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Old 7th Jul 2019, 16:42
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Mac the Knife

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It seems (from figures that someone gave) that the hand-trim wheel takes an awful lot of turns to go not very far.
How much grunt does it take (unloaded) on other big jets?

On the MAX the wheel looks rather small and rather far forwards.
Did the designers actually try it under aerodynamic load?

[Yes, I read that bit about making the aircraft do the cha-cha to unload it momentarily]

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