My apologies if this has already been addressed, but can you not control trim via the keyboard with MSFS bindings? The keys I have assigned to elevator trim have no affect (don't change the trim)

Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Dave

hehe...

Just now, molleh said:

hehe...

Oh boy...what did I do?

3 minutes ago, lehbird said:

Oh boy...what did I do?

Consequently, the aircraft is laterally stable, and no aileron trim is required

The pilots do not manually trim an Airbus in pitch. The flight control computers provide automatic trim: The normal-law flight mode is a load-factor-demand mode with automatic trim and protection throughout the flight envelop

35 minutes ago, pete_auau said:

Consequently, the aircraft is laterally stable, and no aileron trim is required

The pilots do not manually trim an Airbus in pitch. The flight control computers provide automatic trim: The normal-law flight mode is a load-factor-demand mode with automatic trim and protection throughout the flight envelop

Thanks for that. That said, I am struggling to flair or at least find a way to find  way so land semi softly...

2 hours ago, lehbird said:

Thanks for that. That said, I am struggling to flair or at least find a way to find  way so land semi softly...

Well the most complicated is the last 20 feet, where you have to hold the nose and pitch up by tiny amount to slow down the landing.

You should do a couple of circuit around an airport you know well to practice

I am much better on the A320, Around 30feet/min than the 737, 100-250ft/min

3 hours ago, lehbird said:

My apologies if this has already been addressed, but can you not control trim via the keyboard with MSFS bindings? The keys I have assigned to elevator trim have no affect (don't change the trim)

Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Dave

When you fly Airbus the only time you set trim is before take off. And may be during emergency !

2 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

When you fly Airbus the only time you set trim is before take off.

And even that is only done in some companies SOP. I learned from 320SimPilot that most companies don't.

42 minutes ago, Farlis said:

And even that is only done in some companies SOP. I learned from 320SimPilot that most companies don't.

Well, yes and no.

What 320simpilot doesn’t do is entering the trim setting in the PERF page, he still sets the calculated T.O. trim on the trim wheel.

Edited May 21, 20224 yr by SierraDelta

Thank you all. I have been flying Sim Airbus's for decades and never knew this and this I believe is the first Airbus I've flown that wont let you trim. (or at least makes it difficult to)

21 minutes ago, lehbird said:

Thank you all. I have been flying Sim Airbus's for decades and never knew this and this I believe is the first Airbus I've flown that wont let you trim. (or at least makes it difficult to)

Dont take this the wrong way, I am not having a go at you.

Please explain how you can fly sim airbus's for decades and not know there FBW and you dont trim them, They dont even have trim switchers.( Rudder trim they have) What Sim Airbus's have you been flying that needs you and lets you trim them like a GA/boeing, would love to know.

Thanks.

Edited May 21, 20224 yr by Nyxx

We are talking elevator trim here right?

To what keyboard commands did you assign them? The commands are "Elevator Trim Up" and "Elevator Trim Down" by default set to Numpad 7 and 1. 

And you trim the aircraft before take off to whatever the Performance Calculater tells you to. Switch to F/CTL Display and see if they move if you trim them (preferably with Hydraulic pressure running 😉 )

And that is the only time you ever touch them when flying the Airbus. Never in flight.

Edited May 21, 20224 yr by Farlis

I remember reading somewhere that entering the trim in the perf page on the A320 doesn’t actually do anything but simply serves as a reminder to the crew.

I think on the A330 this actually sets the aircraft trim and the crew doesn’t manually adjust it before takeoff.

On 5/21/2022 at 9:37 AM, Nyxx said:

Dont take this the wrong way, I am not having a go at you.

Please explain how you can fly sim airbus's for decades and not know there FBW and you dont trim them, They dont even have trim switchers.( Rudder trim they have) What Sim Airbus's have you been flying that needs you and lets you trim them like a GA/boeing, would love to know.

Thanks.

Not sure what you mean when you say "switchers", but either way, trim control on Airbuses on all other previous platforms I flown on, always responded to the keys I assigned trim to. Maybe the sim should have not allowed me to do this (thus my point) but they did. 

1 hour ago, lehbird said:

Not sure what you mean when you say "switchers", but either way, trim control on Airbuses on all other previous platforms I flown on, always responded to the keys I assigned trim to.

Same here and I've noticed the same thing as you with the Fenix.  I have always set trim to the hat on by sidestick but thinking about that now, there are not even a trim switch on the real sidestick.  So I am now glad to be setting takeoff trim the proper way using the trim wheel.

Fenix, whether intentional or not, has increased the realism for me.