What is tha little button below the left throttle?

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[MokMok]

On board the CoastGuard cutter I see a little button below the left throttle. What is the purpose of this?

[2000]

In real life it for keeping the throttles alined.

[MokMok]

@2000:

In real life it for keeping the throttles alined.

What do you mean with keeping the throttles aligned?

[Sgt. Dutchy]

@ above (replying in dutch)

dat knopje houd de bijden hendels op gelijke positie, zo hoef je dus maar 1 hendel te bewgen om ze allebei tegelijk te doen (beetje zoals de normale pijltjes fungeren in tegensetlling tot numpad toetsen 7,8 1,3

[2000]

To make the throttle levers at be at the same percentedge example: (60%)

[2000]

To make the throttle levers at be at the same percentedge example: (60%)

The Cutter has a Controllable pitch propeller and that is what the the button is for.

(To control the pitch.)

[Ballast]

The Cutter has a Controllable pitch propeller and that is what the the button is for.

(To control the pitch.)

If the vessel has a CPP the main engines run on a fixed rpm. The pitch is operated with the trottle levers, where you normally operate the RPM's with   

[LucAtC]

No function has been assigned to the rotating knob, but one can think its use would be to lock the controls. The control of the propulsion is simulated by a combinator varying pitch and shaft speed following a fixed curve, in order to represent -and somehow also to get around- the various propulsion modes of the ships

Regards,
Luc