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Old 1st Jun 2011, 12:06
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Takata, it may take a hand to trim the rudder, but if you are a pilot, you are taught to fly with your feet. (I understand that some people are taught to stop doing that ... ) The point of the trim (particularly if we are discussing manual trim versus auto trim) is to set a new rudder position so that you don't have to keep making smaller and smaller inputs.

From the diagrams I have, there are rudder pedals on the Airbus 330.

Using your feet to move the rudder is a skill taught from Hour Zero in anyone's flying career ... a skill that appears to atrophy with disuse.

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