PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Autotrim
Thread: Autotrim
View Single Post
Old 27th Sep 2000, 00:05
  #12 (permalink)  
Portly
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Cool

Yes, Slasher, I can, and here's why:

One of the conditions for Speed Trim Operation is '5 seconds following release of trim switches' (737 tech manual).

Therefore, if you have flown out-of-trim for five seconds - and that's a long time to be out of trim (try counting it out loud) - then Speed Trim will operate.

If you fly for five seconds or more with a requirement for trim, then you are not trimming properly.

I sometimes trim during the rotation, in response to an obviously wrong loadsheet trim for take-off.

Incidentally, if you often depart in the circumstances you describe, you should be a worried man/woman - you're clearly not making any money!!