Salute!
PLEASE, go to the f-16 net I referenced and read two or three descriptions of the flight control laws once the pilot hits the landing mode button.
In short, the throttle doofer does not have a cutoff...engine shuts off with a switch.
Second, in the vertical landing mode the throttle thing, aka cow pie, works like this: push forward to move plane forward, move back to slow or go in reverse. The side stick commands up and down and left right movement of the plane.
Please go read all the details at the other forum.
Gums sends...