08-05-2005, 07:27 AM
I agree, we none of us started any good, it takes a lot of practice and experience to be able to haul the big iron across the sky safely, and
land no matter what the weather at the end. I for one still cannot get to grips with the helicopters, and nor can I fly 100% level without
Autopilot, but I really think that's partly to do with FS itself, as no matter how much I trim some planes they will not stay level. A real plane
has far more control over itself as it truly relies on air, so the trim wheel is truly analogue and can be set, like the throttle, to a fixed
position. Unfortuntely for us, trim and throttle, although they are said to be analogue, actually still use a digital means of control, An
analogue joystick/yoke still only sends a series of 1's and 0's to the computer. Maybe if in the next version MS program it so that instead
of an aircraft following "this is how it flies under this set of circumstances" so that the fde gives up when you do something it doesn't
know how to handle it gives up, and starts programming the air around a plane, and the control surfaces on the aircraft seperately we
just may have more realistic flight envelopes. And no more looping 747's
land no matter what the weather at the end. I for one still cannot get to grips with the helicopters, and nor can I fly 100% level without
Autopilot, but I really think that's partly to do with FS itself, as no matter how much I trim some planes they will not stay level. A real plane
has far more control over itself as it truly relies on air, so the trim wheel is truly analogue and can be set, like the throttle, to a fixed
position. Unfortuntely for us, trim and throttle, although they are said to be analogue, actually still use a digital means of control, An
analogue joystick/yoke still only sends a series of 1's and 0's to the computer. Maybe if in the next version MS program it so that instead
of an aircraft following "this is how it flies under this set of circumstances" so that the fde gives up when you do something it doesn't
know how to handle it gives up, and starts programming the air around a plane, and the control surfaces on the aircraft seperately we
just may have more realistic flight envelopes. And no more looping 747's
Flying for Landmark Airlines.