Unstable platform to fly

[Cardolan]

I am begining to discover FC and started a career in the Nieuport 17 in 1917. I find the plane extremelly difficult to fly, showing a strong tendency to climb as long as I keep the joystick neutral. Is there something I am missing in order to make this beast fly straight and level?

 

Thanks in advance!

[bzc3lk]

See the link below at the 1.02 time mark and you will see the downward orientation of the elevator, together with the aircraft showing pitch sensitive  flight characteristics.   Maybe the sim is not that far off the mark?

 

 

Edited June 13 by bzc3lk

[czech693]

In the sim go into Settings, Plane Controls, Plane Control: Pitch.  Click the graphic object on the right that looks like an S-curve in a box.  That will open the settings page for pitch control.  Down at the bottom left click New Response and in the box name it Nieuport17.  Then change the lower slider labeled Neutral Point.  I have -21%.  You can start with that and change it while in flight to get a near level reaction (depending on your throttle setting when you do this).  It's a bandaid fix as it doesn't change the aerodynamics of the model, it just holds the elevator in position that you would have to continuously have to hold with your hand.

Edited June 13 by czech693

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

8 hours ago, Cardolan said:

I am begining to discover FC and started a career in the Nieuport 17 in 1917. I find the plane extremelly difficult to fly, showing a strong tendency to climb as long as I keep the joystick neutral. Is there something I am missing in order to make this beast fly straight and level?

 

Thanks in advance!

This is know fact mentioned in many books written by pilots flying during great war.  Some mention using rubber band to fix elevator position to help during long flights. 

Edited June 14 by 1PL-Husar-1Esk

[Cardolan]

Thank you all, specially @czech693!

Flying the newport has been a struggle... up to now!

 

I can see in your interface the settings you define are linked to a specific plane (the Nieuport in this case) on the right below "Aircraft using this response". In my interface I don't have it linked, neither do I have any drop down menu to pick any plane. How can I link these fine tuned settings to a specific plane?

 

Again, thank you all!

[bzc3lk]

37 minutes ago, Cardolan said:

Thank you all, specially @czech693!

Flying the newport has been a struggle... up to now!

 

I can see in your interface the settings you define are linked to a specific plane (the Nieuport in this case) on the right below "Aircraft using this response". In my interface I don't have it linked, neither do I have any drop down menu to pick any plane. How can I link these fine tuned settings to a specific plane?

 

Again, thank you all!

 

[Cardolan]

1 hour ago, bzc3lk said:

 

 

 

Thank you very much!

 

It seems it only works for pitch. Roll for instance, lacks a neutral point and indicator to attach it to a plane. Can I also do for roll the same as for pitch? Theoretically at least, I might find a plane that naturally rolls hard left or right...

Edited June 14 by Cardolan

[czech693]

Yes.  Go back to the menu on the lower left and create a custom profile, name it Nieuport17 (make sure you name it something because that's what you'll set for the Nieuport).  Set the yaw and roll for that particular plane and save it under the Nieuport17 custom input profle (the left hand column in bz3clk image).  I use global for yaw and roll instead of assigning different settings to each aircraft, but you may want different settings for each.  Yaw and roll do not have a neutral point setting.  You can set a curve and deadzones for those two.

Edited June 15 by czech693