wkitty42
Thanks for the directions to "enable-auto-control" , got there to do that and discoverer the Menu that "wilbragg" mentioned , so got that sorted, and the "save flight tape" issue, got that sorted also - seems I had not given it a directory to save to, once I gave it a folder it worked OK.
wilbragg,
Thanks for your help, just wish there was a little more info on setting up FG in the docs.
Now to the job in hand- Flying, today I managed to get airborne on about the third attempt, managed to stay on the runway during the takeoff roll, as soon as I lifted off it started to bank left, I managed to keep it in the air and gain altitude and spent the next 9 minutes in virtually uncontrolled flight, at no time could I say I was in control, it was mostly all at full right aileron to keep it flying in a semblance of level flight, during this time it was either climbing or diving and flying in left hand circles, next I made an attempt to get directional control - big mistake - thet put me into an uncontrolled spin from which by some stroke of fortune I recovered - however the celebration was short lived as several minutes later I lost it again, this time terminally.
For several periods of a couple of seconds I achieved almost level flight in both axis, but always with at least 20deg right aileron, I can't work out what is causing it, the whole time is such a struggle trying to keep level there is no chance to carry out any other actions or even look at the keyboard to find a key.
The good news is I managed to make a record of the flight, the bad- I haven't managed to reduce the file size enough to upload it yet!
How does everyone make video's of their flight tapes? The only way I could was to run the tape in FG and record it with a screen recorder.