Robertfm wrote in Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:54 pm:This is quick video using an Archer the plane stays in S&L hands off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMTCl0PNf2Q
This one shows how little the pilot has to correct the Aileron when trimmed and the plane doesn't drift dramatically even though it's windy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw6auJSG_9Q
It doesn't look like you read what I said so I'll try again.
You keep your foot on the pedal pushing a little right, its very light amount needed, and that's it (even less at lower rpms). Nothing to do with hands. Second, The aileron has no self centering spring. Aerodynamic forces may slightly move it but for the most part, if I have the ailerons slightly to the right and let go, they'll stay there. In the c182 video you sent, check out 16:38. Looks like its slightly right there, this could be that the linking is not perfectly straight for faired, or he has it very slightly to the right. I certainly remember not having to think about it. I kept my foot on the pedal, and kept the pitch trim in check, and I could write down whatever i needed to or check charts etc and the plane stayed where it is. And I simulated the same in FGFS version. If you want, I'll make a video demonstrating.
Again. I did this in the REAL PLANE! Not a simulation, not a Class D simulator, but the real actual plane. So when I say that only a very small rudder input is required, that's what I did in the real plane and I attempted to make my FGFS version match it. In fact, I complained about this in several GA planes that you can not keep the plane level with only the rudder (or if you did, it would no longer be in coordinated flight).
Kind Regards,
Josh