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Aircraft Trim Settings
Apr 5th, 2012 at 5:03am
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Quick question for those of you that have knowledge on aircraft config files--how could I change the default trim setting of an aircraft? I have a plane whose setting is set to diving, and it's a pain to have to manually adjust it and guess what the correct setting will be every time I load it.

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Re: Aircraft Trim Settings
Reply #1 - Apr 6th, 2012 at 5:08am
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Reply #2 - Apr 6th, 2012 at 6:42am
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it might pay to check out fsdeveloper.com or have a read of the fsx sdk manual.
  

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Reply #3 - Apr 6th, 2012 at 8:42am
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Save a flight with the problem aircraft, make sure the trim is set to the position you need it to be at when flying.
Open the saved file and look in the [Controls.0] section at the ElevatorTrim= setting:

[Controls.0]
SpoilersHandle=000.00
FlapsHandle=000.00
LeftFlap=000.00
RightFlap=000.00
GearsHandle=000.01
Gear1=100.00
Gear2=100.00
Gear3=100.00
YokeY=050.00
YokeX=050.00
Rudder=050.00
LeftBrake=100.00
RightBrake=100.00
ParkingBrake=100.00
ElevatorTrim=050.00
RudderTrimPct=0
AileronTrimPct=0

The number should be between 0.00 and 100.00. With 050.00 being the middle section of the trim wheel/lever. I'm betting that the range of the Trim (in the MDL file itself) is something like UP 10 and DOWN 30, which would mean that ElevatorTrim=050.00 would be at DOWN 10. So to fix it, you would change it to something like ElevatorTrim=075.00 to fix it. AFAIK, you can only do this with a saved flight, not in the aircraft.cfg.

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Re: Aircraft Trim Settings
Reply #4 - Apr 6th, 2012 at 5:34pm
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Thanks, Mark. At least this will make trimming a bit more precise (the aircraft I'm using is a MiG-21 and doesn't appear to have a trim wheel).
  

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