Trimming tips

Fabe_ca · 04-07-2012, 10:17 AM

Any got some tips for trimming a plane? I've just been tapping the up/down trim buttons until I think I'm level but with my altimeter always going up or down I'm never sure if I'm bounced out.

bastila13091 · 04-07-2012, 10:56 AM

This game is kinda fickle on the trim. It's pretty hard to be completely level in it without using a stick. The only way that I seem to make it work roughly is by just getting it rather close. You can see the actual degrees of trim by mousing over the trim in the cockpit.

Fabe_ca · 04-07-2012, 11:29 AM

Tell me about it, I'm having lots of trouble on the landing mission with the A5,once I throttle back and drop the landing gear I go into a damn near nose dive and can't pull up very much or the stall warning goes off. I'm so busy trying not to crash and work the trim at the same time I end up either crashing or coming in too low or high and fail the mission.

bastila13091 · 04-07-2012, 12:30 PM

The landing challenges? And dont worry about the trim. Put that in neutral and adjust your levelness yourself. And the Icon-5 stalls at about 50 knots per hour so you need to keep your speed above that. On most runways you can stay much higher speed to land.

Fabe_ca · 04-08-2012, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bastila13091

The landing challenges? And dont worry about the trim. Put that in neutral and adjust your levelness yourself. And the Icon-5 stalls at about 50 knots per hour so you need to keep your speed above that. On most runways you can stay much higher speed to land.

It's actually the A5 Landing tutorial mission I'm having the trouble with,the one that introduces the PAPI lights. Malia says I should be able to land hands off with the trim adjusted properly but as I said I'm too busy keeping the nose up to adjust my trim and if I try to manage both I end up too low or too high for the approach and fail the mission.

Gibbage · 04-08-2012, 04:37 PM

I think the A5 Landing tutorial is bad. They tell you to flair WAY WAY too early. Follwing her instructions, you will stall before you land. The point is when landing to time the stall the moment your tires touch. Thats what a flair is. Try delaying your pull-up way past were she says to do so.

Duesselwings · 04-09-2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Fabe_ca

Any got some tips for trimming a plane? I've just been tapping the up/down trim buttons until I think I'm level but with my altimeter always going up or down I'm never sure if I'm bounced out.

Hey!

Did you try to change the trim-value in the standard.xml? after update, it was changed from "32" to "100"... It worked better but in the Maule with a Saitek Yoke I had still 2-3° steps. Very nervous trimming...
I changed then to "200" and now it works in 1°-steps... result is a much smoother trim... Maybe a higher value brings steps lower than 1°, but I haven´t tested it yet.

Fabe_ca · 04-09-2012, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Duesselwings

Hey!

Did you try to change the trim-value in the standard.xml? after update, it was changed from "32" to "100"... It worked better but in the Maule with a Saitek Yoke I had still 2-3° steps. Very nervous trimming...
I changed then to "200" and now it works in 1°-steps... result is a much smoother trim... Maybe a higher value brings steps lower than 1°, but I haven´t tested it yet.

Rather not change any of the game files plus I'm pretty sure I'm getting 1 degree steps already.

AzureWX · 04-09-2012, 06:13 PM

Another useful trick for level flight is to flip on mouse mode. It can work sort of like a basic heading & altitude hold autopilot. I wouldn't fly an approach with it though...

04-07-2012, 10:17 AM	#1
Fabe_ca Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 3 Posts: 34	Trimming tips Any got some tips for trimming a plane? I've just been tapping the up/down trim buttons until I think I'm level but with my altimeter always going up or down I'm never sure if I'm bounced out.

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04-07-2012, 10:56 AM	#2
bastila13091 Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 15 Posts: 730	This game is kinda fickle on the trim. It's pretty hard to be completely level in it without using a stick. The only way that I seem to make it work roughly is by just getting it rather close. You can see the actual degrees of trim by mousing over the trim in the cockpit.

04-07-2012, 11:29 AM	#3
Fabe_ca Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 3 Posts: 34	Tell me about it, I'm having lots of trouble on the landing mission with the A5,once I throttle back and drop the landing gear I go into a damn near nose dive and can't pull up very much or the stall warning goes off. I'm so busy trying not to crash and work the trim at the same time I end up either crashing or coming in too low or high and fail the mission.

04-07-2012, 12:30 PM	#4
bastila13091 Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 15 Posts: 730	The landing challenges? And dont worry about the trim. Put that in neutral and adjust your levelness yourself. And the Icon-5 stalls at about 50 knots per hour so you need to keep your speed above that. On most runways you can stay much higher speed to land.

04-08-2012, 04:37 PM	#6
Gibbage Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 7 Posts: 76	I think the A5 Landing tutorial is bad. They tell you to flair WAY WAY too early. Follwing her instructions, you will stall before you land. The point is when landing to time the stall the moment your tires touch. Thats what a flair is. Try delaying your pull-up way past were she says to do so.

04-09-2012, 06:13 PM	#9
AzureWX Join Date: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 145	Another useful trick for level flight is to flip on mouse mode. It can work sort of like a basic heading & altitude hold autopilot. I wouldn't fly an approach with it though...