However, what about on takeoff and climbout? This is the part I find quite difficult, as the forces are quite considerable on the 180hp 172. My instructor always told me to be on the throttle till circuit height, then A-P-T, turn downwind etc
I believe, if memory serves me correctly, that you have the luxury of a throttle friction nut on the 172, so what's the problem with one second off the throttle and on the trim wheel? The aircraft is not going to fall out of the sky.
QDM