Hey; I’m new to FS2020 and trying to get up to speed.
I’d like to be able to start engines “properly” (i.e. without using autostart), but I’ve encountered what seems like a few cockpit controls involved in the startup procedure (per the in-game checklist) where you can click them in the virtual cockpit using a mouse, but I can’t work out how to map them to physical controls.
For example: in the Cessna Citation CJ4 the procedure involves:
- Setting avionics to ‘Dispatch’ in the initial phase. The controls listed in the mapping section seem to only allow on / off and not this 3rd position.
- Hitting the stop/run button for each engine. Again I think I’ve tried all the mappable controls (e.g. “engine 1 master”) but none seem to correspond to this button.
is this a general property of the simulator, that you can’t map all the virtual controls to physical ones? Even just those required for basic start procedure? Or am I missing something?
I have Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog stick, throttle and TPR pendular pedals plus a Saitek Pro Switch Panel (which has an on/off avionics switch) and a Elgato Media Streaming Deck XL for random extra buttons. Having to use the mouse as well to navigate the cockpit is a bit awkward…
Many thanks!