TheHighwayman Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 When I fly my F-5, it pitches up for nothing. I expect the nose to pitch a little with full throttle, but even when I am cruising, the nose wants to pitch up. I constantly have to apply forward pressure on the stick, and if I kick on the afterburner, I have to push the stick almost full forward to remain level. It's a lot of work. I don't have this issue with my other modules, and I have checked my keymap and axis tune. I even set a little dead zone so when the stick is neutral, it doesn't send any input. Is this a known bug, or quirk of the aircraft? Am I missing something? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svend_Dellepude Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Did you try to trim? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64, Asus Maximus VIII Formula, i5 6600K, Geforce 980 GTX Ti, 32 GB Ram, Samsung EVO SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHighwayman Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yes, I think so. However it didn't do anything. Perhaps I am trimming the wrong item? Can you tell me what item you trim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulhu68 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 You need to trim nose down a lot. Most planes you trim up or down maybe 4 or 5 "clicks". With F5 hold it down for a few seconds until you feel it nosing down. I also throttle down to 90%. These things probably aren't standard procedure but allow you to casually fly level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodak Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 There's a dial indicator, upper left side, kind of hidden a bit by the hood and sight controller. It indicates trim for your rear stabs, that should solve your woes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulhu68 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thanks for pointing that out Nodak. I would've never found it. No wonder. +8 degrees! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHighwayman Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thank you guys, I'll try that solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHighwayman Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 IT WORKED PERFECTLY! Elevator Trimmer Switch Climb and Descend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert31178 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Standard procedure is to set trim before take off. From start up the plane starts at zero. You should be +5-7 for a normal full fuel/sidewinder loadout, +7-9 for centerline bomb/rocket pods/sidewinders/full fuel. Landing clean you would be pretty far up in trim too, like +7-ish for a near empty jet landing around 160 kia. ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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