Earlier today, I received an email from Nicolas Bouesnard in France who acknowledges he has the same flaws on his Flight Velocity Trim Wheel Pro as I reviewed mine in Post 701.
Instead of leaving them as they are, he applied some mods to the unit and now he gets friction while turning the wheel.
Nicolas said: Continue reading
If you have ever used any trim wheel circuited with an encoder before, you should have experienced that the last position remembered by it could be very annoying if you forget to set its position back to the center at the start of a flight.
Since I got the Cessna Trim Wheel from Saitek many years ago, I’ve been looking for a solution to this annoyance. But search is futile.
So when I found out Flight Velocity was soon to release a new product called Trim Wheel Pro which would use new software last Decemeber, I was quite excited, hoping that it could be a remedy to my agony.
Unfortunately, after checking with the company, the new player is no exception. The issue seems to be unsolvable. Continue reading
Yesterday, I got the Trim Wheel Pro from Flight Velocity, which I am planning to replace the Saitek Cessna Trim Wheel which has been in service for many years.
A unique feature that distincts it from the Saitek one is an adjustable control knob on the unit, thru which users can vary and finetune the elevator trimming pitch during a flight.
After Logitech chopped the production of Saitek Cessna Trim Wheel since its acquisition, there aren’t similar trim wheels on the market one can find for a long time.
Is this Trim Wheel Pro a good replacement ?
How does it perform ?
Is the adjustable knob useful ? Continue reading
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