Is trim reset the same as Trim T/O?

[JayPee]

Is the non-real trim reset function the same as holding the Trim T/O button until all surfaces are reset?

[Hansolo]

My experience is that trim reset will reset all trim surfaces (like T/O trim) but it does is slowely. When pressing T/O Trim it restes the surfaces very quickly. With T/O Trim you can check whether your yaw trim is in center position. If Yaw trim is not in center position then T/O Trim will not light up. By pressing T/O trim and rotate the yaw trim you can find the center position. Maybe only an issue if you are running real potentiometer for yaw trim.

 

cheers

Hans

[JayPee]

I noticed what you found as well, that when holding down the trim reset button the surfaces gradually move back into position. However, I also noticed that after having quite some trim applied, holding down the Trim T/O button also takes a while before the confirmation light is lit. This would indicate that both functions slowly return the surfaces to their default position instead of one instantly and that there is no real difference between them?

 

Anyway, thinking about this is kinda leading to a 2nd question, as the real A-10C does not have a trim reset function but only the Trim T/O button, do pilots use this Trim T/O funtion in flight to re-centre all surfaces?

Edited August 24, 2013 by JayPee

[-MadCat-]

If you think about it, you most likely won't find a single situation in flight where you'd want to immediately get the plane to take off trim (at least I cannot imagine one).

Adjust trim from where you are, going to T/O and adjust again from there is nothing but a detour.

Adjustments should be small and frequent anyway.

 

If you suddenly have to trim from left aileron down all the way to full right aileron down, you should have a look to the left first if it's worth to waste time trimming instead of getting the hell out of the sinking ship :music_whistling:

 

Greetings

MadCat

[JayPee]

Thanks MadCat, that would justify an actual trim reset function being absent in the real a/c. However, this still leaves me wonder what the difference between trim reset is, and why it is implemented anyway when Trim T/O does the same?

[-MadCat-]

None of the aircrafts released so far does have a trim reset (let alone the T/O in A-10).

Yet it is implemented by ED for, what I'd say, user friendlyness (just like control position indicator).

I personally don't have a need for either while flying.

 

Greetings

MadCat

[JayPee]

For those interested, conclusion drawn in a similar topic:

 

The trim reset cheat is likely to be a general game function of World to aid control with limited hardware.

 

The actual Trim T/O button happens to have the same effect and is part of the real A10. So should you need to reset trim, you should use the Trim T/O as that is the only option an actual pilot has.

 

Take note that both do the same: gradually resetting the control surfaces to centre position when holding the function down.

[HugePanic]

I think the ka-50 does not have a trimm reset button in the cockpit.

But you really need a button like that, while you learn how to fly the shark.

So they needed to model that switch, and never removed it....

[JayPee]

I think the ka-50 does not have a trimm reset button in the cockpit.

But you really need a button like that, while you learn how to fly the shark.

So they needed to model that switch, and never removed it....

Which is more or less what was concluded in that other topic. ;) Edited August 27, 2013 by JayPee