| Keep the nose very light during the T/O roll? Oh yeah? with what flap setting? What trim setting ?rear of the manufacturers approved T/O band? What weight? A light PA28 is different to a heavy one. 1/ it would increase your TODR 2/ tis a bad technique you'll have to un-learn later on There are situations that would warrant back pressure on the elevators such as a rough grass runway. But certainly not excessive back pressure on a hard surface for a normal T/O. You might even need slight forward pressure in a crosswind? The PA28 is a "learners aircraft" and as such you should learn proper techniques that you can use later in more sophisticated aircraft. Letting the Aircraft fly itself is not normally taught. ( nor is overcontrolling, there is a difference however. ) |