Originally Posted by
Vessbot
So if one jams, you don't have a trim runaway
I think this is a safety issue with the A300 trim switch. if, for some reason, the entire trim switch gets jammed in one position. Wouldn’t that cause a trim runaway? What sort of safety measures did the Airbus engineers put out for that situation?
Maybe a button in each yoke that deactivates the entire trim switch for thar particular yoke to prevent a trim runaway? That would kinda defeat the ergonomic purpose for it, creating a solution for a solution.
If I was the designer, I would put 2 electric-trim cutoff knobs on each side of the cockpit in case it gets stuck. The pilots would resort to using the trim wheels