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Old November 17th 06, 01:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Ron Webb
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Default Attn Spam Can drivers: Need MS FlightSim reality check...

Awww for crying out loud! The guy asks a simple question, and you either
confuse him with excess detail, or act like it's a stupid question, just
because YOU know the answer! Not very friendly!

Just to answer the question directly:

Your instructor is correct. Control altitude with throttle, and airspeed
with pitch. It sounds backwards, but that's what they teach. If you were to
take a Private Pilot ground school class tomorrow, they would have said that
in so many words before the end of the first week.

Of course, nothing is ever that easy in the real world, but you have to
start somewhere.



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wright1902glider spewed this unto the Network:
If anyone out there will admit to driving a C-172, I have a question.
In MS FlightSim 2003, Rod the VR flight instructor tells me that I
should be controlling my altitude with the throtle, and my airspeed
with the elevator? Does that make sense?


Others have already answered this question.

In Microsoftland, I've got to constantly play with the throtle to hold
a consistant altitude. I don't recall ever seeing a pilot do that in
any plane I've ever flown in, but I could be wrong. Opinions?


Real pilots of aircraft that have elevator trim (such as the C-172)
tend to use it. In fact, if Rod's VR instruction was anything like
real flight instruction, he'd scold you for not "trimming out" the
aircraft. You should be able to completely let go of the controls
and have the aircraft stay at the same altitude. You should assign
two buttons on your joystick to operate the elevator trim.

In a real aircraft, the yoke will actually stay in the same position
when the aircraft is "trimmed out" (hence the references you'll hear to
"trimming away the pressure"), but in the simulator you'll have to
settle for the nose staying where you want it when the joystick is
centered.