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Originally Posted by fruitbat
I have always found that trimming planes at high power settings is much harder than at cruise settings. in my experience, most planes will trim out pretty nice at lower power settings (pitch and power)....
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This is obviously something else I need to learn. Did I say I'm not particularly good at the game.
Whatever plane I fly (currently I'm in careers with the Hurricane in Singapore/Battle of Britain mod and the F4 Corsair in the Pacific) I stick the pitch at 100% and power at 100%, and I can only just about keep up with my AI flight team.
Oddly I've done OK up until now, I wasn't too bothered about trim, but it's becoming a pain in the proverbial (arm and wrist mostly) to keep the plane on a sort of level flight and keep on correcting it with the joystick, I'm just looking for an easier time of it when not in combat.
Are there any recommended pitch/power settings for each plane?
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Originally Posted by MaxGunz
Slip is when your plane is not pointing where it's going side-to-side. It's what the smiley curve with the ball in it tells you you have, though in a Spit it's a needle down on the lower right of the instrument panel.
Slip makes drag, it slows you down. If you're in slip when you stall, you spin. Slip will throw your shots off to one side.
You fix slip with rudder, hence the term "step on the ball".
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Hmm I think I get what you mean, you're going forward but also sideways. But once I'm off the ground and en-route to target I don't generally use a lot of rudder, if any. Any idea where that particular dial is on the Corsair/Hurricane?