Originally Posted by
ignorantAndroid
When you apply nose-down trim, the plane starts to pitch down. You have to release some of the forward pressure on the yoke if you want to maintain the pitch. So you make a series of pitch inputs while gradually reducing pressure on the yoke. When you've finished trimming, the yoke (and elevators) are back in their original positions; their neutral position doesn't change.
Thanks u so much for the explanation, but I still don't understand 1 thing. So let's say in a FBW aircraft (one that uses the C*U FBW law or maybe an Airbus in direct law). Wouldn't this process be kinda tricky? Because in a side stick, the range of motions/wrist movements are much smaller, and without a proper pressure feedback, you'd kinda have to take a guess on when the aircraft moves to a neutral position, no? I would expect this would be significantly easier with a yoke.