Im not understanding the trim in AHII.
Here I take a plane up and trim it at a set power setting for a given altitude, trim the ball center, trim aileron (I still dont Know WHY), and trim elevator. Then do some turns and bring the airplane back to the same airspeed and altitude, then plane should be trimmed but its not, I still have to trim the plane. The plane should already be trimmed, for the airspeed and altitude.
The plane should show some right rudder trim and some nose down trim, and nuetral aileron trim, for a single engine airplane in straight and level unaccelerated flight. But all the trims are centered, except the airleron trim, it shows right airleron, I guess this is for Torque (wrong). This I dont understand. If you think you trim in aileron because of torque this is wrong, you use rudder to counter torque.
So show me some written documents that prove me wrong about the torque. You guys know I have P-51 time and you dont counter torque with aileron. And please dont show me a picture of a helicopter again theres a big difference when you have a 80 ft. rotor span compared to a 11 ft prop disks, when talking about torque. You ought to know the diference between the way a helicopters flys compared to an airplane. Its like day and night, if you think its the same, start reading some more.
I have a lot of airplane sims, and why is this the only sim that uses aileron trim the way it does. When you trim the ailerons in a real airplane its because of a possible fuel embalance, or have a bomb still hanging on one side, or trim because in a multi-engine airplane you lost one engine. Trim the dead engine into the good one about five degrees up.
With the autopilot set for best climb, the elavator trim, it shows full up. Theres no trim left. In a real plane, you trim for a climb and theres a lot of trim wheel left. You should also see right rudder being used, with nuetral aileron. This I dont understand.
When my dad and brother were flying AHII over Thanksgiving, they couldnt stop laughing and picking the sim apart, because they never had to trim so much in there life, just to keep the plane flying true. Although they were impressed with the planes skins and terrain.
My dad said if a fighter pilot had to trim so much as in AHII, he would not have time to line up someone to shoot at. Trimming an airplane in 3D and having to use throttle, stick and rudder constantly in combat good luck. Its to busy, just point the plane and shoot.
He said trim for cruise and use the stick and rudder pedals, and some elavator trim if needed and leave the airlerons in nuetral trim. Thats all you need to do.
My dads A retired General USAF
36 mission in Korea (P-51, F-86)
112 missions over N. Vietnam (F-105, F-111)
Later Straiga
