johnb60 Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 I am hoping that someone can help me. I am have great trouble trimming the A10, it either nose dives or climbs no matter how I trim. Any advice would be welcome. My system is as follows. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Duel-Core 4400+ 2.2 GHz Asus KN8 SLI E Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA HDD GeForce 7800GTX Graphics Card 2 MB PC3200 (400MHz) DDR RAM Saitek X52 Joystick Windows XP Pro. John B. John B. Specs Asus A8N-SLI SE AMD Athlon 64 X2 Duel-Core 4400+ 2.2GHz Maxtor 350GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA HDD Geforce 7800GTX Graphics 1024 MB PC3200 (400)MHz DDR RAM X 2 Windows XP Pro Saitek X52.
GGTharos Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Trim for a given airspeed. If your speed changes, you're no longer trimmed out for it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
suntrace1 Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Doesn't A-10 have an auto-trim function ? It sound's to me more like you haven't configured your joystick's axis in the config menu. Check that one out first, to see if something is out of place.
SuperKungFu Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Doesn't A-10 have an auto-trim function ? no only the F-15c does. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Guest IguanaKing Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 I'll second that. The A-10 does not have auto-trim, elevator and aileron trim are available on a four-way hat on the top center of the stick. Assign that function to a similarly-located hat switch on your X-52 and you're golden. When you trim, do a little at a time. Remember, you are actually controlling the position of a tiny trim tab which actually "flies" that particular control surface as if it were an aircraft itself. Just practice...after a while you'll get a feel for it. But, I must say, the trim tab resolution in LOMAC is as bad as the TDC resolution, so, hitting the "H" key to hold altitude will help compensate for this short-coming. :D
Shaman Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Pitch, throttle, trim changes. You control the plane with all these all the time. It is not like you set your trim once per entire flight. No no no no. Like poster above said. If you want to fly hands free, you set your attitude so you keep vertical speed 0, use then throttle to set desired airspeed, when airspeed and altitude is stable, trim your plane for this airspeed/altitude.. and now you can fly hands free. 51PVO Founding member (DEC2007-) 100KIAP Founding member (DEC2018-) :: Shaman aka [100☭] Shamansky tail# 44 or 444 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 100KIAP Regiment Early Warning & Control officer
suntrace1 Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 I'm surprised - I’ve rarely needed to trim the plane, not like Russian birds, which just won't fly straight as soon as you go faster/slower for a few km/h.
snomhf Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 I am hoping that someone can help me. I am have great trouble trimming the A10, it either nose dives or climbs no matter how I trim. John B. Check this thread: http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=14064 I had a problem very similar to what you describe and it turned out that Force Feedback was set to true (I don't have a FF stick) and it was causing problems with my trim. Check it out. Thanks to Cosmonaut for that tip. ---------- Click here for details ---------- Abit AV8 MB, AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1.5 GB DDR, GeForce 6600GT/256MB AGP, CH Fighterstick/Pro Throttle/Pro Pedals/Throttle Quad/DT225 Trackball, TIR4
johnb60 Posted June 4, 2006 Author Posted June 4, 2006 Thanks For all your replies, I now have some ideas to work on. Thanks again John B John B. Specs Asus A8N-SLI SE AMD Athlon 64 X2 Duel-Core 4400+ 2.2GHz Maxtor 350GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA HDD Geforce 7800GTX Graphics 1024 MB PC3200 (400)MHz DDR RAM X 2 Windows XP Pro Saitek X52.
Colt40Five Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 The only time I ever use trim is when carrying an assymetrical load in the 25T, and that is rare. What I do is let Alt HLD trim the A/C for me. Once I'm turning and burning trim is irrelevant as long as it's close. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Weta43 Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Both the AFM planes spawn with the stick sitting a good way off center when the neutral trim lights are on for me, so I have to trim the left wing & nose down on the way up the runway, then it's good till I unballance the plane, but if i'm busy I usually live with it till I have a bit of straight & level where fighting the stick gets to be a pain. Mostly I've been flying the Su25 lately (not the "T") & with no autopilot you're constantly having to watch whether you're climbing or descending anyway so fine trimming for pitch just introduces a false sense of confidence :-) Get it close & leave it at that. Cheers.
suntrace1 Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 When browsing through forum topics I noticed, that a lot of people started flying vanilla Su-25, just like me. After almost 3 years, I finally gathered enough knowledge to fly the plane like it was supposed to. No fancy HUD and all, just rudimentary flight basics.
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