When I did my aeros instruction many years ago in our Chippy we often used to fly to and from the aeros area without using the stick - just trim, rudder, and power settings. I never attempted a landing and suspect it would be more of a semi-controlled crash in a taildragger, especially if the wind was anything but dead calm. Good practice, though.
And don't forget, if your elevator is physically jammed, the trim tab will work as a small elevator - but in reverse sense. I heard of a guy taking off in a DC3 in WW2 with the elevator control locks in - he managed to fly a cicuit and land back using reverse trim as an elevator control.
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