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Old 5th Apr 2019, 12:54
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Originally Posted by MemberBerry
"They seem to mean that the safety added by not being able to trim with the thumb switches until you hit the mechanical stops compensates not being able to do that when you actually need it."
Still gobbledygook to me.

How is safety added by not being able to trim with thumb switches? In particular, until a mechanical stop is hit? I would think it is the other way around, that hitting a mechanical stop disables trimming? Furthermore, I would think that a mechanical stop should never be hit, that there should be some microswitches on the actuator to prevent hitting a mechanical stop.

How does not being able to trim when a mechanical stop is NOT hit compensate not being able to do that when you actually need it?
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