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Old 14th Mar 2019, 12:44
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Luc Lion
 
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Originally Posted by ManaAdaSystem
With STS it will continue to trim up even if I need to apply quite a lot of forward pressure to keep the nose from rising. I thing the parameters for the trim cut out to function are very high. Or possibly it doesn’t stop STS from operating.
ManaAdaSystem,
look at the diagram below ; the "control column stab trim cutout switches" only operate on the electric path of the electric trim buttons.
The STS is on the other electric path, the path of the autopilot system.


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