Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Thread

PieEater · 31 Jul 2020 at 18:30

VortexA1 said:
When I used to fly I used to trim the plane while flying so that I could ease off of the yoke.

Yes exactly the main Trim control on any light aircraft is for the elevator and controls the pitch (up and down) of the aircraft that you normally control with the yoke. Only heavier multi engined aircraft have a trim for the rudder and this is only really used to dial out any difference in thrust from the engines on one side of the aircraft vs the other - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_control_surfaces

Devrij · 31 Jul 2020 at 18:37

phil-k said:
Epic Landing Challenges just for this pilot, I'm not an expert but at least I would use flaps to land and come in slower with more control

It was killing me that he was coming in hot with no flaps, glad someone else commented!

TonyTurbo78 · 31 Jul 2020 at 18:39

When have IGN ever been gamers though, they are clearly as clueless when it comes to gaming as they are to reviewing games.

Woodsta888 · 31 Jul 2020 at 19:33

PieEater said:
Yes exactly the main Trim control on any light aircraft is for the elevator and controls the pitch (up and down) of the aircraft that you normally control with the yoke. Only heavier multi engined aircraft have a trim for the rudder and this is only really used to dial out any difference in thrust from the engines on one side of the aircraft vs the other - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_control_surfaces

Loads of small single engine aircraft have rudder trim, PA28 piper warriors for a start. You wouldn't use a rudder trim for dialing out twin engine yaw, you use the engines or prop pitch to compensate and only after you've synced the engines to eliminate resonance. Trim wheels are there to take any pressure off control inputs that would tire the pilot trying to keep the aircraft in balance once the power and attitude has been selected.

robfosters · 31 Jul 2020 at 19:47

That Icon A5 that’s in the game, man I’d kill to have a go on that in real life. Looks easier to fly than a car is to drive, and so much fun.

garsands · 31 Jul 2020 at 21:46

Best I have seen showing scenery.

CaptainRAVE · 31 Jul 2020 at 21:52

It’s a crazy feat of technology. I can see an endless number of screenshots coming.

phil-k · 31 Jul 2020 at 22:28

I wonder how long it will take to install from the 10 DVDs

BananaDunka · 31 Jul 2020 at 23:21

phil-k said:
I wonder how long it will take to install from the 10 DVDs

Quite long, depends on how fast your DVD drive is

Get the digital version!

VortexA1 · 1 Aug 2020 at 02:38

Woodsta888 said:
Loads of small single engine aircraft have rudder trim, PA28 piper warriors for a start. You wouldn't use a rudder trim for dialing out twin engine yaw, you use the engines or prop pitch to compensate and only after you've synced the engines to eliminate resonance. Trim wheels are there to take any pressure off control inputs that would tire the pilot trying to keep the aircraft in balance once the power and attitude has been selected.

Exactly mate. I would have to hold the yoke in position once I had reached desired power/altitude if no trim so I trimmed the plane and it took off any constant pressure.

physichull · 1 Aug 2020 at 09:26

I've noticed they have done a number of landing challenges and it got me thinking how awesome this game would be if they implemented something like a Hawk in this game and one of the challenges was to learn a Red Arrows display routine, complete with smoke, that could be incredible.

Stu999 · 1 Aug 2020 at 09:27

CaptainRAVE said:
It’s a crazy feat of technology. I can see an endless number of screenshots coming.

Definitely going to contribute to that.

Paul2k12 · 1 Aug 2020 at 09:39

I’ve always enjoyed flight sims but gave up on FSX due to the constant bad performance etc. Looking at getting back into this but will need a system overhaul.

Currently on i7 4770K with 8GB RAM AND GTX 780, I’ll be eager to see how it runs of either platform but fancy heading in an AMD direction for CPU, I only have a 1080p monitor so hopefully I won’t need the latest and greatest to make it playable.

Watching the YouTube videos makes it look fantastic, PMDG have announced they are making the 737 for it so that will be something special!

silversurfer · 1 Aug 2020 at 10:52

So the landing video was all emergency type landings, thats why it looked so weird. I dont know what version of FSX included landing the space shuttle, but thats the first one I saw

peahead · 1 Aug 2020 at 11:46

What is a good starter newbie flight controller for this game ?

Devrij · 1 Aug 2020 at 13:08

peahead said:
What is a good starter newbie flight controller for this game ?

Thrustmaster T flight hotas x can be had cheaply and has lots of buttons. I used mine for about 200 hrs of elite

ralv585 · 1 Aug 2020 at 13:36

Looking at picking this upon release, but can someone clarify the whole xbox game system thing they have in place?

If I buy it for PC, will I then own it on the new xbox should I buy one further down the line?

McPhee · 1 Aug 2020 at 14:41

Devrij said:
Thrustmaster T flight hotas x can be had cheaply and has lots of buttons. I used mine for about 200 hrs of elite

Not a bad price at all. Quite tempted with this and Star Wars Squadrons due out. Haven't had a flight stick since I was a kid.

Toothy1911 · 1 Aug 2020 at 15:15

McPhee said:
Not a bad price at all. Quite tempted with this and Star Wars Squadrons due out. Haven't had a flight stick since I was a kid.

I'm the same. Thinking of getting this for something different. Do we know if it will come to steam?

SuperOwl86 · 1 Aug 2020 at 15:25

Its on steam, You can only wishlist it at the moment.

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