bf-109 flight characteristics

[macphail]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Suggest you set trim to a rotary wheel if you have one. It can be very uncontrolable with keys.

how many bloody joysticks do i need? only have a few axis, i need most of them to fly, the extra one for throttle.

i seem to have the elevator trim under control, but its still rolling to starboard pretty bad. im not sure if thats rudder or aerilon. anyway, some improvement.

new stick is nice!

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by macphail

how many bloody joysticks do i need? only have a few axis, i need most of them to fly, the extra one for throttle.

i seem to have the elevator trim under control, but its still rolling to starboard pretty bad. im not sure if thats rudder or aerilon. anyway, some improvement.

new stick is nice!

Hehe That roll never goes away. Its the torque of the engine. If you want to be a 109 pilot you have to get used to flying with the stick on a bit of a tilt...

[macphail]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Hehe That roll never goes away. Its the torque of the engine. If you want to be a 109 pilot you have to get used to flying with the stick on a bit of a tilt...

sure, i quite expected that, and to be honest, i was quite shocked and surprised when i hit the key for full left trim, and i could actually feel it. it made no sense, but, there it is.

[SDDrew]

If your having trouble trimming the plane, try trimming the plane in this order:
1. Pitch- for either level, climb or decent
2. Power- Set ur power for the configurations I said before. (Level, Climb, Decent)
3. Trim- Now trim for "Hands-Off" flying. Since these are WWII planes u will not be able to fly hands-off for long, but at least you will know your not fighting the plane.

[TomcatViP]

There is an indicator for the elevator with number tht give you an indication of wht trim you hve applied. Generally, you fight the engine torque with the rudder. You hve to use your right foot and keep it on the pedal for your entire flight. After a bit of use, it became a second nature.

Flying at med altitude straight and level at 400kph engine at 2100RPM and 1.2 ata boost your plane shld be nearly perfectly trimmed (with the help of down elevator trim). It's easy to rember : all needles at a 12hr position.

I hope you will not give up easily. Plane Simulation are really enjoyable once you get pass the learning phase.

~S!