Originally Posted by
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Salute Vess!
Sounds like the L39 has only a coolie hat switch on top of the stick, heh ?
Salute! Yes except the coolie hat part of it on the one I flew was missing, so there was just a little 4-way metal nub that hurt your thumb! But that's a different jet than what I was talking about, (my profile's out of date) the CRJ. There are only electric inputs, and the hierarchy goes something like:
Captain's manual switches
FO's manual switches
Autopilot inputs
"Autotrim" (vague naming award of the year... this moves when the flaps are moving in the first few notches)
Mach trim
Are there any other secret cooks in the kitchen? Who knows!
(Come to think of it, I think the L-39 autotrimmed with flap movement too... but it's been a while)