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Old 18th Nov 2010, 07:24
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Svenestron
 
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Hello,

Thanks for the answers thus far.
I think I need to point out however that I am not wanting to address the general ‘trim’ of the A/C, but rather how you arrive at this ‘trim’.

That is, a linear coupling / gain between for example pedals and TR-thrust. So that the achieved thrust delta if moving the pedals, for instance 1”, is equal at both ‘pedal stops’, ‘centre position’ and all the way in-between (if this is wanted).
This would then be to make it easier to anticipate the needed input for any given manoeuvre.

Clearly the A/C will trim differently at different weights (the amount of needed input will differ), but the amount of pedal needed should for any given state be equal through the entire control range (e.g. I have 4000N thrust on the TR and need 500N more requires the same amount of pedal input as if I had ‘negative’ 2000N thrust and need 500N less..).
If that was in any way clear, or made sense , it was in this perspective I was asking the question..

Thanks again!
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