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Old 01-02-2011, 10:20 PM
bolox bolox is offline
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Originally Posted by vparez View Post
I don't know what are you implying by your post, but the comparison with FW shows that for a trimmed flight at 100% throttle, FW shows very small displacement of the needle, and it surely needs much less trim than the Spitfire.
if you test the fw you will see that full elev trim in either direction only moves the gauge to~1/2 the scale deflection whereas spits move to full scale deflection, so there is much less movement to see. it has been that way for as long as i can remember.

as a side note to this- how many people use the recomended setting for takeoff trim of ~1 div nose down trim for take off in spits?(from pilot's notes MKV)