view a bit in the direction you choose Translate fore and aft ‘,’ (aft) and ‘.’ (fore) Shifts the view toward the front and rear of the aircraft, respectively Rotate left, right, up, and down q (left), e (right), r (up), and f (down) Zoom in and out ‘=’ (zoom in) and ‘-’ (zoom out) 5.7 Using the Views Table 5.1: Controls for the 3-D cockpit view Spins the view in the corresponding direction Simple zooming You can change your view of the aircraft using the View menu, or by using the keyboard shortcuts listed in the View menu. Note that the characters in brackets to the right side of each menu option are the keyboard shortcuts for each view. For example, to select the forward view, one would press the W key, and to turn the view 45 ◦ left, one would press the Q key. Using the menus or the appropriate keyboard shortcuts, you can select a view or modify your current view. The controls for view selection affect the type of view that you are using. For instance, you may choose to be in the cockpit, looking forward at the instrument panel, or you may select an external view, perhaps where you look at your aircraft from the point of view of the nearest air traffic control tower. View selection controls are described in Table 5.2. After selecting some view, you can modify the view using translation (moving left, right, fore, or aft), rotation (spinning about your point of focus), or zoom (changing the angle of view). The default keyboard shortcuts for these effects are listed in Table 5.1. In previous versions of X-Plane, zooming was used in place of the much more appropriate translation view modification effect (unlike translation, zooming changes the field of view significantly). Hence, in the 3-D cockpit mode, if you want to move your view closer to the instrument panel, you would press the ‘.’ (period) key, not the ‘=’ key. To move your view farther from the instrument panel, you would press ‘,’ (comma), not the ‘–’ key. Furthermore, you cannot zoom out past your camera’s actual location; you have to translate backward (using the ‘,’ key) to move farther away. You can enable 3-D cockpit mode by opening the View menu and clicking “3-D Cockpit Command Look,” or by pressing Shift + 9 on the keyboard. In this mode, you can move your view around the cockpit in one of a few ways: • by clicking the right mouse button and and dragging your mouse around the screen, • by using the keyboard shortcuts listed in Table 5.2, • by selecting different views from the View menu, or • by pressing a button on your flight controls which you previously configured to modify the view. This mode leaves the mouse free to click on things in the cockpit without affecting where you are looking.
5.8. LETTING X-PLANE FLY YOUR AIRCRAFT 55 In 3-D cockpit mode, you can use the keyboard shortcuts or the View menu itself to change where you are looking. These are described in Table 5.1. 5.7.1 Using the Quick Look Feature “Quick Look” is a new feature in the X-Plane 10.10 update. Quick Look allows you to set up a view just the way you like it, and then save it as a hot key or command. Then, in the future, whenever you press that key on the keyboard (or button on your joystick, as the case may be), you can go right back to that view again. For example, suppose you’re flying the default King Air and you find yourself frequently positioning your view in the cockpit by tilting down and zooming in on the throttle quadrant to see how you have the aircraft configured. This can take some time to set up and if you do it often, it can get tedious. The solution, then, is to set up a Quick Look. Set the view to however you like it, and assign it to Quick Look 1 by pressing Ctrl+Num Pad 1 (i.e., the control key, with the 1 key on the number pad). Now, no matter how your view changes, when you press the shortcut for Quick Look 1 (by default, Num Pad 1), your head position, orientation and zoom goes right back to your memorized view of the throttle quadrant. By default, the numbers 0 through 9 on your keyboard’s numeric keypad (a.k.a. the num pad or tenkey) are used to bring you back to Quick Looks 0 through 9. When pressing the Ctrl key along with any of those numbers, you will store your current view to be recalled later by that number key. Thus, to set a view for Quick Look 3, you would get the view to the way you like it, then press Ctrl + Num Pad 3, and to go back to that view, you would press Num Pad 3. However, like most keys in X-Plane, you can modify these settings if you like. Quick Looks are not just for 3-D cockpit mode, either. They work in all aircraft-relative views, such as 3-D Cockpit, Ridealong, Chase, Circle, and Forward with HUD. Note that the Quick Looks are aircraft-specific preferences. This means that your Quick Look views in the Cessna 172 do not interfere with your views in the King Air, and so on. 5.8 Letting X-Plane Fly Your Aircraft X-Plane has the capability to fly an aircraft using artificial intelligence (AI). The AI system can both take the aircraft off and fly it around. To enable the AI’s control of the craft, move the mouse up to the top of the screen to bring down the menu bar. Click Aircraft, then select A.I. Flies Your Aircraft. With the AI controlling the airplane, you are free to experiment with the different views and also to practice raising and lowering the aircraft’s landing gear, flaps, and so on. Furthermore, this is an excellent way to practice tuning radios. In addition, you can have the AI control your view by opening the Aircraft menu and selecting A.I. Controls Your Views. 5.9 Getting Quick Instructions If you need simple, sparse instructions on performing common tasks in X-Plane, you can move your mouse to the top of the screen, click the About menu, and click Instructions. Here, the tabs labeled “Flight Controls,” “Cockpit Control,” “Keyboard,” “ATC,” and “Tech Support” describe these common questions relating to the X-Plane simulator.
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