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Old 13th May 2016, 08:28
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Hi Guys, I think you have missed the first lesson of any flight training, that to descend or climb you just use the throttles. Changing the Pitch Attitude will increase or decrease the speed.
Well I think that is a simplification that may be useful for the first lesson but has no basis in aerodynamics.

The only way is towards the middle of the triangle. i.e. Keep your airspeed constant, and just descend.
True enough but to maintain the speed constant after reducing the throttle requires a pitch down, though not necessarily a trim change.

The descent will happen if you just close the throttles, don't touch the Pitch Trim.
Yes but in general the aircraft will pitch down nonetheless. Don't Hang Up explains it well.
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