Trimming long push or lots of presses?

[bunraku]

Hi

 

Just got the hotas warthog so have the trim button on my stick. I am just wondering if people do long presses of the trim direction they want(and do long pushes make a difference) or do you have to do multiple button pushes to trim.

 

So if your nose is banking down do you hold trim up for a few seconds or do you have to press trim up multiple presses for the effect?

[baltic_dragon]

Depends if you want to fine-tune or heavily trim. For fine-tuning do a few short presses, for heavy trimming push and hold.

[Yurgon]

When I'm strongly off trim, e.g. after take-off, I like to keep the trim pushed and release stick-pressure at the same time.

 

For fine-tuning and small adjustments after a course correction, I prefer single presses of the trim button.

[Gliptal]

Personally I always end up overshooting if I go with long presses. I prefer single presses also because it more easily let's me use trim as intended (i.e. do not fly with the trim): I find it easier to judge how much I can relax per short press, rather than long press.

[bunraku]

Thanks for all replies.

[cichlidfan]

Just to add my two pennies...

 

I find that sometimes all I want is just enough pressure to activate it for just a moment. For fine adjustments, learning just how much pressure it takes is quite helpful.

[Puma]

Ive heard pilots refer to "clicks" of trim which Ive interpretted as using several small presses. Seems like its liekly more consistent to trim three clicks for x degree turn versus hold for 270 ms.

[Mike77]

Ive heard pilots refer to "clicks" of trim which Ive interpretted as using several small presses. Seems like its liekly more consistent to trim three clicks for x degree turn versus hold for 270 ms.

 

 

That makes a lot of sense to me. Thank you for the post.

 

Mike

 

 

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