As always, and probably like a lot of you, I spend far too much time trying to tweak and improve things in the sim, rather than actually enjoying flying about! So, my latest niggle is with regards to the flight dynamics of certain aircraft...
1. This may be a Piglet specific annoyance, as I don't recall experiencing it on any other aircraft - when rolling, there's a fairly lengthy period between you actually centering the stick and the aircraft stops rolling. This is particularly evident on the F-5A, if you want to try it to see what I mean. It's as if it needs some sort of dampening so when you do centre the stick, the aircraft stops rolling almost immediately (obviously not stopping dead, else it'd be like an arcade game).
2. I'll do my best to try and explain this one - certain aircraft have a tendancy to go into some bizarre twisting maneouvre, again, when rolling. This is mostly evident in the default Extra 300 and Dave Garwood's Hunters. It's as if when they roll, they also apply a bit of rudder aswell, so instead of your nose staying on the horizon (with the correct elevator adjustments, of course), you end up with it bobbing up and down all over the place, unless you roll incredibly slowly.
Sorry if the problems aren't too clear, but they certainly need to be experienced to see what I'm on about. If you need further explaination then I'll try and record a couple of videos to show you what I mean.
So really, I'm just wondering whether there are any values I can change, either in the config or the air file, that'll reduce these effects. Simple as that!
Disclaimer: whether these characteristics are realistic or not, I don't know, but either way, I'd rather just have them suited to my tastes. I'd rather just have it so I actually enjoy flying these aircraft, rather than be annoyed at how they behave!
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