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FSX Issue with unsupported aircraft

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Hello All,

I am really hoping that someone within the community can help me out here. First off, I am not a developer by any sense of the word. a lot of this stuff is total Greek to me. Not to say, that I don't have a willingness to learn.

My issue: I downloaded Flightport's freeware Cessna/ Soloy 206 planes from SOH. The T206H (all variations) and the U206G. Both Mark I and II, v2, v3, and v4.
I installed the v4 of the planes and test flew them. The looks and sound were great! The flight dynamics are not right or I have some issue going on.
Each plane, no matter the model or variation of the planes tend to pitch up extremely, the more throttle, the more upward pitch. I tried backing off the throttle to 3/4 and even 1/2, all it does is pitch down into a nose dive.

Some of the things I have attempted to try and resolve the issue:
1. Swap the .air files between the different variation of models. - Result: no change for most, some responded with little power
2. Substitute a different developers excellently working C206 .air file - Result: Little to no take-off power (acceleration)
3. Subbed out by using Microsoft's default 208 .air file - Result: same as attempt #2 (moved like a snail)
4. Went to Flightport's website to get assistance for their product, to discover that they no longer support FSX and do not appear to be developing for it any longer.

I love the work that the dev(s) put into the looks and sounds of the planes and I'd really like to utilize them in the simulator for some of my Alaska bush flying.
I was hoping that someone here at fsdeveloper might have came across the same issue with these Flightport Cessna/Soloy (Mark 1 & 2) 206's and had a guided hand towards a fix or possibly a corrected set of .air files for them.

If there is a possibility that this is something a non-developer, like myself can capably fix with the correct tools, then I'm willing to try to fix it on my own. At least that way, when I run into this type of issue in the future, I might just be capable of making the fix for myself, versus asking for help all the time.
Heck, who knows... I might even learn enough to help out the next ME that is in need of assistance.

Any and all help or guidance is very much appreciated. If there is anything I can provide, that will help in a solution, please let me know.

Thank you in advance
~WEB~
 
The FDE consists of the air and the cfg file. You can't use the air file without the corresponding cfg file (the FDE related part of the aircraft.cfg file)
Don't know how 'extreme' the pitch up/down with throttle change is, but generally a pitch up/down behavior with power changes is correct.
 
bstolle said:
Don't know how 'extreme' the pitch up/down with throttle change is, but generally a pitch up/down behavior with power changes is correct.
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The pitch up isn't fast, just constant; but it's almost impossible to overcome, the aircraft ends up in almost a vertical situation / stall. As I try to apply trim to counter it, it continues pitching upward. If I hold the trim down button, then it will over correct and go into a gradual nose dive, same as if I let off the throttle to much. So I am either constantly on the trim or the throttle, but the result is the same; I'm surfing through the skies, not flying through them.

bstolle said:
The FDE consists of the air and the cfg file. You can't use the air file without the corresponding cfg file (the FDE related part of the aircraft.cfg file)
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Thank you however for the info about the FDE in the aircraft's CFG file. I will give that a try. I really don't want to scrap this from my line-up, as I have had to do with many freeware aircraft. Most of which were FS9 to FSX converts.

Appreciate any and all help .

~WEB~
 
Hello Web, I have found a setting in the *.cfg file to be quite useful ! Under Realism [Auto Trim], I set i to True. This pretty much eliminates constantly adjusting the trim ! (But it makes Your elevator flap ?) - Johnman
 
Ok thanks Johnman, I'll check that out and see if it helps with what I'm experiencing during flight. Do you know if the elevator flap issue has any adverse reaction to the flight of your planes?

If yes, what are they?

Appreciate the help!

~WEB~
 
Well Web, I can't see where it affects Flight in any way, just weird to watch in tag along Mode. Let Us know how it works for You ? - Johnman
 
Well that's good to know. I'll be sure let everyone know how it turns out for me, when I get a chance.

~WEB~
 
FamilyWeb said:
The pitch up isn't fast, just constant; but it's almost impossible to overcome, the aircraft ends up in almost a vertical situation / stall. As I try to apply trim to counter it, it continues pitching upward. If I hold the trim down button, then it will over correct and go into a gradual nose dive, same as if I let off the throttle to much. So I am either constantly on the trim or the throttle, but the result is the same; I'm surfing through the skies, not flying through them.
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I don't understand the problem. Just a basic note concerning trimming. Trim isn't the primary way to control pitch. If the nose pitches up, you counter the nose up moment by pushing forward on the yoke to achieve/maintain the desired pitch attitude.
Once the pitch attitude is stable, you start trimming nose down to reduce the pressure which is required to push the nose down. You continue to trim until the there's no more force required to hold the yoke in it's position, which means it's centered (again).
As soon as you change the speed and/or power setting the whole trimming thing starts again.
I don't recommend using auto trim.
 
Thank you all, for the assistance. I re-installed the aircraft and that seems to have fixed the issue. Not sure why it acted the way it did. Now to just create a mirror image of the VC panel, for a 2D panel and she's a winner in my book! Yes I'm a die-hard 2D panel junkie.

~WEB~
 
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