gremlins porking my elevator trim

[No.64_Gromic]

Hi gents,

 

I'm having strange issues with trim on the mustang. I have elevator trim mapped to a rotary knob on an X45 and, if for example, I trim down then the aircraft banks to starboard and vice versa. Weirdly enough, using external views, I can confirm the elevator trim tab moving in the correct direction as it should. In cockpit the trim wheel also moves like it should in the proper direction.

 

FM wise though, it's as if I had engaged aileron instead of elevator trim. Even my MS FFB2 stick starts leaning to left or right depending on the direction on trim. Looks like I'll have to have a word with the mechanics in the hanger 'cause someone needs to pull out the gremlins fiddeling with my control lines. :joystick:

 

Is this a bug I'm not aware of? A quick forum search doesn't show anything.

 

Naturally, I'm using the latest DCSW patch.

 

Cheers,

 

Gromic

 

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[PitbullVicious]

This seems to be an old post, but I'm having similar issues with my MS SWII FFB stick in Open Beta 1.5 (these problems MIGHT have existed in earlier version also. I haven't flown the P-51D much until recently).

 

I'm using the MS SW II joystick hat for aileron and elevator trim. However, setting the nose up and down trims in the setting to hat switch backward and forward respectively seems to affect the aileron trim (plane banking to right or left with the joystick offsetting from the centre in logical manner in respect to the aileron trim).

 

Binding the hat left and right to hat switch left and right seems in turn affect the pitch trim.

 

I have no recollection if the trims in the cockpit model move correctly or not, nor have I checked how the tabs actually move in the aeroplane model. I will verify these once I get home and update this thread.

 

Of course the work around is simple, just binding the pitch trim to POV hat left / right and the aileron trim to POV hat frwd / bckwrd, but if somebody at ED / FC has time to look at this.

 

- PitbullVicious

[PitbullVicious]

I could also verify this: "Weirdly enough, using external views, I can confirm the elevator trim tab moving in the correct direction as it should. In cockpit the trim wheel also moves like it should in the proper direction."

 

I.e. the plane 3D model seems to act according to the trim binds, but the FM actually acts as if pitch and roll trim have been exchanged.

 

I'm also using a MS SWII FFB joystick (with the Warthog throttle), so maybe that is the root of the problem. I'll try with another stick. I think in at least MiG-15bis the trim works correctly with the FFB joystick.

 

- PitbullVicious

[OnlyforDCS]

Hello Pittbull. I too am using the FFB2 and this is a setup issue, which should not be a problem to solve.

 

You need to check the "swap axis" setting if you are experiencing this problem while using this joystick. The setting is found under the force feedback effects tab in your control options if I remember correctly.

 

Once you have done this you might need to restart DCS and that should solve your problems.

[PitbullVicious]

OnlyforDCS,

 

That worked indeed. Thank you!