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Very good, once again Chris! Looks like it takes time to trim the airplane perfectly, specially in a climb?
Cheers
Alex
Takes time to get use to it. It’s actually really difficult to do in FS. For some reason I had to assign a lever on my saitek throttle in order to get it to work, as the trim through FSUIPC just would not cooperate with this airplane.
But, once use to it, it should go very quickly.
This episode was really helpful for me because in FSX I usually just trim for straight and level and do all climbing or descending by force. This really simplified it for me. Thanks!
Every time I make a pitch change that I’ll be using for more than 30 seconds to a minute, I’ll retrim. EVERY time. It’s something that just becomes a habit to reach for every time a change is made.
There’s a buffer where there’s really no point trimming beyond. In other words, you’ll always have to nudge the yoke this way or that way, but at least you don’t have to strain yourself.
Glad to know it helped!
Nice video. In my early student pilot days I was taught that “trim is your friend”. Many student hold onto the yoke for dear life. But flying is so much more fun with a light hand a properly trimmed aircraft.
Keep up the good work.
It will be very interesting to see how this helps you in real life, so make sure to keep up informed.
Keeps getting better!
Nice one, congrats mate!
Hey Chris,
I just finished watching the first four episodes, and I have to say that you’ve done some excellent work here.
You cover the major topics with a short, sweet, and to-the-point style while getting the point across.
At any rate, I have to agree with your comment about it being harder to trim in FS. Without having any pressure on the yoke, it can be easy to mess up the trim.
It’s nice to see you go back to basics when quite a few simmers undoubtedly start with larger jets and let the autopilot do the flying. What these people don’t realize is that the big jets do get hand flown at times.
I’m looking forward to the next episode.
You’re right, Jon. I even know a lot of airline pilots that hand fly the aircraft to 10K so they are still in practice with hand flying. I think that’s a great idea.
Excellent Chris, I remember my first time being in control of an Archer and feeling that gripping the yoke tighter will keep the aircraft in the air…Till Peter CFI told me TWO fingers and trim.
Thanks
Tom
It’s always an amazing experience to go through those ‘ah ha’ moments in flying, Tom. I hope we can give that to others as well.
I use a force feedback Logitech G940. Together with an essential little plugin called FSForce, trimming now feels almost like the real thing – as I roll the trim wheel I can actually feel the stick moving with my hand to ease the pressure. Highly recommended.
Chris,
Wonderful explanation of trim. Short of the auto pilot it really is the best tool for making flying a little easier. I follow Newton first law when flying. The pilot shall have relaxed control of the airplane unless acted upon by an undesired force. When you do run into an undesired force just trim it away and go back to relaxing.