On Friday 30 November 2007 13:43:04 Brian Keener wrote: > Hal V. Engel wrote: > > This is correct. All single engine prop planes will have some torque > > affect. The more powerful the engine the more pronounced this will be. > > Also cross winds can make this much more difficult as well. > > Heh, I might understand this stuff yet. That would explain why the C310 > is easier for me. > > > It sounds to me like there are issues with your controller(s). What > > little flying I have done with the C172 model it has proven to be fairly > > easy to trim and it is also docile both in the air and on the ground. > > Well as I say I have wondered on the controller too. Not to get in a > comparison war or bring up a dirty word. But I tried the controller in MS > Flight Sim 98 using the same controller and a C172R and still at KSFO at > dawn and told it light winds. Seemed much easier on the take off roll to > control although I did still need some rudder as all say I would. Handling > in the air (I didn't have my cheat sheet) was still a little tough (since I > wasn't trimming w/o my cheat sheet) but manageable and not as tough as > FlightGear. Don't get me wrong here - I love my Flightgear - I'm just > trying to draw a comparison on flight models and get some feel for what is > shaky on the controller.
This still tells me that something is up. The C172 should be farily easy to fly even for a noob pilot at least once you are in the air. Once in the air you should be able to trim it up and then let go of the stick and only have it wonder gradually from it's current flight path. Once trimmed you should be able to hold it on a given flight path by touching the stick every 10 to 15 seconds to make very minor corrections. If you can't do that then either there is something wrong with your trimming techneque or there is something wrong with your stick (or both). > > This is Saitek Cyborg EVO Force - could it be the force part since > Flightgear doesn't support force and MS does causing issues - or does > FlightGear support force??? There was a research project that published a paper about a force feed back module that they created for FG. The paper is available on the net. But I don't think this has been integrated into the main developement line. To find the paper google "Back of the Envelope" FlightGear "University of Naples". You will find a 4 page paper from the JSBSim news letter dated April 2006. > > Thanks for the flying help. > > bk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
