F-5 pitching up

[TheHighwayman]

When I fly my F-5, it pitches up for nothing. I expect the nose to pitch a little with full throttle, but even when I am cruising, the nose wants to pitch up. I constantly have to apply forward pressure on the stick, and if I kick on the afterburner, I have to push the stick almost full forward to remain level. It's a lot of work.

 

I don't have this issue with my other modules, and I have checked my keymap and axis tune. I even set a little dead zone so when the stick is neutral, it doesn't send any input.

 

Is this a known bug, or quirk of the aircraft? Am I missing something?

 

Thanks!

[Svend_Dellepude]

Did you try to trim?

[TheHighwayman]

Yes, I think so.

 

However it didn't do anything. Perhaps I am trimming the wrong item?

 

Can you tell me what item you trim?

[cthulhu68]

You need to trim nose down a lot. Most planes you trim up or down maybe 4 or 5 "clicks". With F5 hold it down for a few seconds until you feel it nosing down. I also throttle down to 90%. These things probably aren't standard procedure but allow you to casually fly level.

[Nodak]

There's a dial indicator, upper left side, kind of hidden a bit by the hood and sight controller. It indicates trim for your rear stabs, that should solve your woes.

[cthulhu68]

Thanks for pointing that out Nodak. I would've never found it.

 

No wonder. +8 degrees!

[TheHighwayman]

Thank you guys, I'll try that solution.

[TheHighwayman]

IT WORKED PERFECTLY!

 

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[Robert31178]

Standard procedure is to set trim before take off. From start up the plane starts at zero. You should be +5-7 for a normal full fuel/sidewinder loadout, +7-9 for centerline bomb/rocket pods/sidewinders/full fuel. Landing clean you would be pretty far up in trim too, like +7-ish for a near empty jet landing around 160 kia.

 

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