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imwithdummy has Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sep 1, 2020 @ 4:22pm

Why am I fighting my trim for control of my plane?

I point the nose down, the trim adjusts to pull me up. I pull up, the trim tries to adjust me downward.
I want to go from 2k feet to 1k, and I have to fricking fight the trim all the way down, adjusting back into position with one hand as I push the plane down with the other.
This is a constant battle I'm tired of fighting...can you make it so that the trim doesn't do ANYTHING by itself except for when you tell it to? Good lord man...

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Originally posted by Razamanaz:

I'm going with the stuck button on this one. I had the same problem before with another joystick and went to re-calibrate it in windows. That's when I saw one of my buttons was stuck on.

Go to your windows Run Dialogue and enter joy.cpl to check your stick and calibration.

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Biggles

Sep 1, 2020 @ 4:23pm

you doing it all wrong.... use throttle to lose height, not pitch.

svennoj

Sep 1, 2020 @ 4:24pm

Are you sure the auto pilot is completely off? Altitude hold will cause that to happen.

imwithdummy has Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:11pm

Originally posted by svennoj:
Are you sure the auto pilot is completely off? Altitude hold will cause that to happen.

Well I haven't turned it on...I don't think lol
I generally start a flight in mid-air...I'm just a looky-loo that likes cruising at about 1500 feet. But it happens right off the bat. The game loads in, I press "ready to fly" and generally switch to "outside view" immediately. And there's my trim pushed all the way down, ready to point me straight up into the sky.
Maybe I could just press the altitude hold...didn't even think of that.

Ricky Bobby has Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:11pm

Turn off yer autopilot. I think thats what u r fighting.

FubyDoo

Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:21pm

Originally posted by imwithdummy:
Well I haven't turned it on...I don't think lol

Not to be rude.. but that may be most of your problem.. check your settings.. see whats on or off to help or make life harder.. less power you float down.. more power you go up... trim is just umm to trim..:)

imwithdummy has Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:45pm

Originally posted by FubyDoo:
Originally posted by imwithdummy:
Well I haven't turned it on...I don't think lol

Not to be rude.. but that may be most of your problem.. check your settings.. see whats on or off to help or make life harder.. less power you float down.. more power you go up... trim is just umm to trim..:)

Well I know what trim is for...I know how to use it so that I don't have to fight the joystick...I just didn't think that it would be the CAUSE of my having to fight the joystick.
And I'm not sure why autopilot would be engaged right off the bat...does that happen? Even if it does, would that explain why my trim is pushed all the way down when I enter the game?

Here's the thing. If I just start the game and don't touch the joystick? My plane will immediately start doing loops. Autopilot or not, you'd think that shouldn't be the case.

Btw, why on earth would it be rude for you to give me the help that I'm here seeking? Lol I didn't think that was rude at all.

Malkuth

Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:47pm

You had to turn it on. The only things that can adjust trim are player (make sure your assigned button is not stuck?) or the autopilot.

The auto pilot will kill you if you try to control the plane while it’s engaged.

I know you said it’s not. Put it sounds like it is.

I don’t know about other planes but the TBM has a toggle (called auto trim). you can shut off for auto pilot adjusting trim. But does no good if your not flying TBM.

Last edited by Malkuth; Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:49pm

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Razamanaz

Sep 1, 2020 @ 5:56pm

Sandhill

Sep 1, 2020 @ 6:09pm

Sounds like you have your trim bound to a key or axis that it should not be bound to. Look and report back.
On the runway, idling, before take off, after entering the plane clicking the Fly button, look at where your trim is set. Report back.

FubyDoo

Sep 1, 2020 @ 6:11pm

Originally posted by imwithdummy:

Here's the thing. If I just start the game and don't touch the joystick? My plane will immediately start doing loops. Autopilot or not, you'd think that shouldn't be the case.

Btw, why on earth would it be rude for you to give me the help that I'm here seeking? Lol I didn't think that was rude at all.

If you are starting the game with this issue..it sounds like your Co-Pilot is doing the flying .. or yes, a button is stuck..

But I don't really assume you meant what you wrote... name the planes that this does it in? and like someone already mentioned.. maybe a button is stuck or you have a conflict with some other controller connected... just for a test.. set assistance to EASY.. and see what happens.. then set to HARD..

on the "not meant to be rude" part.. I am so use to people hating suggestions they "ask for" and go off on the people that try to help.. just a thing..:)

Last edited by FubyDoo; Sep 1, 2020 @ 6:12pm

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ZombieHunter has Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sep 1, 2020 @ 6:38pm

Trim will not auto adjust itself outside of autopilot.

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imwithdummy has Microsoft Flight Simulator

Sep 1, 2020 @ 6:53pm

Originally posted by Razamanaz:
I'm going with the stuck button on this one. I had the same problem before with another joystick and went to re-calibrate it in windows. That's when I saw one of my buttons was stuck on.

Go to your windows Run Dialogue and enter joy.cpl to check your stick and calibration.

Lol I think it was this...I ran my hand over my keyboard a couple times, jimmied the joystick some...and starting the sim here, its fine...started off level and staying level. Thanks man...and thanks for the windows shortcut there, I'd no idea.

Originally posted by Sandhill:
Sounds like you have your trim bound to a key or axis that it should not be bound to. Look and report back.
On the runway, idling, before take off, after entering the plane clicking the Fly button, look at where your trim is set. Report back.

It just went away Mr Sandhill...I think it was probably something stuck...which...yeah wish that'd have occurred to me =P

Originally posted by FubyDoo:
on the "not meant to be rude" part.. I am so use to people hating suggestions they "ask for" and go off on the people that try to help.. just a thing..:)

How ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DARE you...lol I get it Fuby, thanks for the advice here it looks like I got it.

Just an aside...I've had more crashes than ever lately, its been frustrating as hell...have probably spent more time loading the game than actually playing it. Just checked device manager for fun...I hadn't properly set my RAM stick a couple days back when I pulled it...have been operating on 8 gigs instead of 16 this whole time. I am NOT the sharpest tool here....and goddang I feel sorry for any poor bastard that has to play with only 8 gigs...holy hell.

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