X Plane 11 Manual Pdf Download
Vinay Pettyjohn
Note: This handbook is to be used for gyroplane information only. Disregard any Helicopter information presented. For current Helicopter information refer to FAA-S-8083-21A, Helicopter Flying Handbook.
The Nano Goblin can be a bit twitchy, (both in sim and in real life). I followed the advice on the guide for the first flight and started in FBWA mode. My first few flights were spent evaluating the different modes, trying 2S vs. 3S, and noting parameters I want to experiment with.
Thanks for the info @LupusTheCanine and @Target0815 . I believe the CG is correct; the wings have balance points under them and when I balance it to be ever so slightly nose-heavy it balances and the nose slowly droops.
Well done. Disregard the CG advice as there is a widespread misconception about how it will affect the pitch. Twitchy planes, like the Goblins, becomes a lot more manageble with Autotrim turned on and first flown in FWBA - just as you discovered
Now in OpenTX I have set up a flight mode with independent trim that is only active in MANUAL mode. So I can trim in MANUAL and after a few flights I can take over the trim values into ardupilot manually.
Use the manual flight mode, set the trim knobs to make the plane fly straight. Release the joystick sticks to the neutral position, make a short toggle switch and you will see the inscription TRIM COMPLETE
All setup in one flight!
Link to the video:
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Doesn't matter. If you switch to full real controls and set bindings for engine performance, and then switch back to arcade/realistic (whichever allows mouse aim as a control mechanism), the bindings you set will still work.
Why would you want MEC in arcade? The WEP cooldowns are timed and not reliant on temperature. The flight models are so vastly different to RB that using MEC is pretty much nonsensical. Are you going to adjust prop pitch to get a slight edge over your opponent? In arcade?
Well, roll is kinda needed for steering the aircraft. If you don't like the fact that fly-by-wire needs roll input, you can always turn it off and play sym. The nature of helicopters is quite different to that of fixed wing aircraft too, so the feature isn't really comparable.
Manual roll control mode (which is merely a toggle option, by the way) simply means the roll inputs become manual, rather than automatic - and, more importantly, stops the instructor from constantly trying to level out (meaning we can roll more naturally, rather than having to feather a key constantly to keep the roll approximately where its required.)
And when you release A or D key your fly-by-wire instructor will immediately (with some 0.5 sec delay) and aggressively align your roll axis to horizon so you will fly in straight line.
With this you have 2 "people" fighting over control on same plane. One (you) doing whatever you want to do and other always wanting to keep plane fly horizontally .
And when you release A or D key your fly-by-wire instructor will NOT align your roll axis horizontally so you will keep your roll angle.
Same way as it works with joystick, if you roll it left or right your plane will roll left or right, if you take your hands off joystick, plane will more or less keep it's roll angle but definitely WILL NOT immediately return/adjust to horizontal level flight.
Hmm. If that's how it was implemented - an option named "ignore autopilot roll input", I could actually see that (as opposed to modifying the autopilot to compensate for the loss of roll input by more aggressive usage of pitch/yaw). Though I have a suspicion that people would inevitably complain that the autopilot can't keep the nose pointed in the right direction.
And no, mousejoy really does not give you much of an advantage in sym (obv. mouse aim isn't allowed). The only advantage I can think of is that it eliminates the need for trimming, but not having the physical feedback is a major disadvantage. Eyes are busy as it is, having to take in that additional info further dilutes your attention.
That's exactly what it is - what you just explained is what manual roll control does in the game already for helicopters, and what I'm suggesting for planes. I don't know where you got the aggressive pitch/yaw modification from. And again, it's an option - you don't have to use it, so no complaining.
@ChrisP666 If you open the XP menu and go to the keyboard, you can enter G550 in the search commands and it will show you all the things you can assign. The Joystick menu has the same. If you use DRT, you can also filter out all the data refs for the G550.
@fatroom That is truly a wealth of info. I also like the manuals included with the jet. They are well done and easy to understand. I have shared them with my grandson who is a fledgling aviator (If I have any say-so) and he likes them.
What I'd like to see is a manual that steps the user through various scenarios with the G550. What it takes to prep for take off. What I must do to prep for landing. How to properly capture the ILS. Or a RNAV approach - what the heck it is and how the heck to perform it.
I have a checklist that gets me through it but that is not enough for the average beginner. It is very frustrating to be thrown into this awesome, very busy cockpit without a tutorial or some other guidance. Prior knowledge reigns.
@Jeff2122 - amen to that. I would like to know how to do things 'properly', not using the somewhat arbitrary procedures I've come up with. It's a good plane, a bit flaky on the visuals, but nice to fly. It deserves better documentation.
I assigned a switch on my throttle quadrant to the G550 "AT_ARM_cmd" and another switch to the "TOGA" command, both available thru XP's Joystick menu. I just hit the AT_ARM_cmd switch and cancel autopilot with another switch on my yoke on approach and then I am in control of the jet.
Another that will work is "Autopilot Auto-throttle Off and Dis-arm" in the keyboard menu. I use the G550 AT Arm command, have not tested the keyboard version on this jet, but I use it on other planes.
I purchased this maginficent aircraft and noticed that there is a shortcut to a Digital Manual in the documentation folder. I thus copied the web link and emailed it to myself so I could open it on my iPad but no go.
If FlyingJackal is the member providing support, he seems to have last checked in on Nov 8, 2022. In my eyes not a very promising outlook, in addition to the fact that this issue about the online manual has not been answered by the vendor for 9 months now. ?
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