Trimming
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From: gloucestershire
Just had two trips this afternoon,................
Getting there, using the cannon ball, rolling it up and down the plane.
Put the attitude where you want it, feel the pressure, then trim to move the cannon ball, then check...............
And, did the two takes offs on my own..................smiling from here to next week!
Getting there, using the cannon ball, rolling it up and down the plane.
Put the attitude where you want it, feel the pressure, then trim to move the cannon ball, then check...............
And, did the two takes offs on my own..................smiling from here to next week!
All the best with your training.
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From: gloucestershire
Yep, trimmed for the climb out, and did all the trimming on both sorties, and even trimmed the C152 down to downwind for finals.
Can I keep the cannon ball for a bit longer, will then pass it on to the next student who needs it?
Thank you all, still along way to go, but there has been a good steep learning curve this week.
Can I keep the cannon ball for a bit longer, will then pass it on to the next student who needs it?
Thank you all, still along way to go, but there has been a good steep learning curve this week.
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From: Oxford
Surely all instructors teach trimming for speed...don't they? It was part of the 'patter' for all the instructors I've flown with - 'trim for 60kts...'
Otherwise, what do you do when the engine fails? The immediate action I was taught was : trim for XXkts. Or is that shorthand for 'attitude for XXkts, then trim'?
Tim
Otherwise, what do you do when the engine fails? The immediate action I was taught was : trim for XXkts. Or is that shorthand for 'attitude for XXkts, then trim'?
Tim
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From: Amsterdam
Actually, the routine for an engine failure, how I learned it, was to trim two notches up (in a PA-28-161). That gave you roughly best glide speed (assuming trimmed for normal cruise speed), leaving you time to deal with other issues without looking at the ASI too much. Fine tuning the trim/speed was done after the other checks.
Unless you were very low of course (EFATO for instance). In that case don't worry about anything except finding a landing spot and setting up the approach.
Unless you were very low of course (EFATO for instance). In that case don't worry about anything except finding a landing spot and setting up the approach.
