Hi
I have been playing with the helicopters in dcs world for very long.
Now i tried bell and couldn’t find if there is a force trim. This helps keeping the heli steady without messing with the stick
Another question, i have thrustmaster warthog but in dcs world, i am using my msffb2 for helis since it has a ffb motor. Can i set my ffb2 only for helicopters?
I tried the helicopters today and agree that we need a force-trim button (ala DCS World). But I find the Increase/Decrease Rotor Longitudinal Trim also works well.
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There is cyclic trim available and it works quite well. I’m not sure if it can be set based on stick position (could be wrong, haven’t looked to too deeply at it), but it works just like pitch trim in fixed wing.
Search for “rotor” or “trim” in your controls settings. You’ll find button assignments available for rotor lateral and longitudinal trim increase, decrease, and trim reset.
There is a “set longitudinal rotor trim” function, so in theory it could be pretty straightforward to have the force trim be set on stick position… hmmm. 
Hi, actually what i am asking is, after i bring the cyclic to a position where i want, i hit a force trim button that keeps the cyclic there. Force trim + force feedback stick = stick stays where the button is pressed physically
Yea I agree, even though the trim works okayish as it is, the force trim would be the most realistic and handy tool to have. Trim seems to be always a bit off, and you can’t really tune it like you could with a force trim.
trying to use spring joystick is pain for helicopters, no enjoyment at all. I hope Force Feedback and Force trim will be implemented soon. Otherwise helicopters are useless for me.
I think the problem here is, that if you have your joystik outside the “neutral” position and press the “force trim” button it might store that position, but if you release your stick afterwards you’re immediately moving away from the desired setting - so the question is, how a force trim will be working with a spring joystick and when/how will it store the setting relative to “neutral”. Maybe the increase/decrease trim buttons are the only way to go as you can set them out of the neutral position respectively adjustig them until you can release to the neutral position.
A very simple little trick I implemented on a old joystick I have here was to use an elastic band wrapped around the joystick grip and it’s catering spring such that the spring was compressed and no longer in play and the stick was completely floppy. Ideal for hell’s and so easy to put on or off if needed. It obviously won’t work for all joysticks but if the spring is exposed it just might.
While holding the force trim button the joystick movements are ignored. So you press force trim, center joystick and release. Now center joystick is where it was prevoiusly.
You wrote you have a MSFFB2, so why you don’t use simFFB?
This little, clever utility allows you to add Fore Trim to any rotorcraft/aircraft.
Have a look:
… I hope after a whole year you are still listening and find this solution useful.