Originally Posted by Gums
I shall wait until some heavy pilots comment that have a few thousand hours in the 737.
Careful, Defacto's forgotten more about the 737 than you'll ever know...
With respect, Gums, the 737 was designed before your F16 was a twinkle in someone's eye. Companies don't just start completely redesigning FCSs just for stamps when the latest gadget comes along. The 737 works. Why change it?
The message that is reinforced from this discussion, for me, is "don't fly with the trim". Push and pull all you like but only use the trim to remove sustained pressure on the stick
after you've been holding the same attitude. I hadn't really appreciated the stick position after trimming the stab, but yes, it's always in the same position when trimmed. I looked at it yesterday!
