chaos Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Haven't "flown" the F-4 in a couple of months now and decided to revisit this excellent module... Would it be possible to adjust the trim speed to a lower setting? A tap on the trim switch results in a rather large control surface deflection hence I can never find a "perfect" (pitch-) trim setting. It often under- or over-shoots. Thanks "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..."
Solution Zabuzard Posted 3 hours ago Solution Posted 3 hours ago (edited) The trimming behavior is implemented correct with respect to real life behavior of the aircraft. You gotta do very short taps, it was known to be wonky. The response by aircrew usually was to "just fly the aircraft". That said, there is a Special Setting available to counter this especially for people who have hardware that physically cannot send super short impulses. Like, for some joystick even if u you click something only for a very short amount of time, the actual impulse send by the hardware to the system is much longer. I believe it was this setting: https://f4.manuals.heatblur.se/dcs/special_options.html#stick-neutral-position-smoothing-period (Trimming in the F-4 acts as a modifier of the lever that the bellows use to pull the stick aft as opposing force to the bobweights who push the stick forward, and is hence heavily dynamic and dependent on factors like speed and G) Edited 3 hours ago by Zabuzard
chaos Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago Thanks for the reply. I've adjusted the values downward (they were actually set at a default of 2% and 3,5%) and it does lessen the effect of bumping the pitch trim switch. Thanks for the back-story as well. Very interesting to read! 1 "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage..."
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