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Automatic trim in FS2002?
OK...I get most of how to fly...Except trim. I can never keep
on top of it. Is there a way to automate trim? |
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John Penta wrote:
OK...I get most of how to fly...Except trim. I can never keep on top of it. Is there a way to automate trim? Certainly not, and I hope there never will be,. It is one of the few things left for a pilot to do him/herself. Like everything else you have to practise and learn it. Do you think anyone can fly a plane? Don't answer that! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 09/10/2003 |
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Is there a way to automate trim?
Certainly not, and I hope there never will be sorry to disappoint you, but the 747-400 has an autotrim function, in real life anyway. don't know about FS200x. |
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"John Penta" wrote in message
... OK...I get most of how to fly...Except trim. I can never keep on top of it. Is there a way to automate trim? Run the autopilot for a few seconds, and turn it off again. You can even do that in a real plane, although most pilots can do it manually with less fuss because they were trained in an old autopilot-free clunker. -- David Brooks |
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H M wrote:
Is there a way to automate trim? Certainly not, and I hope there never will be sorry to disappoint you, but the 747-400 has an autotrim function, in real life anyway. don't know about FS200x. Hmmm I am sorry to hear that, but I was talking about aircraft not damn great flying buses! I know those things are marvels, but they exist so that I can go on holiday not for flying purposes! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 09/10/2003 |
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Actually the trim in the sim is not infinitely variable like in real
aircraft... in the real C-172 i fly about twice a week its incredibly easy to trim to pressure free flight and keep the airplane doing what you want it to do... very hard to do in the sim.. one you do NOT have realistic control forces, even with a good FF stick(but i use a yoke, more realistic that way) and half the time the setting you need is between posible trim settings on the sim. Sure you can tweak it a bit with power and get yer trim right that way, but thats not how its done in real life... so what i usually do is if i can't get it right away in the sim keeping in mind it can take 2-3 gyrations to get there (just like in real life) i will go ahead and bump the autopilot on for about 20 seconds, then back off. So i do think it would be handy to have an autotrim feature, just like some instruments need to be a bit more sensitive for VFR pilots considering that you are only looking at a few degrees of sky instead of the 180ish deg you get in real life (Flight unlimited 2 and 3 were horrible in that respect, very slow instrument response rates made VFR flight very difficult if you were trying to use the instruments to confirm what you saw out the window). "Quilljar" wrote in message ... John Penta wrote: OK...I get most of how to fly...Except trim. I can never keep on top of it. Is there a way to automate trim? Certainly not, and I hope there never will be,. It is one of the few things left for a pilot to do him/herself. Like everything else you have to practise and learn it. Do you think anyone can fly a plane? Don't answer that! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 09/10/2003 |
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"Quilljar" wrote in message ... John Penta wrote: OK...I get most of how to fly...Except trim. I can never keep on top of it. Is there a way to automate trim? Certainly not, and I hope there never will be,. It is one of the few things left for a pilot to do him/herself. Like everything else you have to practise and learn it. Do you think anyone can fly a plane? Don't answer that! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 09/10/2003 P3's have auto trim. Scet |
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