so they built them with no aileron and rudder trim

[Dirty Rotten Flieger]

Can anyone with a force feedback stick confirm that she flys balanced at cruise. The manual says should be balanced at 480km/h at SLmax continuous power so what is max continuous power anyway? 2400rpm?

 

It seems funny to me that some guys think they are being realistic cruising around holding constant aileron when there are a trim tab on the ailerons. What do they think those trim tabs were for? If not for balancing the engine torque at cruise.

 

I know the bf109 had vert stabilizer that was an air foil and the lift it produced turned against the engine torque. Did the FW190s' have the same type of vert stab?

Edited August 22, 2014 by Dirty Rotten Flieger

[MFG62 Joker]

On most high performance propeller driven airframes you will see a slight missalingment of the vertical stab (in regard to the roll axis of the airframe) or an asymmetrical airfoil of the stab or both.

Thus dealing with torque, propwash and other inducing factors.

 

I would be surpised if Dora had totally in-line vert stab and symmetrical airfoil.

[Yo-Yo]

Well :-) it indicates sideslip, and gives you an idea of how pronounced it is...

 

Sideslip, in reference to the coordinate system, implies yaw, so indeed, a displaced ball corresponds to yaw.

 

In such an aircraft it usually results from the compensation designed to make the airplane fly coordinated at a given speed / power, and/or to shorten the torque effects specially during takeoff / climb, playing an opposite role when the compensation is no longer required.

 

Yaw does not imply a turn!

 

The ball indicates only one thing :) the local acceleration regardless of it reasons. It can correspond to yaw, turn, etc, only if the aircraf or helo is FULLY SYMMETRIC. Only jets can be considered fully symmetrical. Other aircraft more or less, under certain conditions can be considered too.

 

THe most interesting and distinctive case of unsymmetry is a flight with one unsymmetriacal thrust for the multy-engine plane.

[Fox One]

It seems funny to me that some guys think they are being realistic cruising around holding constant aileron when there are a trim tab on the ailerons. What do they think those trim tabs were for? If not for balancing the engine torque at cruise.

 

 

Precisely this. I have already posted here http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2143126&postcount=16 what DOCUMENTS say about Fw 190 A - at an altitude of 1500m and a cruising speed of 500 Km/h the plane should fly straight "hands off".

 

Currently the DCS Fw 190 D-9 at 1500m is balanced in roll to fly it hands off at a cruising speed of around 350-400Km/h. I find it highly unlikely that to be realistic. IMO, it shouldn't be less than 500.

[HugePanic]

Can anyone with a force feedback stick confirm that she flys balanced at cruise.

 

No, she doesn't. But with a FFB-stick you don't car. I just put the stick to the "trimmed" position and take my hand from the stick. This deactivates the FFB and she is trimmed. Even if you keep your hand on the stick, it's not an issue for me. I just ignore the rudder-trim issue and waste 1% performance...