November 26, 20196 yr Thinking about it, such a gauge would actually distract from flying the aircraft. As skelsey wrote, maintaining the actual pitch attitude and feeling the stick displacement is the key, not looking at (another) gauge.
November 26, 20196 yr In real flight in decent weather can you leave a ga plane trimmed and fly straight? I’ve never been able to do that in a sim.
November 26, 20196 yr Author Just now, carbonbasedlifeform said: In real flight in decent weather can you leave a ga plane trimmed and fly straight? I’ve never been able to do that in a sim. In a decent and stable weather, I can do that. Flying mostly A2A, RealAir and some oddballs like the L-39 (which has no A/P so you'd better trim it right) Edited November 26, 20196 yr by domkle Dominique Simming since 1981 - [email protected] GHz with 16 GB of RAM and a 1080 with 8 GB VRAM running a 27" @ 2560*1440 - Windows 10 - Warthog HOTAS - MFG pedals - MSFS Standard version with Steam
November 26, 20196 yr 6 minutes ago, carbonbasedlifeform said: In real flight in decent weather can you leave a ga plane trimmed and fly straight? Sure. Haven't flown any (add-on) aircraft that can't be trimmed for level flight.
November 26, 20196 yr Depending on aircraft and weather, it can be done for a good while. I remember my flight exam in 1980. We returned from LPEV to LPPT in a Rockwell Commander C114 bellonging to the Portuguese Aeronautical Authority ( when they still had aircraft ... ), and during the flight the pilot, which had been our examiner, exemplified the use of it's very basic AP but also, during finall approach to lisbon rw 36, 3 miles from final, he trimmed the aircraft and told us he wouldn't touch the controls any longer until it touched down. He was faithful to he's claim, but the touchdown was... well, a bit heavier than expected, but still well withing the safe margins 🙂 Here's also one amnong many videos you can search on this theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMTCl0PNf2Q and more here... Edited November 26, 20196 yr by jcomm Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
November 27, 20196 yr If you are trying to trim using only the joystick then you might try grabbing the elevator trim wheel and adjusting it by hand to stabilize your flight. We already have the gauge -- the VSI. Maybe theres more to it and Im just missing the point here? | Dave | I've been around for most of my life. There's always a sunset happening somewhere in the world that somebody is enjoying.
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