Is there any way to adjust throttle lag in the stock C172SP?

Question

In my opinion the RPM response of the stock C172 to any movement in the throttle is delayed by a factor of ten, or possibly more.

In a normally aspirated, fixed pitch aircraft, the RPM should follow the throttle setting with probably no more than .25 second delay. Instead, I see something like a 3-4 second delay when changing the throttle setting from slow cruise of 2100rpm to the desired 1800rpm for follwing an ILS glideslope. This is both unrealistic and distracting and I would like to change it.

Anyone know how I can change this parameter?

Thanks

Matt

Answer 1

Hi Matt, 

For immediate changes to aircraft, you can try your hand at adjustments in Plane Maker (included with X-Plane). If you believe it is a bug in the flight model, please submit a bug report here. Please include all steps to see the issue, what the correct behavior should be and why.