Originally Posted by
hans brinker
What baffles me is the decision to not have any aileron trim, rudder trim in manual flight only, and pitch trim setting required to do manual before take off, but not used in flight (emergencies excluded).
With the rudder they could have taken the same approach as with the THS: after a consistent input of the pilot, start to trim it out.
With the THS, after I put in the M/B data in the FMS, it could set the THS for me (It resets to 0 automatically after landing after all).
I am not saying they were wrong, I just haven't found the answer to why...
From the A330 onwards the THS is automatically set after start when all hydraulics are available.
Why would you need aileron trim? Why would you need the rudder trim with AP ON?
As for the engine failure, the PM will announce “Engine Failure” without specifying the engine; this in order not to confuse the PF and induce errors. The good old “kick the ball” always works, the “ball” is blue and is called the Beta Target. That’s all you need really.