Have been trying to hover in AF Pro with limited success, I have tried the Cap 232 and the Giles 202toc. Both planes are harder to hover than my 35% gas jobs that I fly all summer at the field.

Pitch control does not seem right, the plane just won't settle down, have tried different rates and C of G settings but have not found a combo the remotely feels like the real thing. Has anyone else found this to be true? Wonder what others have done or what changes they made to have this work more like it should?

thanks,

flierbk

Hey, you live pretty close to me. I'm in Wauwatosa. Do you fly at the Flying Electrons field?

Anyway, I don't have the real 33% so I can't compare but I can hover ok. I just started a few weeks a go so I'm not that good yet but it's very possible. Maybe you're so used to your real plane it's kind of a challenge on the sim. Plus maybe you can move the CG around to better suit what you're used to. Are you using the interface with your actual transmitter? Using expo and all that? That might help.

Joe

Joe,

I am using real transmitter, expo and all that and have moved the CG back. I can hover in normal simulation speed but I find the normal simulation speed way too slow not like the real thing so I run the simulation speed up to 174% which seems more like the real thing as far as how fast things change when doing it at the field (Pebble Creek, Waukesha).
When I do this hovering seems very hard in fact does not seem like real flying at all.
Wish I new why.

How do you have your system set up for hovering and which planes are you using?

flierbk in New Berlin, wi.

I didn't change my sim speed. To be honest I don't know what that actually does. My settings are all standard. I'm just using an old Futaba AM tx and I'm not using expo or anything in the setup. I have a Futaba computer radio but the interface doesn't work with the trainer plug so I have to use my old AM radio. Sorry I can't help more. Maybe someone else can help. Stick around for more replies to your thread. I've heard of Pebble Creek. They have a buy-in membership from what I heard. Supposed to be a nice field. I fly at the Flying Electrons Club in Menomonee Falls. In fact I was just there last Monday flying. Not too bad out actually.

Good luck,
Joe

I fly 35% Extra, and Edge 540...and I can say that AFP is very realistic: the way the control react, and the way the plane unload. Hovering, and TR'ing is as realistic as it get...not to start a war, but I think AFP is much better than G2.

I'd move the CG back a bit on the Gile if you'd like...but it should be fine at where it is.

I left my setting at default...but my frame rate is at ~60fps. The frame rate does make a different since it would directly effect your reaction time.

Ryan