I flew with Martin Tuck the other day, and his Europa has a trim kill
switch on the panel. Too cool.
J. Dutch Revenboer
N507AA, Stillwater, OK
Thinking of building/buying a Europa!
"Tony S. Krzyzewski" wrote:
>
> Yes, I have landed at full trim either way during flight testing. It can
> be done but you need muscles and to take care.
>
> Unlike may custombuilt aircraft, the Europa is one that has undergone a
> full flight test programme and has explored these issues.
>
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Aileron and elevator trim
>
> Since the Europa elevator trim (or aileron trim if fitted) has no manual
> back-up, I am curious as to how controllable the aircraft is with a trim
> runaway to the limit stop.
> Has anyone ever experienced a trim runaway or uncommanded movement to
> the
> trim limit (aileron or elevator)?
> Can a Europa be safely flown to a landing in that condition?
>
> Garry Copeland
>
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