You will find in flight that the movement and control of the trim is
quite natural and doesn't actually cause any problems. The only time you
actually look at the indicator is to verify slight nose down on trim
during pre flight and then moving to that position when getting ready to
land. The rest of the time you'll trim by feel.
Tony
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Subject: Pitch Trim ergonomics
Hi all,
I am pondering on the installation of the trim switch and
indicator. I see ( in the forum archives at
http://www.geocities.com/asarangan/europa_forum.html ) that long ago,
there have been discussions on this, and I feel that to have the
indicator orientated as per the manual page 24-2 (XS) would be
confusing...to me at least! It says... press the bottom of the rocker
switch to trim nose up...fine, but the indicator should move up... So
the label on the switch bottom will read-Trim Nose-up...I can live with
that, but the label on the bottom of the indicator will read Nose
Down...This just seems odd to me.
If both the switch and indicator were horizontal, I feel that
the ergonmics would be correct when selecting the switch to the rear to
trim nose-up, the indicator should move to the rear. So the problem
arises when they are mounted vertically on the panel. I've sat for a
long time trying to find somewhere to mount them other than vertical,
where they don't clash with other things, or look odd. I am wasting a
lot of time on this one, so I thought I'd throw it into the melting pot
and see if anyone has done any magic!
Brian Hutchinson
XS 357
hutch@hangarbout.fsnet.co.uk
<mailto:hutch@hangarbout.fsnet.co.uk>
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