I don't know your level of experience in flying or even simming for that matter. Before trying some fancy stuff why don't you just do some basic flying.

Try flying straight & level and holding altitude & heading. Then after you are comfortable, try a few turns left and right and learn how much back pressure is needed to hold altitude. A 30 degree bank turn takes a bit of back pressure to make up for the loss of lift in the turn. With a clean plane ( flaps and gear up ) at mid weight, fuel flow of 2,000 to 2,200 should give you between 230 and 250 knots.

Until you are able to hold altitude and speed and then make turns to a heading you are not ready to do anything else. This is just basic stuff any pilot needs so give it a try. With a bit of practice you will see how nice this plane is. Remember this is old school tin and needs a lot of love.

Lou

flightsimmer1, choose departure from KLAX or other airport, i'll make video tomorrow. Cant make long vid with startup, but can shoot takeoff and SID up to altitude, where A\P takes control. will include VOR tracking.

I myself working on speed management on climb, it should climb fuel-efficiently. thats something to dig into.