Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
In most (if not all) Mooneys, the entire tailcone (roughly the back 20% of the fuselage, including all the fins) is tilted for pitch trim. With a horizontal jackscrew pushing and pulling the hinged tail rather than raising and lowering.
Not forgetting the similarly innovative pitch trim mechanism on the Lockheed JetStar which involved the entire fin, to which the stab was rigidly attached, tilting backwards and forwards to alter the stab incidence:
