March 5, 201610 yr Hi Everyone, My name is Paul and I've recently purchased FSX - Deluxe together with a Saitek yoke and throttle quadrant. I'm an ex RAF brat so always loved planes and always fancied having a go at flying one...... :smile:. I also got bored playing World of Warcraft (after 5 years). The one main issue I have in the sim is keeping the damn plane flying at the right altitude...........I always seem to porpoise through the sky.............lol. Any advice on how to avoid this would be helpful. There's a lot to learn and remembering what buttons I've programmed for what is fun..........................especially when I forget and lower the landing gear when I want flaps . I'll probably be asking lots of questions going forward and you'll be sick of me........lol. Happy Landings !
March 5, 201610 yr Welcome: you'll find a lot of help and information on these pages, it's a great community. What kind of aircraft are flying or do you want to fly? e.g. Military or civilian? Airliner or general aviation?
March 5, 201610 yr Best advice I can give is to work your way through the tutorials in FSX. Welcome to Flghtsim ! Mark CYYZ
March 5, 201610 yr Hi Paul, I'm fairly new to the AVSIM forums, but I've been simming on and off for several years. Anyhow I digress. Is the sensitivity setting on the yoke too high? Be quite aggressive in using the trim commands - if you find yourself holding too much back or forward pressure, trim it out. Try setting the throttle(s), leaving them alone and using the trim to have the plane fly straight & level +/- a couple of hundred feet per minute climb/descend. Let the plane bobble along and see if it settles down. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
March 5, 201610 yr Welcome to Flghtsim ! Welcome to Flghtsim? Well, at least you misspelled it. Welcome to AVSIM Paul. Enjoy! Best regards, Jim Young | AVSIM Online! - Simming's Premier Resource! Member, AVSIM Board of Directors - Serving AVSIM since 2001 Submit News to AVSIMImportant other links: Basic FSX Configuration Guide | AVSIM CTD Guide | AVSIM Prepar3D Guide | Help with AVSIM Site | Signature Rules | Screen Shot Rule | AVSIM Terms of Service (ToS) I7 8086K 5.0GHz | GTX 1080 TI OC Edition | Dell 34" and 24" Monitors | ASUS Maximus X Hero MB Z370 | Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB and 1TB | Samsung SSD 500GB x2 | Toshiba HDD 1TB | WDC HDD 1TB | Corsair H115i Pro | 16GB DDR4 3600C17 | Windows 10
March 5, 201610 yr Hi Paul, there are many here in the AVSIM Forums that come from all types of background. However, we all have one thing in common and that is flight simulation. Jim Young is the main man for most contact or putting things in perspective, but for the most part when you place a question here, it generally is answered by a fellow simmer. Welcome! Martin Parr Retired professional yacht skipper for vessels up to 46m System: Omen 40L GT13-0054na Gaming PC; Windows 11 Home 64-bit OS; Intel Core i9-10900K CPU @ 3.7GHz; RAM 32GB; Samsung S34J55x Monitor 3440x1440 @75 Hz Resolution; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti. MSFS P/D; TM Pendular Rudder Pedals, TM Warthog Hortas Throttle/Joystick Combo.
March 6, 201610 yr Author Thanks all for the welcomes, and thanks HighBypass for the trim advice, I'll give it a go. And Ailchim......i'm looking to fly civil aviation, especially passenger jets. I'm off to Singapore next month and have actually booked a flight simulator while I'm there for a 90 minute session. Really looking forward to that !
March 9, 201610 yr The gold standards for civilian jets are PMDG's 737NGX for shorthaul and 777 for longhaul. They are sophisticated but if I can manage them, anyone can. The Aerosoft A320 series gets an honourable mention but is a little less complex. The Majestic Dash 8 is widely regarded as the best turboprop. You probablly knew that!
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