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Re: Europa-List: Effects of Flaps and Ailerons on Pitch Trim

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Effects of Flaps and Ailerons on Pitch Trim
From: david miller <loboloda@execulink.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:55:53

Frans,

and the incidence of the fuselage will affect the incidence of the  
tailplane.
just going back to my model aircraft days of 50 years ago so no  
science on my part,
with the advent of digital levels it would have been possible to  
specify 2.4 or 2.3 degrees, my feeling was that this would have  
lessened the amount of down trim required.
Troy, Chris and I all have classic wings, perhaps this affects the trim.

Dave
On 11-Apr-10, at 11:12 AM, Frans Veldman wrote:

> <frans@privatepilots.nl>
>
> On 04/11/2010 04:00 PM, david miller wrote:
>
>> Both of us need nose down trim in cruise, during my first flights, it
>> seemed to me that perhaps slightly less incidence on the wing
>> could have been used for more efficient flying, now I just accept the
>> fact that nose down trim is required on my aircraft.
>
> If you change the incidence of the wing, you actually change the
> incidence of the fuselage. The wing remains in the same position  
> during
> flight.
>
> Frans
>
>



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