Offsetting slip

[Pizzicato]

One thing I've noticed with the Heading autopilot is that it points the nose in the right direction but doesn't compensate for side-slip. I can counter any slip manually by applying the appropriate rudder inputs, but that disables the autopilot which seems to defeat the purpose.

 

I'm sure I'm misunderstanding something here, but I'm not sure what. How do you guys go about resolving this?

 

On a somewhat related note, is it better and/or more accurate to real life to have the Rudder Trimmer option checked? Would that help in this particular situation?

[Looney]

Bank a little bit?

[AlphaOneSix]

The yaw channel only attempts to keep the nose pointed in the same direction it was pointed when your feet left the pedals. It doesn't care at all about sideslip, just the direction the nose is pointed.