Microsoft Flight Simulatorhas a variety of keybinds and shortcuts to make flying a little easier for players. While there are a lot of gauges, dials, buttons, meters, and other things to keep track of, players have the option to turn all of those things off for themselves if they choose. There is even an option to turn on autopilot whileMicrosoft Flight Simulatorplayers fly to their homes, unique locations, or just over some beautiful scenery.
Autopiloting in Microsoft Flight Simulator
Regardless of which of themany planes fromMicrosoft Flight Simulatorplayers choose to fly, autopiloting works basically the same way. Players choose a route with their takeoff point and their landing point (and anything they may want to fly over in between). Once the flight path is in the books, players can turn on the autopiloting to manage their takeoff checklists, take care of radio communications, control the takeoff, altitude, speed, and landing of the airplane, and do it all smoothly and perfectly. The best part is that players can turn off this system at any time; this means those who haven’t quite mastered the art of landing can handle everything else up until that point.
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How to Turn on Autopilot
No matter whatbeautiful sights players fly over inMicrosoft Flight Simulator, there are two ways to turn on the autopiloting setting; one way is through menuing, and the other with a keyboard shortcut. to get to the setting through the menu, players first have to open the toolbar.
If players are playingMicrosoft Flight Simulator on the Xbox Series X, they will have to go through the menu to turn these features on. But if players are using a PC, the keyboard shortcut for Autopiloting just turns the Control Flight on or off and not the Checklist or Comm assistance. These shortcuts are:
Other Helpful Autopilot Keyboard Shortcuts
Microsoft Flight Simulatoris now available for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
