Specifically, I've been trying to practice slow flight, but it seems to be
really hard to get the aircraft anywhere near its minimum speed. During
the
course of this practice I noticed that even trimming for full nose up
didn't
seem to actually get the aircraft down towards the bottom of the green
band,
so I was wondering if it were really possible to trim it that far. It
doesn't
sound like it is. I'll have to try holding the yoke to fly really slowly.

That's a limitation of the sim. Even in our "Penguin" (see it he
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/flight_simulator.htm ) which comes as close to
simulating real flight as you can get without spending an absurd amount of
money, slow flight is difficult even for experienced pilots.

When doing slow flight in a real airplane you have many sensory cues that
are missing in the sim. The peculiar feeling of hanging on the prop, the
increased angle of attack, the different sounds -- they're missing from the
sim.

With practice slow flight can be done in MSFS (and, yes, the trim is
important) but it's all got to be done on the gauges. If you have a second
screen for the instrument panel, that helps.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"