I would ask for some not realistic mod. Axis aircraft rudder trim.
After long flight I can't feel my wrist. I know that it is not realistic but please... do this :-)
To trim my rudder, I have set my < and > on my keyboard to trim it,
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Pedals beat handle twist, but you'll need to get used to them. I thought all aircraft have rudder trim.
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KG64_Cnopicilin Wrote:Pedals beat handle twist, but you'll need to get used to them. I thought all aircraft have rudder trim.
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I know you're looking for a mod to add rudder trim to the German planes, but in reality a lot of them didn't have rudder trim the way we would like.
Trim was normally set on the ground by the crew chief with a wrench. They would set the trim tabs so that the plane would fly straight at a specified speed.
Usually around 220kts IAS.
The only trim you can affect in the air is elevator trim.
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whiskey111:
Here's a trick I worked out years ago before I got rudder pedals. It's a clunky solution and works best if you're only going to fly one type of plane on any given day.
Before firing up Il2 go into the joystick calibration application. Go through the calibration and when you get the "Set z-axis centre" or wording to that effect, twist the joystick the amount you normally hold to the opposite side. If you hold 10 degrees left rudder in the game, then hold 10 degrees right twist in the calibration and hit OK to set the calibration. The joystick will now be offset to the left. Go into the game and you now have rudder offset. Like I said - it's clunky but I got away with that for over a year before I broke down and got pedals. And come to think of it, I've used this method for the rudder pedals but now I mostly fly planes with trim in at least two axis.
Great days all.