Piper J3
Well Known Member
Until recently I have been using the elevator trim indicator on the D-180 to set and verify only takeoff trim position. Once airborne I would make trim adjustment for cruise and decent strictly by feel, which required many small, step adjustments to reach hands-off pitch stability.
I have made mental note of where trim indicator needs to be to satisfy cruise and power-off glide with full flaps deployed. Now when I change from climb to cruise and from cruise to decent I can quickly attain stabilized flight in pitch by setting the elevator trim by visual reference to the trim indicator. By roughing-in the trim setting visually I can attain desired pitch stability quickly with just a few small step adjustments and thus minimize workload.
So for what its worth (and maybe I’m just late to the party as usual) I thought I’d pass along this revelation as I gracefully age in my love of flying…
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I have made mental note of where trim indicator needs to be to satisfy cruise and power-off glide with full flaps deployed. Now when I change from climb to cruise and from cruise to decent I can quickly attain stabilized flight in pitch by setting the elevator trim by visual reference to the trim indicator. By roughing-in the trim setting visually I can attain desired pitch stability quickly with just a few small step adjustments and thus minimize workload.
So for what its worth (and maybe I’m just late to the party as usual) I thought I’d pass along this revelation as I gracefully age in my love of flying…
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