Main X-Plane 10 Default Key Assignments: VIEW SELECTION: W : FORWARD WITH PANEL SHIFT W : FORWARD WITH HUD CONTROL

W: FORWARD WITH NOTHING SHIFT 1 : MOVING SPOT!!! (EXCLAMATION MARK BECAUSE IT MOVES!!!!) SHIFT 2 : HOLD AT A LOCATION ("@" SIGN TO HOLD <AT> A LOCATION) SHIFT 3 : ON THE RUNWAY! ("#" TO BE ON THE RUNWAY, NEAR THE NUMBERS!) SHIFT 4 : CIRCLE ALL AROUND THE AIRPLANE ("$" BECAUSE YOU SWIRL ALL AROUND A VERTICAL ROTATION AXIS! THE $ LOOKS LIKE THE ROTATION PATTERN AROUND THE VERT AXIS!) SHIFT 5 : TOWER VIEW. "%" KEY BECAUSE SOME PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TAX REVENUE WENT TO PAY FOR THAT TOWER. (HEY... YOU CAN REMEMBER IT NOW, RIGHT?) SHIFT 6 : RIDE-ALONG: THIS IS A CAMERA MOUNTED ANYWHERE ON THE AIRPLANE! TRANSLATION KEYS TO MOVE IT!, ROTATE KEYS TO ROTATE IT! THE "^" IS A LITTLE CAMERA AIMING DIRECTION. SHIFT 7 : TRACK ANY FIRED WEAPON! "&" BECAUSE THERE IS A CAMERA ON THE PLANE >AND< ON THE WEAPON! SHIFT 8 : CHASE! THE "*" LOOKS LIKE THE EXHAUST STACK OF AN AFTERBURNING ENGINE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE WITH THIS VIEW ON A FAST-JET. SHIFT 9 : 3-D COCKPIT, TRANSLATION AND ROTATION COMMANDS TO MOVE ABOU SHIFT 0 : 3-D COCKPIT, TRANSLATION COMMANDS TO MOVE ABOUT, MOUSE TO LOOK ABOUTT (O-key to hold an angle to hit a control with the mouse or something)

VIEW MODIFICATION: THIS IS POWERFUL, BECAUSE YOU CAN TRANSLATE, ROTATE, AND ZOOM, IN

ALMOST ALL VIEWS, WITHOUT USING STRANGE KEYS NOT FOUND ON LAPTOPS! ARROWS: TRANSLATE LEFT, RIGHT, UP, AND DOWN AVAILABLE IN MANY VIEWS! < AND >: TRANSLATE FORE AND AFT! AVAILABLE IN MANY VIEWS! + AND -: ZOOM IN AND OUT! AVAILABLE IN MANY VIEWS! Q,E,R,F: ROTATE AROUND! AVAILABLE IN MANY VIEWS! ONE YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROTATION, TRANSLATION, AND ZOOM, AND SEE HOW MANY VIEWS THESE KEYS CAN BE APPLIED IN, YOU WILL START TO LIKE THE NEW KEY ASSIGNEMENTS! You can translate and rotate, all at the same time, while choosing from a wide variety of views, to get some pretty nice youtube videos out there.

FLIGHT CONTROL: / / : PROP BETA TOGGLE : PROP OR JET REVERSE TOGGLE : FLAPS UP, DOWN, GEAR AND BRAKES TOGGLE

SHIFT 1,2,G,B

MISC COMMANDS: CONTROL CONTROL SHIFT CONTROL SHIFT CONTROL SHIFT R P P M M SPACE SPACE : REPLAY TOGGLE : FLIGHT-PATH TOGGLE : FLIGHT-PATH RESET : SHOW THE FLIGHT-MODEL FORCES : CYCLE-DUMP THE FLIGHT-MODEL FORCES : TOGGLE QUICKTIME MOVIE RECORDING : TAKE SCREENSHOT

Of course there are a hundred more key commands, all listed in the josytick and keyboard windows, but those are the basic ones that I use the most often, and the camera control you now have is pretty darn nice.