Please help me Level out the hornet I can't get her to fly level.

[SoryuDragon]

This whole post reminds me of the post periodic test flight.

 

 

I used to rig the Flight Controls and make it as straight as I can.

The Test Pilot said they test to see how straight it is by flying at a certain alt, certain AOA (level flight), certain speed and let go of the stick.

The jet should naturally roll, the time it take to start rolling determines how "straight" Flt Ctrls are. If it rolls too fast (I believe under 2 min) we had to re-rig the Flt Ctrls.

My personal best was 4.5 mins before it started to roll. We're talking over 20year old jet.

[fitness88]

I never had a problem with trim until I started using the trim.

[maquez]

I never had a problem with trim until I started using the trim.

 

the plane does fly horrible if not correct trimed before take off :smilewink:

 

little advice,

never ever trim plane in air with the T/O Trim Button (Take Off Trim Button) !!!

Edited June 5, 2018 by maquez

[Svsmokey]

Mine has a hard right roll immediately after takeoff, have to add lots of left aileron trim once I get her cleaned up in the air. All controllers (full CH setup) are calibrated, no wind factor, not sure if it's something I'm doing incorrectly or if something else is causing this.

 

I had this same problem with the CH pedals . I now cycle them at the briefing screen-problem solved . Can do in-flight as well if you forget :)

[ChasingNeedles]

I can not for the life of me get this bird to fly level, I'll have it all set up passing by the carrier at 375 at 800 feet, and i'll look away for a second and its 890 I'll fix it look back and its 720.

 

makes it so god damn hard to hit my numbers @ the 180 and the 90 let alone the frikken 45

 

what on earth am I doing wrong? I also can not get the trim on this thing to respond to anything. it literally does not work. I tried what other people said about clicking the trim once and then holding it the second time. It doesnt work man I swear.

 

i'm using a thurstmaster T16000M FCS is that helps troubleshoot my problem at all.

 

Just checked out the track you submitted. @8:00:07 you engaged the autothrottle, not sure if that

 

was intentional or not but maybe that's what's affecting you. :pilotfly:

[bigalsunit]

Regarding the OP, I know exactly what you are talking about. Always a minimal and slightly increasing nose down or nose up.

 

Try not touching the trim hat at all after takeoff. I mean not at all. Its difficult not to trim as it is an almost instinctual task, but just try. I may be wrong but after a few laps around the boat without a touch of the trim hat I have found the Hornet will maintain 1G much better. As soon as I touch the trim hat I start to get that slow gradual sink or climb and it refuses to hold the 1G as well as it previously did. I have also found that by not trimming in flight at all, the nose down pitching moment upon flap deployment is greatly reduced. Worth a shot I suppose.

Edited June 5, 2018 by bigalsunit

[t-stoff]

Still getting the hang of it and I struggle sometimes with some incontinence performance. I noticed that my throttles are one 97 and another 98 (on another note, full MIL should be 100? or 100 is full AB) I Have the HOTAS Warthog and I defined each throttle to the left and right, maybe that's the problem?

[DavidNDC]

I have the CH set, too and have not experienced that hard right you're trimming out for, I once knocked the physical trim on the CH stick and hadn't noticed to the point where I was trimming it out in-sim, so could be worth checking that.

 

Yup, that's exactly what it was. The physical trim on the stick got knocked every so slightly. Doh! :doh: Thanks for the tip!

[Growling Sidewinder]

Just checked out the track you submitted. @8:00:07 you engaged the autothrottle, not sure if that

 

was intentional or not but maybe that's what's affecting you. :pilotfly:

 

was having that problem prior to even learning how to engage the ATC. thanks for taking the time to check the trk file tho. much appreciated

 

Regarding the OP, I know exactly what you are talking about. Always a minimal and slightly increasing nose down or nose up.

 

Try not touching the trim hat at all after takeoff. I mean not at all. Its difficult not to trim as it is an almost instinctual task, but just try. I may be wrong but after a few laps around the boat without a touch of the trim hat I have found the Hornet will maintain 1G much better. As soon as I touch the trim hat I start to get that slow gradual sink or climb and it refuses to hold the 1G as well as it previously did. I have also found that by not trimming in flight at all, the nose down pitching moment upon flap deployment is greatly reduced. Worth a shot I suppose.

 

ya i tried that, i'm slowly getting the hang of it. shes a maneuverable bird which is nice but also seems to make it hard to keep her 100%. I think its just part of the flight model. getting kind of tired of always having to fight her to keep her nose down. I tried not touching the trim at all, and its the same issue. I have to activity concentrate to keep her level. especially for those deck landings.

[ouPhrontis]

Yup, that's exactly what it was. The physical trim on the stick got knocked every so slightly. Doh! :doh: Thanks for the tip!

 

Glad it's sorted, I had that moment when flying the 51 so initially I put it down to torque-effect/reaction and just trimmed it out in-sim... but something bothered me about it as I'd not recalled it being that much before... then noticed the trim wheel on the stick off-centre, oops.

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