Saitek Trim Wheel

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I made my first wheel with a rotary encoder and a trolley shopping wheel, worked a treat! The trim wheel indicator made absolutely no difference to me whatsoever as I adjusted the trim 'blind' like most pilots...

[AK Mongo]

Alex,
Probably true, but the hole in the pedestal trim just won't do!

The only time I would probably look at it would be to trim for takeoff.

Reid

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I have seen it where the trim ratio was changed so that a 90 degree turn on the physical trim wheel gave 4.5 turns on the virtual trim and vice versa. A white strip was painted in the centre of the trim wheel and this indicated the position. It works well! Its not real life but it works! Just food for thought. Its dead simple!

Aj

[AK Mongo]

Good idea, but I am a knucklehead and want to do it the hard way.

Reid

[fsacademy]

I agree that Saitek's trim wheel looks small and cheap on this picture. It is indeed smaller than the real 172 trim wheel and it looks a little bit cheap but the fact is that it actually is really cheap. And as a real world Cessna 172 pilot I can tell you that there is no trim wheel around for that price tag that gives you anything that comes close to the original thing. But I find it a good enhancement for my training on the simulator.