Originally Posted by
Uplinker
I am not really having a go; just couldn't resist
I have never really understood the desire to retain manual trimming. If it can be designed-out, why would you still want to trim manually?
It is like if motorists said they wanted to keep manual chokes, rather than have the car engine management control unit do it automatically. Or preferring the early gas turbine engines without ECUs or FADECS, which needed a flight engineer to look after them.
I flew many manually trimmed aircraft before Airbus FBW, (and flew them well enough, though I say so myself), but the Airbus auto-trim was a revelation. It just stays in the attitude you put it, (within certain limitations and caveats). Brilliant.
I cannot remember where I got my copy of The A320 Instructor Support manual. Airbus Industrie, ref: UGH01041, dated 2001.
LOL on the gust reference
. Technically correct!! A320 is my 5th type, and I love the plane, just always somethings could be better....
And I think I found your manual online, will definitely read it!