Could someone let me know how you can adjust the trim sensitivity on a given a/c?Thanks!

Assuming you want to make the trim more responsive, go into the aircraft.cfg file and find the line for elevator trim effectiveness (something like that- I'm not at my own computer). The default value is 1.00. Make a big change to it, say 2.00. If that turns out to be too much, start backing off in increments of .25.Most flightsim aircraft, to me, take too long to trim. In a real airplane you grab the trim wheel and give it a quarter turn or so, and you feel the controls respond as you do it. In a simulation, you have to sit there and wait for something to happen, and then it changes all of a sudden.John Woodward

>Most flightsim aircraft, to me, take too long to trim. In a>real airplane you grab the trim wheel and give it a quarter>turn or so, and you feel the controls respond as you do it. In>a simulation, you have to sit there and wait for something to>happen, and then it changes all of a sudden.>I have "rather" good luck with trim buttons on my joysticks. Either two buttons, or the hat switch depending on stick. This simulates electric trim which I use all time time if the aircraft appears to be out of trim.I use the word "appear", because what I see on screen developes into a "mental" feel of trim. Works pretty well, and my planes are always trimmed for climb, cruise, or descent.But when it comes to simulated aircraft, trim always seems just a bit too much or just too little, especially while in cruise without A/P. This can be compensated with very slight throttle movements. L.Adamson

I use a microsoft sidewinder. It has trim buttons just under the "hat." But, yes, trim is sometimes wierd. Some cockpits don't show you where your trim is at so you can get into trouble quickly. I sometimes load one of the MS default aircraft so that I can get my trim back to zero and then load what it is I'm going to fly. We all do it different, that's just my way. Good luck!!!billg

I find that some aircraft just will not trim...I can be a a constant power and alt and the aircraft will start climbing at about 40-90 fps one quick press of down trim and all will be normal for about 10-30 seconds then 40-90 fps down alt forcing another quick up trim button... this process never stops....I am not a pilot , but I can't believe this is the way it really is.

Yes, that's the way it is for some aircraft. The adjustment of power, pitch or speed can have an impact on the correct trim of the aircraft. You adjust trim, which adjusts pitch or speed and the whole cycle starts over again. But if the coarseness of the adjustment is too high, then you'll forever bounce around either side.Also, the trim adjustment in FS is key-sensitive over time. Quick `taps` give little adjustment, key `holds` give a larger adjustment and an increasing rate of trim adjustment. Used together `tap and hold` it is quite easy to get trim nearly right, but that finite bit of last adjustment is really down to adjusting the response rate in the aircrfat.cfg to suit your control and computer setup. BTW it's usually better to make the trim response LOWER, not higher, as that improves precision.FS lacks the `seat of the pants` feel all pilots get from their aircraft, which is why trim adjustment can be tricky.Allcott

Talking of trimming, it usually takes me a few minutes to trim correctly. Is this about average or am I slower than most?Victor

>Talking of trimming, it usually takes me a few minutes to>trim correctly. Is this about average or am I slower than>most?>>VictorThat is generally what I get as well. I am no real pilot, but I would think that this is longer than in the real world. I find that when you adjust the elevator trim, you gain or lose a little airspeed which then changes your vertical speed a little bit. It takes me a few minutes to get the trim and speed to get into balance.

Like L.Adamson, I can get the elevator trim set close using the trim buttons but the only way I can achieve perfetly level flight is with the throttle. If I find I'm still climbing, I decrease the throttle setting just a bit. If I begin to descend, then I increase the throttle a touch. It's a balancing act. R-

Thanks to all for the input!As to the speculation about real-world trimming, I can tell you as a "real" pilot (N7115G) I am constantly trimming the a/c. You never leave the thing alone for a long time unless you're in really stable air or the a/p is on. So I would say that the constant trimming is spot on concerning length of time.cheers!!

Is there any way to set a key to "center" elevator trim? As someone mentioned many planes don't provide an indicator so you don't know where its currently set to.I see that MS included a way to center rudder and aileron trim, but did not see this function for elevator- seems odd. Any workaround?Best,Joel