"john smith" wrote in message
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Unless the 206 has a stabilator, the trim works independent of the
elevator.

Don't fly Cessnas much, eh?

The trim control requires the elevator to be able to move in order to be
effective. If the elevator is stuck, it is possible to use the trim control
to effect *small* changes in pitch, but those changes will be opposite to
the normal effect of the trim control (i.e. nose down trim will cause nose
up pitch).

In this situation, the trim control effectively becomes a very tiny
elevator. Dale probably should've tried using it, but depending on the
amount of elevator deflection when it got stuck, it may or may not have been
very useful.

Pete