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Question. when trimming my plane on the elevator axis, the stick doesnt move like in any other warbird. The trim tab should move and that should have an effect on the stick depending on the airspeed. right now the trim acts directly on the control surface. this is wrong

 

Is this a bug ?

A missing feature ?

 

thanks

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I don’t think it’s implemented yet.  I’m with the AB9 base and don’t have the trim working like that either.  Also, the stick shakes much too much in small G maneuvers not close to stall.  It’s better than nothing and I’m happy there’s this initial implementation to play with for now.  

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I'm not sure if this was already noted elsewhere, but I noticed that the position of the visual stick in the cockpit doesn't change in relation to trim either.     

 

5 hours ago, peachmonkey said:

My Rhino FFB doesn't move when I trim in fw190a8, fw190D9, K4, P47, and Mosquito. Why is it supposed to move in F4U?

The stick position should change based on the trim on all of those.  In real life, the stick cannot remain in the center, because that means the control surface is also "centered". If the control surface were to remain centered all the time, it could only fly one speed without increasing or decreasing in altitude.  The faster the plane goes, the more lift it makes, requiring forward stick pressure to maintain altitude at the new higher speed (and vice-versa).   In real life, trim is used to relieve those pressures, so the stick can stay in that new position without you having to push to keep it in the required position. 

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9 hours ago, Cgjunk2 said:

I'm not sure if this was already noted elsewhere, but I noticed that the position of the visual stick in the cockpit doesn't change in relation to trim either.     

 

The stick position should change based on the trim on all of those.  In real life, the stick cannot remain in the center, because that means the control surface is also "centered". If the control surface were to remain centered all the time, it could only fly one speed without increasing or decreasing in altitude.  The faster the plane goes, the more lift it makes, requiring forward stick pressure to maintain altitude at the new higher speed (and vice-versa).   In real life, trim is used to relieve those pressures, so the stick can stay in that new position without you having to push to keep it in the required position. 

I get what you're saying, I'm not an expert, however doesn't P47 has special trim tabs that are controlled by the trim wheel? I.e. when trimming you're not moving the main control surface but a tiny little 'tabs' on them. Do these trim tabs exert pressure on the main surface and cause it to deflect (therefore moving the stick in the cockpit), or do the tabs simply change the airflow just enough to affect the aerodynamics of the plane therefore changing its attitude/aoa/etc. ?

In case of K4 and fw190s the elevator trim is done by moving the whole stabilizer (not just the elevator surface), so again, I'm not sure how that'll affect the stick position in the cockpit, somehow it tells me that it won't... 

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