Pont Aeri

Flying

W S / Up Down

Pitch. S or Down pulls the nose up, like a yoke

A D / Left Right

Roll

Q E

Rudder, and nosewheel steering on the ground

Shift or +

Thrust levers forward. They stop in the CLB (climb) detent: release and press again for TOGA

- or Numpad -

Thrust levers back (CLB detent, then idle)

Z / X

Elevator trim nose down / nose up

U

Pitch auto-trim on / off. On (default): release the keys and the aircraft holds that pitch attitude

M

Mouse yoke: mouse position flies pitch and roll

Configuration

F / V

Flaps down / up, one detent

G

Landing gear

K

Speedbrakes (ground spoilers deploy by themselves on landing)

B (hold)

Wheel brakes

P

Parking brake

R

Reverse thrust on the ground, then Shift for reverse power

L

Landing lights (automatic until you touch the switch)

Automation

J

Autopilot on / off (heading, altitude, vertical speed)

T

Autothrottle (speed hold)

Glareshield

In the cockpit: click AP, A/THR, ALT, V/S; scroll over a window or knob to change its value

Y

Approach (APP): arms localizer and glideslope capture. The flight director and HUD guide you; with the autopilot on (J) it flies the ILS down to 100 ft

N

Time acceleration 1x to 16x, above 10,000 ft only

Views and panels

C

Camera: cockpit, chase, external orbit, tower

Right drag

Look around / orbit

Wheel

Zoom. Over a cockpit control it moves that control

Left click

Cockpit controls: gear, flaps, speedbrake, parking brake, map range

O

Head-up display on / off (cockpit view)

0

Sound on / off. The sound mixer (engines, wind, voice warnings...) is in the main menu and the pause screen

, and .

Panel brightness

H

This help

I

Debug panel: live aerodynamics and the test harness results

Esc

Pause menu