FLIGHT TRIM

[BBP]

I have the Flight Trim hooked up for the Pitch and it works very well when needed. I never thought I would use it on the Ailerons so I never hooked it up. But now lately I'm seeing where it would come in handy on some situations.
Its pretty obvious when to use it on the Pitch because you can see the deck coming up to slap you in the face. And its used sparingly on occasion. But could anyone describe some instances they would use it on the Ailerons? Surely it can save you from a wide turn that you might hit a building? Any suggestions on the subject would be appreciated about its use!

Thanks
Kimosabe

[cav58d]

Auto combat trim should be more then sufficient in managing aileron trim.  The only situations where you might want to manually make some inputs might be single engine in a twin, or your missing parts of a wing.

[FESS67]

Missing a wing tip 100% it pays for itself.  You can trim the plane to fly home.

[FLS]

Trim is basically used so you can fly straight and level with your hand off the stick.

Trim is also useful when high speed makes the stick unresponsive.

[Dobs]

Kimo--
The "auto pilot" feature of the game makes aileron trim not needed for the most part....toss in a quick "combat trim" toggle to on and then off again....and when you aircraft is intact its not really needed (unless you are a purist and don't ever use auto pilot or combat trim:)  )

But as pointed out, when you have damage that results in a rolling moment (missing wing, split flap, etc...), it makes it a whole lot easier to fly home when you can trim some of the control forces out.

[hitech]

Hmm reading this thread gave me a new idea, axis selection on combat trim.

HiTech

[Wiley]

Hmm reading this thread gave me a new idea, axis selection on combat trim.

HiTech

+1

Wiley.

[morfiend]

Hmm reading this thread gave me a new idea, axis selection on combat trim.

HiTech

  Yes plz!!!!! If you could set CT to ignore the elevator/pitch axis I could see great benefits to many A/C!



   

[Drano]

Yeah my MO with CT is something like, toggle on/toggle off/adjust elevator trim as needed. Repeat that cycle as needed if things get too far out of whack.


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[Wiley]

I'm just thinking how great that would be for flaps-heavy aircraft.  Very curious to try it.

Wiley.

[RichardDarkwood]

trimming the aircraft makes all the difference

[Oldman731]

trimming the aircraft makes all the difference

Yikes!  Look who's back!  Dude!

- oldman

[RichardDarkwood]

is it a bad thing?

[Traveler]

But could anyone describe some instances they would use it on the Ailerons? Surely it can save you from a wide turn that you might hit a building? Any suggestions on the subject would be appreciated about its use!

Thanks
Kimosabe

Well in real life, the aircraft might have a fuel imbalance and one wing heavier than the other, also just  a mis-rigged aileron and of course battle damage. 

[Puma44]

I'm just thinking how great that would be for flaps-heavy aircraft.  Very curious to try it.

Wiley.

Wiley, what do you mean by "flaps-heavy aircraft"?  Just curious.  Haven't heard the terminology.