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Differential Throttle?

Postby Mattace64 » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:58 am

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the commercial jets use differential throttle to steer on the ground.  Is there any way of doing this in FSX?  

Or maybe if there was a way to disable the rudder on the ground, since I find it annoying to see it moving to steer?

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Re: Differential Throttle?

Postby Meck » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:08 am

You could - like in real world (don't know about real world)
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Re: Differential Throttle?

Postby expat » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:21 am

[quote]Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the commercial jets use differential throttle to steer on the ground.
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Re: Differential Throttle?

Postby DaveSims » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:43 am

[quote]Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the commercial jets use differential throttle to steer on the ground.
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Re: Differential Throttle?

Postby westside » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:34 pm

I use a combination of throttles, nose gear steering and differential brakes to move around on the tarmac. This is nearly impossible to do without pedals and a separate thottle quadrant.
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Re: Differential Throttle?

Postby loomex » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:30 pm

You can not disable the rudder while on the ground, however, it is modelled into a few PROJECT OPENSKY planes. The rudder works when the plane reaches a certain speed
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