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Old 9th Aug 2011, 18:50
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Smilin_Ed
 
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Which Way To Trim?

Tyro:
Only one question: In a FBW Airbus how will you as pilot sense which way to trim?
Without any feedback in the stick, it makes it hard doesn't it? The only thing you can do is to try it one way or the other and see what happens, but I sure don't want the system changing what I had set. If I'm trimmed in pitch and have the power set right in cruise, I really don't want to change anything. All I want to do is make very gentle changes to hold altitude but I don't want to change the trim.
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