Here's a great exercise. Trim for cruise. And when I say trim, I mean sufficient for hands-off flying. Don't trim to reduce stick forces, trim to eliminate them altogether.
Now close the throttle. Let the speed decay to just above stall speed. Then open the throttle again and let the speed increase to "redline" speed - the highest speed you can get in level flight without the engine overrevving. Close the throttle again and let the speed decay to just above stall speed. And so on and so forth.
Hi Backpacker,
I don't think that opening and closing the throttle will chznge the speed appreciably. All that will happen is that the aircraft will stay (more or less) on its trimmed speed and either descend or climb depending on closed or opened throttle.
Not so?