Originally Posted by
Sailvi767
I am going to assume you don’t fly for a living. There is no way you would not recognize a stab out of trim condition while hand flying the aircraft. In addition the aircraft would only accelerate like you portray if the pilot failed to adjust power to maintain the desired airspeed.
Sure about that? Someone new to the aircraft, captain average, and a bit tired.
At 3,000 ft, the stick shaker starts going like mad, causing a hell of a racket, and you think you have an airspeed problem and might be stalling. Sure, the controls are getting heavier and heavier, and you trim a bit for that, but this is caused by the aircraft stalling - isn’t it? (You cannot hear the trimmer, over the din of the stick-shaker.) So you have to let the nose drop, untill you are sure you have enough airspeed.
Ok, you are getting a bit low now, time to pull back. Ahh, but the aircraft will not respond - pull as hard as you like, but the stick feels jammed (you need 60 kg of force to counter full stab-trim). You shout to the f/o to help pull, but the ground is coming up fast.... End of short story...
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