Fuel cutoff switch button assignment
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:08 pm
Hi all!
So, here's my problem. Last night I tried to assign a button to toggle the fuel cutoff valve switch to a button on my custom Leobodnar controller, but I couldn't, for the life of me, achieve it. Thinking that it might have something to do with the controller, I tried to assign the toggle to a keyboard key and the same thing happened. So, whenever I pressed the button, the switch would jump as if it was going to change place, and then it would resettle in its original position. If I kept pressing the button, the switch would erratically jump until it reached the final position, and then it would resettle in its original position again after I released the button. Moreover, I did not hear the characteristic 'click' that the switch does when I press it with the mouse. It is as if the aircraft knows the position of the switch 'internally' and doesn't let you change its position unless you do it with the mouse.
I guess it would be very easy for you to reproduce and see what I am talking about.
Do you have any solution for this? I am building a simple custom TQ for the 737-200 and it would be a shame if I couldn't use the switches that I have already cut out and assembled.
Thanks a lot
John.
So, here's my problem. Last night I tried to assign a button to toggle the fuel cutoff valve switch to a button on my custom Leobodnar controller, but I couldn't, for the life of me, achieve it. Thinking that it might have something to do with the controller, I tried to assign the toggle to a keyboard key and the same thing happened. So, whenever I pressed the button, the switch would jump as if it was going to change place, and then it would resettle in its original position. If I kept pressing the button, the switch would erratically jump until it reached the final position, and then it would resettle in its original position again after I released the button. Moreover, I did not hear the characteristic 'click' that the switch does when I press it with the mouse. It is as if the aircraft knows the position of the switch 'internally' and doesn't let you change its position unless you do it with the mouse.
I guess it would be very easy for you to reproduce and see what I am talking about.
Do you have any solution for this? I am building a simple custom TQ for the 737-200 and it would be a shame if I couldn't use the switches that I have already cut out and assembled.
Thanks a lot
John.