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Old 26th Mar 2019, 16:22
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PPS. The EFIS location and dial format might be better used to display pitch trim position.
I asked a question earlier in the thread, but it got lost. Do pilots ever look at the stabiliser trim analog scale on the pedestal during flight (after takeoff)?

You are asking a related question. My followup questions: Is there a digital value of stabiliser trim available on the flight control computers? Is this value used, or is trim driven from arbitrary positions by incremental turns of the jackscrew? Are there any software limits on the jackscrew position?

I may have this story backwards, but have not seen it discussed in relation to MCAS (nor in the Tech Log forum).
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