'A Very enjoyable Sunday afternoon's flying'

[Meusli]

Originally Posted by That_guy

I would like to fly straight for once instead of holding the joystick becuase the plane always rolls to the right.How did you stop this? I turned off auto rudder which helped a bit but Im still getting the problem.

You need to trim your aircraft, I think all have elevator trim some have rudder trim and aileron trim. you can doe this by mouse control in the cockpit I think or assign the keys to a joystick or keyboard.

[bongodriver]

Just be aware you will need to retrim every time you make a change in power or airspeed

[dflion]

As pointed out very well by 'bongodriver', these WWII aircraft develop a lot of torque and have a tendancy to roll, to the left or right depending on propellor rotating direction. This has been simulated very well by Oleg and Ilya.

I have mapped the autopilot in the controls 'A' and even in the quick flights you can set this control and let the aircraft fly itself, taking in the view. The other important control map is setting up your mouse to give you a view in any direction, inside or outside the cockpit, depending on where you move your mouse - 'toggle F10'. To go back to the 'clickable cockpit' you must turn 'F10' off. Setting up your 'elevator trim' ( up and down)control is another essential when flying any aircraft in the flight sim. I have set up the two trim buttons on top of my Sidewinder joystick, top 'trim down' bottom 'trim up'.

Hope this helps you 'That_guy' have a more enjoyable familiarization flight with each aircraft, before you get into the more serious stuff.

DFLion

[Skoshi Tiger]

My Sunday jaunt involed doing the Cross Country quick mission in a Tiger Moth. Once I'd mapped the compas heading to a hat on my joystick navigation was fairly easy once on track. I flew down the to the coast around South Hampton, followed the coast past Briton and Eastbourne and up to Beachy Head.

From there (Irresponsible I know considering that theres a war on and all) made the trip accross to Le Crotoy and then inland to an airstrip for crossonts and a cup of coffee for morning tea.

The water crossing is quite extend being about 45 minutes at 80Mph so I let the guy in the front seat ( auto pilot ?) fly for most of this leg.

Later I tried to tell my wife about my adventure and she just shook her head and ignored me for the rest of the day!

Cheers!

[scissorss]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Later I tried to tell my wife about my adventure and she just shook her head and ignored me for the rest of the day!

Cheers!

Ha! I just got the same response from my wife after telling her how exciting my last mission was and how I managed to make it home and land safely with part of my left wing missing! "Oh that's nice honey, now could you move? Your blocking my show."

[robtek]

Ahh, the griefs of us armchair pilots.

Usually soon after that i hear: couldn't you spend your time with something useful? The lawn has to be mown..........

[Fusek]

Originally Posted by robtek

Ahh, the griefs of us armchair pilots.

Usually soon after that i hear: couldn't you spend your time with something useful? The lawn has to be mown..........

I make my point by letting her show how I lawn-dart all my planes in the game