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321XLR
Gents
My understanding is the rudder trim is a "FAC thing" and has no physical relationship/linkage to the nose landing gear. However during an after-start flow the other day, a Captain told me to "hold on, rudder trim until tow bar is disconnected, as we don't want the nose wheel to move at all." I said yes sir but it got me to thinking about this. (after start flow being requested while tow bar still attached is another conversation...)
I have looked back into our training materials and FCOM stuff and cannot located any information that the rudder trim PB can cause the nose gear to move. I respect everyone's experience so maybe it is buried somewhere. Possibly on other aircraft it is and this was "leftover" from the Captain's thousands of hours in other airplanes.
Thank you
FCOM Tasksharing applies, so your Capt. tried to be unnecessarily smart. Did this guy really want to be addressed as sir? 😅
Last edited by sonicbum; 4th Jan 2023 at 10:23.