Actually, not "left and right", but clockwise for increase and counter-clockwise for decrease.
Also applies to the world of nuts and bolts: "Lefty-loosey - righty-tighty."
Robert
D=Accelerate and A=Deaccelerate Why?
#12
Posted 09 January 2014 - 01:54 PM
But: note the direction of the throttle lever movement in the Dash-9 and similar cabs---doesn't match "A" or "D" either. That's the way the world is...
#13
Posted 11 January 2014 - 01:53 AM
And to add to JorD1´s theory: In the older American "standard cabs", the throttle increases from right to left.
BTW, now that we´re talking cabs: Why on earth does pulling the throttle towards you (against the usual direction of travel) increase power on a "safety cab" loco?
Cheers, Markus
BTW, now that we´re talking cabs: Why on earth does pulling the throttle towards you (against the usual direction of travel) increase power on a "safety cab" loco?
Cheers, Markus
#14
Posted 11 January 2014 - 02:21 AM
If you slip or faint you will fall forward and close the throtle??
#15
Posted 11 January 2014 - 03:55 AM
On an aircraft, however, normally, you would push the throttle forward to accelerate...
Robert
Robert
#16
Posted 11 January 2014 - 12:46 PM
If you "slip your faint", you won´t silence the alerter in time and go into ermergency, which will cut power, usually. So, that´s probably npt quite the reason. Also, alerters were more than common (required?) when the safety cab we know nowadays was introduced... So, nothing left over from before-alerter times.
Good thoughts, nevertheless :thumbup3:
Cheers, Markus
Good thoughts, nevertheless :thumbup3:
Cheers, Markus
#17
Posted 14 January 2014 - 09:22 AM
I thought it was odd too when I first got MSTS. But I got used to it. Now I just recently bought a copy of TS2014 and the controls are reversed. Since THAT game doesn't allow me to change the keyboard controls, I've had to switch OR to match it. It's taken a while, but I finally got used to it.