Fixing Roll

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Originally Posted by _RAAF_Mini

I know for a fact that the Spitfire did have trim tabs on the airlerons for trimming but they could not be adjusted in flight. When the pilots lands he made his own corrections using a block of steel and a malet.

Small excesses of metal on the airlerons surface could be bent up or down to counter act any trim issues the pilot was having on his next flight, the problem would then hopefully be solved for his next hop.

And this is why the P51 Mustang won the war;



It had pilot controlled trim on all three axis. We didn't just beat the crap out of its control surfaces with a mallet after landing in hopes it will fly in a strait line on its next combat sortie.


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