So I attended a great workshop this week on the topic of Maiden Flights and Getting the Most out of Flight Experience.
And I took back some new great info on trimming that I'll merge into the first post. But here's the bullets on their own:
Trimming
1) Get two mistakes high and at a comfortable speed and on mid-rates
2) Try for straight and level passes both up and down field
3) Trim elevator till it holds pitch hands off
4) Trim ailerons till it goes straight hands off
5) Go vertical with the back of the plane facing you to check for yaw struggles
6) Trim rudder
7) If the plane will do inverted, try rolls to both right and left. If they are not similar in speed/circumference land and look for geometry differences in the control surface movements
Anyone else have thoughts or ideas on trimming practices?
And I took back some new great info on trimming that I'll merge into the first post. But here's the bullets on their own:
Trimming
1) Get two mistakes high and at a comfortable speed and on mid-rates
2) Try for straight and level passes both up and down field
3) Trim elevator till it holds pitch hands off
4) Trim ailerons till it goes straight hands off
5) Go vertical with the back of the plane facing you to check for yaw struggles
6) Trim rudder
7) If the plane will do inverted, try rolls to both right and left. If they are not similar in speed/circumference land and look for geometry differences in the control surface movements
Anyone else have thoughts or ideas on trimming practices?
