It feels like the plane is constantly in need of trim

[zeroready]

It's so difficult to hold it straight and level when hand flying. The controls feel very mushy and unresponsive. If I pull back on the stick, when the aircraft finally does respond, then it just keeps pitching up more and more. Same for any control input. 

 

I have a 20 cm extension on my stick. If move my stick nearly full deflection, the yoke in the plane is only moving a tiny amount. 

 

If I try to add a little trim, it quickly becomes too much and I'm constantly chasing it. 

 

I'm using a TM warthog. No other planes feel like this. I have the sensitivity sliders all the to 0 just like my other planes. 

[rjb4000]

It sounds like you’re describing control stiffening at high speed. This is a setting you can turn off in the airframe manager window. 

You may be able to achieve the feel you’re looking for by disabling this setting.

 

[zeroready]

Ok that sounds exactly like what is happening thank you. That explains the mushiness I'm feeling for sure, however I'm not sure about the tendency for the aircraft to resist straight and level flight so much.

 

What I mean is that it feels like if I pull back just enough to initiate a climb, the plane just wants to keep pitching more and more, like it has momentum forcing to keep increasing the climb angle. Then I have to push the nose down and the process repeats. This feels different than just mushy or stiff control surfaces. The plane is just hard to hold straight and level.

[aerox]

On 3/14/2021 at 8:59 AM, zeroready said:

Ok that sounds exactly like what is happening thank you. That explains the mushiness I'm feeling for sure, however I'm not sure about the tendency for the aircraft to resist straight and level flight so much.

 

What I mean is that it feels like if I pull back just enough to initiate a climb, the plane just wants to keep pitching more and more, like it has momentum forcing to keep increasing the climb angle. Then I have to push the nose down and the process repeats. This feels different than just mushy or stiff control surfaces. The plane is just hard to hold straight and level.

Sounds to me more like a calibration issue or a conflict. I'm running HC Alpha and I have no issues with control feel at all - never have. First step I suggest, is to create a profile just for the TBM and then calibrate your flight controls. Then test to see if that fixes it and if it doesn't, see if there are any conflicts between your controls. XP is usually pretty good at detecting conflicts such as a two or more devices using the same axis.