Mark Hansen wrote:
On 01/16/2006 12:10 PM, Denny wrote:

This is an old thread I stumbled across... Wanted to mention ASA's, ON
TOP, IFR proficiency simulator... I also have FS2004Pro, but I prefer
the instrument panel that ON TOP has...
Besides, this is IFR practice, why are we rating sims on how realistic
the scenery is?

Anyway, I fly IFR in an old Apache, which is not on either sim, so I
simply dial up a Bonanza or a Baron and use that... And I do not have a
yoke, just use a joy stick... I do not notice the differences when
getting in the real airplane... My reflexes are geared to accomodate
the cockpit I'm in at themoment... It is procedures that need
repetition, not power settings, joy stick versus yoke, etc...

cheers ... denny


The problem I have with the simulators (I use MS FS 2004) is that
the yoke doesn't really represent the trimmed-out speed of the airplane
(in that if you let go of the yoke/stick, the airplane will do what it
is trimmed to do).

As a result, I spend a lot of time getting the trim set to the point
where the attitude will remain relatively constant. This can be really
irritating when changing configuration (like when entering a holding
pattern after cruise flight).

I wonder if there is a way to tell the simulator to manage the trim
a little better? I've looked some ... need to look more.


It's been a while since I've used my copy of On Top but there is a
feature called 'auto trim' that I map to one of the buttons on the
joystick. (That's the way I remember it, anyway.) I put the nose where
I want it, press the button, and it's trimmed. Let's me focus on the
things that I need to practice.

Tom