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Originally Posted by bongodriver
Neither of us have time on a spitfire, and I'm not sure what time you have on vintage, but the stearman I fly has a 'huge' prop with a 220hp radial driving it, it is fairly torque'y, I think a 1,000hp merlin driving a 10' prop even at cruise will produce lots of torque and even more gyroscopic effect, without aileron trim I don't see how an aircraft can be hands off and in balance.
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Well I stand to be corrected, however it just doesn't feel right to me. The rigger should adjust manual trims to counter for the cruise. My current CAA examiner has flown the spitfires for the BoB memorial flight, I mean to ask his opinion on this.