Having problems trimming planes (mainly nose trim)

[fruitbat]

Hurricane, its the bottom right dial on the main panel, and its the needle that points vertical. Vertical is no slip, left and right= slip.

Corsair, its in the centre bottom of the main panel, and its a ball in a tube which is curved like a smile, ball in centre = no slip.

With a well trimmed plane, you will fly a faster, and actually don't need as high power settings, as if you are not trimmed.

you can also use your climb indicators to check you are trimmed out level as well.

You can actually practise flying a plane with just trim, if you go in the qmb, with no enemy, its possible to turn and climb and descend just with elevator and rudder trim, without even having to use your stick.

As a minor clarification, a slip is when the nose points one way (let's say to the right) while the direction of travel is the other (this would then be to the left), simply described as too little rudder (usually while banking/turning). A skid is the opposite situation where the nose leads the direction of travel ,simply described as too much rudder.

Slips (cross-controlling ... say, left aileron and right rudder) are a good way too reduce speed or steepen descents.

And that is how the SLIP/SKID indicator was born ...

Simply a parenthetical post.

[MaxGunz]

You can be in slip when flying straight.

The wash from the prop spirals around the plane and strikes the rudder which changes with speed and power settings. Unadjusted, it will tilt your wings and put you in slip. Use rudder (foot or trim) to fix it, leave the ailerons alone unless you -have- to trim them. Rudder alone should do.

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A lot of new to not so new players have a hard time catching up to the AI on missions. Simple reason is that when they take off, flaps and gear up and get to 220-240 they put their nose up to follow the last AI who was climbing before you took off.

That puts your nose high at low speed, you will be forever getting anywhere.

Put your nose down, stay level (watch the VSI if need) and build up 320kph (200 mph) before you begin your climb. It takes no time compared to the other way. Climb shallow till you get to 360kph and then climb as you need to keep that speed. Once you are co-alt with your flight, try not to flash past them.

[MaxGunz]

And if you have a spare hat on your stick, set elevator trim keys to hat up-down and rudder trim to hat left-right. Then if you are holding forward stick, trim nose down with the hat even as you ease back on the stick while maintaining your path.