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Old 4th Apr 2019, 20:25
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GordonR_Cape
 
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Originally Posted by Takwis
How can the airplane be in trim AFTER a continued runaway? How do you know it is running away if it is not moving away from a trimmed condition?
In Mentour Pilot's video he demonstrates the process in the simulator. If (big IF) runaway trim is detected and stopped quickly enough, the aircraft is still flyable. AFAIK there is no specific term for that situation, in which it is not perfectly trimmed, and significant yoke forces are required to keep the nose level. It is also not so out of trim, that yoke forces cannot keep the nose level, and the aircraft goes into a dive. In/out are not absolutes,
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