X-Plane 6.30 Control Keys

Aircraft Controls
Brakes (ground) on/off (normal)b
Brakes hard on (maximum)v
Carb Heat off - on3 - 4
Flaps (incremental) up - down1 - 2
Gear up/down toggleg
Gear UPCtrl-U
Gear DOWNCtrl-D
Release Payload/Jettisonr
Speed Brake (incremental) up - down5 - 6
Trim Aileron = bank left - right7 - 8
Trim Elevator = nose down - up[ - ]
Trim Rudder = yaw left - right9 - 0
Toggle FADEC on/off for Helo's' (single quote)
Battery on/offCtrl-o
Avionics Master on/offCtrl-p
AlternatorsCtrl-l
Autopilot
Air speed hold)
Altitude hold^
Approach hold(
Disconnect Autopilot!
Glide Slope hold*
GPS hold" (@ on UK keyboards)
NAV 1 or VOR hold%
NAV 2 or LOC hold$
Selected heading hold' (apostrophe)
Vertical speed hold&
ATC Commands
Activate ATCEnter
Accept flashing selectionEnter
Select an ATC optionArrow Keys
Engine Controls: All
Collective Decrease - IncreaseF5 - F6
Mixture decrease (lean)F9
Mixture increase (richen)F10 or backspace
Prop Pitch decrease - increaseF5 - F6
Reverse thrust (if available). (period)
Smoke On/Offx
Throttle decrease - increaseF1 - F2
Engine Controls: Individual
Engine 1 throttle dec - incF1 - Shift F1
Engine 2 throttle dec - incF2 - Shift F2
Engine 3 throttle dec - incF3 - Shift F3
Engine 4 throttle dec - incF4 - Shift F4
Prop 1 Pitch dec - incF5 - Shift F5
Prop 2 Pitch dec - incF6 - Shift F6
Prop 3 Pitch dec - incF7 - Shift F7
Prop 4 Pitch dec - incF8 - Shift F8
Mixture: Idle cut-offSpace Bar
Engine Start (1-8)Ctrl-1 - Ctrl-8
Ignition Down (1-8)Ctrl-Q W E R T Y U I
Ignition Up (1-8)Ctrl-A S D F G H J K
Fuel Pump (1-8)Ctrl-Z X C V B N M ,
Simulator Controls
Close Open WindowsEnter
Fail component chosen in failure mode windowSpace Bar
Map View: Enroute Chartd
Map View: zoom in/out= -
Output maths cycle to disk/
Pausep
Time of day: advance ten minsk
Time of day: reverse ten minsl
Toggle replay mode, (comma)
Show flight model vectorsCtrl /
Instrumentsdecrease - increase
Barometric Pressuei - o
Directiona Gyro (heading)y - u
OBS 1h - j
OBS 2n - m
Radiosdecrease - increase
ADF 1st digitO - P
ADF 2nd digitL - : (colon)
ADF 3rd digit> - ?
COM 1 frequency decimal digitsE - R
COM 1 frequency full digitsQ - W
COM 2 frequency decimal digitsD - F
COM 2 frequency full digitsA - S
NAV 1 frequency decimal digitsU - I
NAV 1 frequency full digitsT - Y
NAV 2 frequency decimal digitsJ - K
NAV 2 frequency full digitsG - H
Transponder 1st digitZ - X
Transponder 2nd digitC - V
Transponder 3rd digitB - N
Transponder 4th digitM - <
Transponder identf
Cockpit Views
Backwards viewz
Down 4os
Down 8oss
Forwards vieww
Full screen (no panel, no HUD)+
Full screen with HUD_ (underscore)
Left in 45o incrementsq
Right in 45o incrementse
Transparent Panel toggle; (semicolon)
External Views
Airport beacon tower viewt
Airport runway view# (£ on UK keyboard)
Chase plane viewa
Follow (arrow keys rotate)\
Spot view/Fly by (arrow keys move)@ (" on UK keyboard)
Zoom in (all views)=
Zoom out (all views)-

Refer also to the X-Plane manual supplied on the CD, and to the file resources/keys/X-Plane.txt through which you can reassign most of the keys shown here.

Credit:The original keyboard reference from which this list was developed was a word document created by Tony Smith and Mark Fisher. Sadly I've no idea where I found this document and get no reply from emailing them - but credit where credit is due!

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 05-Aug-2008 13:33:00 BST