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Hi there.
I'm triing to fly this sim, but with all realistic setings it sems to easy. It's just too easy to fly Cesna 152 for instance.Is there any hint how to make this more realistic?

If anyone stil have TM F-22 + F-16 TQS + Elite rudders files for FS 2002 or earlier please send me e-mail.

Thanks

The following comments are based on my having interpreted what you wrote as meaning you already have all the realism setting options in FS2002 turned on.

The Cessna 152 is, relatively speaking, a fairly easy plane to fly in real life.

The small Cessnas are known for the fact that if you let go of the stick, they will, within reason, find their own straight level flight attitude.

This is not the case with the more complex aircraft. I wouldn't assume that what applies to a Cessna 152 will apply to a Boeing 747 in terms of flight stability and so on.

The other factor is the flight dynamics of the particular model's .air and aircraft.cfg files. Whilst Microsoft tried hard, they rarely got anywhere near as close as they could have done to simulating real aircraft behaviour. If you search the file libraries, you'll find plenty of modified and more realistic replacement files. Some of them will definitely give you a run for your money.

In terms of comparison for you all, the 747 is basically like flying a C-130, which is literally a big Cessna with extra engines lol. If you let go of the stick in any Cessna SE Trainer, it will just fly happily along if trim is set and other things like that. However, remember that the prop is infront of the COG so, at full power it will naturally descend some at nuetral trim, and at idle, it will do the exact opposite considering the same conditions.