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Old 18th Jun 2020, 21:46
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The term 'Mach Trim' is normally associated with conventional flight control systems which have to provide a feel force feedback to the pilot.

With increasing Mach No the aircraft might suffer reducing stickforce-speed relationship which defines stability; Mach Trim applies a corrective trim offset to mask the effects of this change.

The A320 experiences this change, but because the FBW design does not need any feel-force feedback to provide 'trim feel' awareness, any change or aerodynamic non-linearity is 'hidden', managed, within the FBW system.

Other aspects of trim are within the FBW computation, which enable 'equivalent manual' trim functions.
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