Originally Posted by
ManaAdaSystem
Why, stator vane, you don't set your stab before you take off?
The reason for trimming full nose down before deice was to prevent deicing fluid from entering the tail cone. Now we have to set it to take off position for the same reason?
Funny aircraft, this jurassic design still manages to surprise us after some 60 years of operation.
No, it was to allow the horizontal stabiliser to drain. Which is why you still set full nose down overnight but 5ish for deicing.