Timmy74 0 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Hi Guys, How much elevator trim do you use for take off? I am finding of late that I must use at least -50 "nose down" trim to stop my Twotter from going vertical on take off!!?? I am sure it never needed this much before. Would this be correct? Cheers. Tim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 873 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Sounds wrong. Did You check Your loadout ? Normally I don´t touxh elevator trime or only set it slightly nose up. Rudder trim should be set to the T.O mark, though not doing so won´t hurt. Finn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy74 0 Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 Hello Finn, Thank you for your reply. I thought as much. So i will do a reinstall of the Twotter and see if that fixes my issue. I am not sure what you mean by "loadout"? But i have had the aircraft empty (except pilot and copilot), and with 33% fuel and she still needs -50 nose down trim.... Cheers. Tim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs Eric Bakker 736 Posted November 14, 2013 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted November 14, 2013 Hi Tim, Are you using FSX or P3D? Is it only with the Twin Otter that you have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy74 0 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hi Tim, Are you using FSX or P3D? Is it only with the Twin Otter that you have this problem? Hello Eric, I am using FSX only. Yes it is only the twotter that is doing this. I have re-installed her and am still getting this issue. Kind regards. Tim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayam47 0 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I do have the same issue. Using P3D, latest Twotter version. Regardless of using Saitek X52 (elevator trim assigned to Axis 5, different settings for sensitivity and null zone tried) or just the default "U" and "J" keys (assignment to X52 axis deleted) my twotter wants to be a rocket.. I had a similar issue with the Katana 4X but I could solve the issue there by using other settings for sensitivity and null zone on my X52. Any idea? Thanks. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 873 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I really have no idea on how to solve this. We have serveral beta tester running the Twin Otter in P3D with no issue. The Twin otter uses standard FSX settings for trim, both in the flight model files and in the coding. Be 100% sure that You use the default loadout. Unassign any axis that is assigned to elevator trim and use key presses instead. Only other solution would be to play with the line marked here in red, but it might jeopardize other things in the flight model and we cannot support such changes: [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] empty_weight = 6850 // 6850 = Seats Installed, 6500 = Freight max_gross_weight = 12500 empty_weight_pitch_moi = 18782 empty_weight_roll_moi = 12419 empty_weight_yaw_moi = 31388 empty_weight_coupled_moi = 1600 reference_datum_position = 0.000, 0.000, 0.000empty_weight_cg_position = -0.730, 0.000, 0.000 Try to make that value bigger like -0.830 and see what happens. Finn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayam47 0 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Hi Finn, thanks for your quick reply. Dont like the idea of playing around with the flight model settings. After some further tests I think that this is not really a twotter related issue. Although it was the only (non-default) plane affected in my hangar... After removing X52 from P3D completely and deinstalling Saitek's USB drivers, the default "Trim up" and "Trim down" buttons finally worked just fine. I think I'll need to check my USB configuration and/or try FSUIPC for the X52. Cheers, ayam47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy74 0 Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Thank you too Finn for your reply. I have done a few things but seem to not be able to rectify my issue. I know when I first got the Twotter I did not need to touch the trim much at all..... Oh well I guess I will just have to live with it. Kind regards. Tim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted November 18, 2013 Aerosoft Share Posted November 18, 2013 Try to calibrate your controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs Eric Bakker 736 Posted November 18, 2013 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted November 18, 2013 I have done a few things but seem to not be able to rectify my issue. I know when I first got the Twotter I did not need to touch the trim much at all..... Oh well I guess I will just have to live with it. Tim, For troubleshooting purposes, what happens when you disconnect your hardware controls? If that solves the problem, reconnect one by one and test each time. Besides driver updates and calibration of the controls, I would look for unexpected (automatic) assignments of buttons or axes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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