Author: Nels Hanson <pa201950@...> Time: Tue Mar 2, 2004 5:48 pm PST Link
I have manual trim. Part of my preflight inspection is
to visually inspect where my trim is. I take off with
it in the exact same position every time. This is why
I don't have or need a "trim indicator". One less
thing to go wrong. Of course,I am ancient because I
actually depend on my arm muscle for flap actuation
instead of trusting another electronic gadget to raise
and lower my flaps. I am so backward that I even have
a wood prop and only a 160 HP. However,as my friends
will attest,I love my GPS. I don't have trouble
folding it when it travel.
--- Jeffrey Hall <jhallrv4@...> wrote:
> I don't have an trim indicator because I've never
> felt the need for one. How often, even with an
> indicator, do you still need a nudge one way or the
> other? In flight I can tell where the trim is, and
> the greatest out of trim condition that can be a
> surprise is nose up for landing, then taking off
> with it still there. I addressed this in an earlier
> post. As I have elect. trim on my stick, I just push
> the little hat switch forward as I'm taking off. No
> problem, and I still have my left hand on the
> throttle, right hand on stick. If I had manual trim
> my hand would have to leave the throttle to use the
> trim. My personal preference is to have hands full
> of throttle and stick during takeoff and landing.
> I've got 170 hrs so far with no problem with
> electric flaps. There is one RV8 on the field that
> had a problem with the flap motor, but the rest of
> us RV's here are doing fine. It would be great to
> find out from Van's what percentage of flap motors
> have failed, but I wouldn't expect them to come
> across with a truthful answer.
>
> Jeff
>
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