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Topic: C152 turs left
Posted By: Tolo303sq
Subject: C152 turs left
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 5:49pm
I`ve tried Just Flight C152. It`s really great but I don't know why it turns left with aileron and ruder position neutral with power and power to idle so it is not propeller torque. 



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Posted By: mlb406
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 6:04pm
I also am experiencing this issue!

Max


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Posted By: Ifikratis
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 6:15pm
I have the same issue. I would be very interested on why this happens and if its a bug.


Posted By: Martyn
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 6:16pm
Can you confirm which simulator you are using?

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Martyn
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Posted By: Ifikratis
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 6:24pm
I use P3D v4.2


Posted By: petesmiffy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 7:13pm
Same issue here too, also P3Dv4.2
Can't fly hands off for more than a couple of seconds.
The sim's built-in A/P will hold it level, but hand flying needs constant right aileron.


Posted By: Delta558
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 7:28pm
I have a sort of explanation / answer,  but it will have to wait a couple  of hours  until I get back to the house because I can't tap up a response of any length on this tiny phone keyboard!


Posted By: Mgchristy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 7:40pm
I noticed the same issue. I think it's due to the left seat pilot's seating position in the [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] section of the aircraft.cfg. It's offset slightly to the left of centerline to correctly mimic the left pilot's seat viewpoint. This does cause a slight yaw and/or roll to left since FS is slightly oversensitive to offset weights from the centerline. I notice this same issue in other light aircraft in FS.

To correct - either manually adjust the aircraft.cfg to remove to offset
permanently or simply put an evenly distributed weight in the P1 and P2 positions within FSX/P3D's fuel & payload menu. By default the plane shows 170lbs in the P1 position...so just put 85lbs in the P1 and P1 positions...or any other even amounts...and all should be well. At least it is on my system! Good luck.


Posted By: petesmiffy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 7:47pm
Sounds good, I have to fly my FSX Katana with a sack of spuds in the co-pilots seat. I'll give it a go, thanks


Posted By: Mgchristy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 7:59pm
Originally posted by petesmiffy petesmiffy wrote:

Sounds good, I have to fly my FSX Katana with a sack of spuds in the co-pilots seat. I'll give it a go, thanks


Same here! Just one of the many little compromises away from reality we must make within flight sim...

Take care.


Posted By: petesmiffy
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 8:12pm
That works. Not a perfect balance, but a little fine tuning should get it.
I used to fly gliders in RL and I have flown a Slingsby T21 with a sack of potatoes in the right seat, so it is realistic, in my experience.


Posted By: Tolo303sq
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 11:09pm
SOLVED! that was a matter of WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE not the fuel but passenger. You have to adjust in fuel and payload weight for a passenger on the right site and that`s it. Congratulations to realistic flight model.



Posted By: OMGEDSON
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 9:15pm
+1 on this pull to the left.

Is it a bug?

Is it that the pilot is offset a touch more to the left of the left seat?

Is it that there is a left seat weight of 180, but no right seat weight? 

The plane pulls very hard, it was a bit more balanced evening out the 2 seats, but still had a tendency to "dip" in either direction as if there were weights on he wings.


Posted By: Martyn
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 10:08am
Currently by default there is no right seat passenger/pilot so as you'd expect there is a slight inbalance. We'll look into how that inbalance affects the behaviour of the flight dynamics but as the others have stated, the quick solution is to add the right seat passenger/pilot using the fuel and payload menu.

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Posted By: Delta558
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 10:40am
Originally posted by OMGEDSON OMGEDSON wrote:

+1 on this pull to the left.

Is it that the pilot is offset a touch more to the left of the left seat? 

The plane pulls very hard, it was a bit more balanced evening out the 2 seats, but still had a tendency to "dip" in either direction as if there were weights on he wings.

No, the two seating positions are central to the seats. However, I wouldn't be surprised if (ref your other thread 'Light as a Feather) the weight factor as set up originally in the sim also has too much effect with realistic damping levels and the answer MAY be to move the reference position inwards towards the centre of the aircraft.


Posted By: GabethePilot
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 8:45am
Originally posted by petesmiffy petesmiffy wrote:

Same issue here too, also P3Dv4.2
Can't fly hands off for more than a couple of seconds.
The sim's built-in A/P will hold it level, but hand flying needs constant right aileron.


Built in Autopilot ?

Amd where is this pray tell ?

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Posted By: Martyn
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 8:48am
The aircraft isn't fitted with an autopilot unit so you'd need to use the control assignments (Z, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+H etc).

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Martyn
Just Flight Ltd


Posted By: GabethePilot
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2018 at 8:50am
Originally posted by Mgchristy Mgchristy wrote:

I noticed the same issue. I think it's due to the left seat pilot's seating position in the [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] section of the aircraft.cfg. It's offset slightly to the left of centerline to correctly mimic the left pilot's seat viewpoint. This does cause a slight yaw and/or roll to left since FS is slightly oversensitive to offset weights from the centerline. I notice this same issue in other light aircraft in FS.

To correct - either manually adjust the aircraft.cfg to remove to offset
permanently or simply put an evenly distributed weight in the P1 and P2 positions within FSX/P3D's fuel & payload menu. By default the plane shows 170lbs in the P1 position...so just put 85lbs in the P1 and P1 positions...or any other even amounts...and all should be well. At least it is on my system! Good luck.


I agree. As there is no passenger option, and if we assume the physics are decent, it will yaw and roll to the left for a number of reasons. Therefore constant aileron and rudder trim is necessary.

If you do not like it, changing p factor, yaw factors in the sim settings or the cfg file is probably possible.

Does the plane in the RW have an aileron trim.... ? Doubtful or it would be modelled.

These planes are very hands on. I have a fake aileron trim set through fsuipc to an axis on my joystick.

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Posted By: jdky29
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2018 at 2:02pm
I really want to love this plane but it is almost un-flyable for me.  I've read this forum and here is how I did troubleshooting:
-Pilot and passenger weight are set exactly the same
-Full tanks set to same amount
-Turned off all wind, weather, etc. 
-In "realism" I set all sliders (P factor, etc.) to easy. 

Still, the plane turns left, right and is very unstable.  


Posted By: Martyn
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:05am
Originally posted by jdky29 jdky29 wrote:

I really want to love this plane but it is almost un-flyable for me.  I've read this forum and here is how I did troubleshooting:
-Pilot and passenger weight are set exactly the same
-Full tanks set to same amount
-Turned off all wind, weather, etc. 
-In "realism" I set all sliders (P factor, etc.) to easy. 

Still, the plane turns left, right and is very unstable.  

Hi Jason,

Please contact the support team as it certainly shouldn't be unflyable, even if you don't have a pilot/passenger in the right seat causing some imbalance -  http://support.justflight.com/support/tickets/new" rel="nofollow - http://support.justflight.com/support/tickets/new

Thanks
Martyn


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Martyn
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Posted By: Martyn
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:07am
As stated above, the imbalance can be minimised by adding a pilot/passenger and we are also looking into FDE modifications to reduce the effect. 

An update will be available shortly.

Thanks
Martyn


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Martyn
Just Flight Ltd



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