Originally Posted by
safetypee
The reports / FDR did indicate that the crew attempted to use elect trim at larger tail angles, but without movement.
Indeed so. My point was that the crew did not appear to be trying to use electric trim to get further out-of-trim (which is the direction in which the inhibit operates). The crew trim inputs were, as one might expect, in the direction to get the aircraft back in-trim, i.e. ANU:
Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Besides, there's no suggestion that either crew was attempting to trim in the direction of the extremes of the range.
I probably could have worded that slightly better. How about "there's no suggestion that either crew was attempting to trim in the direction approaching the extremes of the range" ?