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Old 9th Apr 2019, 09:18
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deltafox44
 
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Originally Posted by PerPurumTonantes
I can't see any reason for the 'blips' in nose up trim other than pilot trying it and it not working/ not appearing to work. Why else would you release the switch when it's the one thing you're focussing on, the one thing you know you need?
I see on good reason : at very high speeds a long trim command would induce huge vertical acceleration, therefore you have to use it with caution, using actions of one second or so.

What I can't see is why they did not continue as many times as needed to trim back
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