Wayc00lio Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Can anyone point me to the Rudder Trim? I can't see it in the A10C Sim/HOTAS commands. Unless I'm being particularly stupid today! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus ROG Rampage Extreme VI; i9 7900X (all 10 cores at 4.5GHz); 32 Gb Corsair Dominator DDR4; EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid; 1Tb Samsung 960 Evo M2; 2Tb Samsung 850 Pro secondary. Oculus Rift; TM Warthog; Saitek Combat Pros.
Flamin_Squirrel Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 It's under 'Stability Augmentation System'.
Wayc00lio Posted February 5, 2015 Author Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks guys. Just wanted to know where the trim was in the options so I can map it to HOTAS. :-) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus ROG Rampage Extreme VI; i9 7900X (all 10 cores at 4.5GHz); 32 Gb Corsair Dominator DDR4; EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid; 1Tb Samsung 960 Evo M2; 2Tb Samsung 850 Pro secondary. Oculus Rift; TM Warthog; Saitek Combat Pros.
Mikplayeur Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) Thanks a lot Lilkiki ! I was wondering where was the rudder trim rotary in the pit in order to control his position. Sadly there is no axis in commands for this trim... Edited March 15, 2015 by Mikplayeur
StrongHarm Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I put in a feature request long ago to allow rudder trim reset upon 'trim reset'. As for now, I believe you have to actually click the rudder trim knob to perform a reset. It's a good thing that this is Early Access and we've all volunteered to help test and enhance this work in progress... despite the frustrations inherent in the task with even the simplest of software... otherwise people might not understand that this incredibly complex unfinished module is unfinished. /light-hearted sarcasm
Dejjvid Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 AFAIK rudder trim is used if you are rewarded with battle damage. And that shouldn't be too often. If there is a reason to rudder trim a fully functional, not damaged aircraft. Please enlighten me. :) i7 8700K | GTX 1080 Ti | 32GB RAM | 500GB M.2 SSD | TIR5 w/ Trackclip Pro | TM Hotas Warthog | Saitek Pro Flight Rudder [sigpic]http://www.132virtualwing.org[/sigpic]
Snoopy Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I put in a feature request long ago to allow rudder trim reset upon 'trim reset'. As for now, I believe you have to actually click the rudder trim knob to perform a reset. Which wouldn't be realistic, "Takeoff Trim" only zero's out the ailerons and elevators. You could easily have to zero out your rudders but need your ailerons/elevators trimmed as they are for level flight. The real rotary has a dented so you can tell when it's centered so maybe a key command to zero out the rudder only would be a good trade off. AFAIK rudder trim is used if you are rewarded with battle damage. And that shouldn't be too often. If there is a reason to rudder trim a fully functional, not damaged aircraft. Please enlighten me. :) Landing in a cross wind, engine emergencies (not caused by combat damage), adjusting for manual weapons delivery (adjusting the ball of the turn slip indicator to center).... v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
StrongHarm Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) Agreed Snoopy, it would be another instance where 'artistic license' is used for convenience. Like in the KA50 you would reset all, retrim one. But I do see your point; it would be at the expense of realism. Just about any choice between realism and convenience will go to realism for me as well. I think a dedicated key assignment would do the trick.. I use rudder trim a lot in high winds and having to go head down for reset sometimes involves significant pucker factor. Dejjvid, another good example of high value of rudder trim is when your crosswinds are so bad you can't see all your HUD indicators (it's locked to horizontal vector and doesn't have an adjustment like the F16.. probably because it's a flight safety SA cue) By the way: WayC00lio, I personally have rudder trim bound to Paddle+TrimHat LWD/RWD on the TMWH. It works pretty well. I also tend to view the trim indicator (RCTRL+ENTER) overlay when I have a high level of trim set. This overlay compensates for the fact that we can't 'feel' the degree of trim by touching our flight controls. Which wouldn't be realistic, "Takeoff Trim" only zero's out the ailerons and elevators. You could easily have to zero out your rudders but need your ailerons/elevators trimmed as they are for level flight. The real rotary has a dented so you can tell when it's centered so maybe a key command to zero out the rudder only would be a good trade off. Landing in a cross wind, engine emergencies (not caused by combat damage), adjusting for manual weapons delivery (adjusting the ball of the turn slip indicator to center).... Edited March 15, 2015 by StrongHarm Add binding info It's a good thing that this is Early Access and we've all volunteered to help test and enhance this work in progress... despite the frustrations inherent in the task with even the simplest of software... otherwise people might not understand that this incredibly complex unfinished module is unfinished. /light-hearted sarcasm
Hansolo Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Landing in a cross wind, engine emergencies (not caused by combat damage), adjusting for manual weapons delivery (adjusting the ball of the turn slip indicator to center).... Interesting. Never used the rudder trim to be honest, but that'a about to change :smilewink: Thanks Snoopy cheers Hans 132nd Virtual Wing homepage & 132nd Virtual Wing YouTube channel My DCS-BIOS sketches & Cockpit Album
Snoopy Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Interesting. Never used the rudder trim to be honest, but that'a about to change :smilewink: Thanks Snoopy cheers Hans I honestly don't use it in the sim often simply because it is so hard to zero out. v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
Deezle Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I have mine bound to an encoder knob on my button box, it has come in handy a number of times. Intel 9600K@4.7GHz, Asus Z390, 64GB DDR4, EVGA RTX 3070, Custom Water Cooling, 970 EVO 1TB NVMe 34" UltraWide 3440x1440 Curved Monitor, 21" Touch Screen MFD monitor, TIR5 My Pit Build, Moza AB9 FFB w/WH Grip, TMWH Throttle, MFG Crosswinds W/Combat Pedals/Damper, Custom A-10C panels, Custom Helo Collective, SimShaker with Transducer
Hansolo Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 I honestly don't use it in the sim often simply because it is so hard to zero out. Ah there I am probaly cheating. Got a potentiometer so can hold down the T/O TRIM while adjusting until T/O TRIM lights up. Cheers Hans 132nd Virtual Wing homepage & 132nd Virtual Wing YouTube channel My DCS-BIOS sketches & Cockpit Album
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