[ANSWERED] Lancair trim problem

[Tailgunner]

Impossible to trim to hold  level flight. If trim to level,  plane immediately insists on climbing.  VSI needle doesn't always match aircraft attitude: trim to level, and VSI will often swing between 1 and 1 1/2 down.

[Jared Charalambous]

Make sure an altitude or climb hold is not active on the AP

[Alexander Metzger]

I would also recommend to use the medium setting for the acceleration in the UI for elevator trim.

[Tailgunner]

Thanks, Alexander - but what is the UI? 

[CoolP]

The "User Interface".  Just go to the "Controls" menu and check if the trim commands have a high repeat rate. This would make them too sensible then and therefor makes trimming the little Lancair hard. Lowering this rate will help.

[Tailgunner]

Cool indeed!  Many thanks.

[Patrick Scharnowski]

VSI needle doesn't always match aircraft attitude: trim to level, and VSI will often swing between 1 and 1 1/2 down.

Keep in mind that in the real world, and possibly in the sim as well, the VSI only provides the tendency of a climb/descent and not a completely accurate reading of the current climb/descent rate. It only gives a fairly accurate reading when the climb/descent/level flight is stabilized. During transition periods you can't really trust it that much and you should rather check the altimeter to get an impression of your current rate of climb/descent.

[Tailgunner]

Good point. Thanks for that.