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Old 17th Mar 2019, 21:39
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Chesty Morgan
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Originally Posted by dakarman

Finally another small question, how strong is the drive motor on the auto trim on the MAX or similar? Could you stall it out by grabbing the spinning trim wheel or will it try and take your fingers off?
Well, that actually forms part of the runaway stab trim checklist. If the cutout switches dont stop the trim then grab the wheel which is supposed to stop it.

Never tried it, don't want to.
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