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LOL...I still have one of the guys in the club thats been flying for 20+ years do some of my maiden flights for me.
I can fly pretty good...but when you take off and the plane is fighting you from the very liftoff...that can make your thumbs go all kind of crazy on ya. So much so (at least for me)...I cant even find the trim sliders/button...and I dont even THINk about looking away from the plane. I usually just yell out...HELLLLLLLLLLLP!!! SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME UP....LEFT AIL....RIGHT AIL....DOWN!!!!!....HELPPPPPPPPPPP! lol.
So yeah...I think practicing on an out of trim plane on the SIM could have some good benefits for me. Thanks for the idea!
Don't look down at your TX, bring the TX up to your line of sight so you can keep the plane in view while you are making trim changes.
Yeah...I know to do this, but actually doing it when panicing is easier said than done, at least for me.
Like I already said...almost all of my maiden flights go pretty uneventful...just one or two clicks of aileron or elevator, then I usually do a loop to check rudder and adjust if needed. I usually take a lot of time when I put an ARF together and make sure that everything is as mechanically trim as possible. This is the reason I guess that most of my maiden flights go pretty good. That along with I try and only buy new models that have favorable reviews for being at the least decent flying models. But there has been the occasional "swap meet special" that I have maidened for MY first time and things didnt go as well as planes I have assembled new WITH the manual and at least recommeded throws and CG.
Luckily Ive only hadone real crash and several "hard landings" from either failed motor/battery or dead stick on glo since getting back into the hobby 3 years ago. I was just trying to point out that what OPJOSE said about practicing on a SIM with a severely out of trim plane could help someone brand new (and possibly even someone like me that isnt so new, but still far from expert) in how to trim the plane out themselves during an initial flight or maiden flight.
I know that it wont help me as much because the SIM isnt real and the nerves arent there in full force like when you have the real thing in the air. But with the right mindset...I do think it possibly could be another way the SIMcan beused to help prepare people for the hobby.