Cubdriver usenet AT danford.net writes:

I trim for level flight after I've finished the climb. Most of the
time that's full forward, and sometimes full forward isn't enough and
I hold a bit of forward stick.

Why do you need full forward for level flight? Doesn't that imply a
badly placed center of gravity? If the aircraft is just that way, it
sounds a bit dangerous if you have to hold it like that just to stay
level.

If you let go with neutral trim, what happens?

I did some training at Chandler AZ in a Super Cub, and the instructor
insisted that I stop trimming on landing. I didn't like it much, and
as soon as I was alone I reverted to going to neutral trim on every
downwind. (I suppose he was having me adjust the power on each leg of
the pattern, so I was adjusting trim on downwind, base, and final.)

See, if I spend time adjusting trim during those phases of flight, I
lose track of everything else. I suppose it might be easier to adjust
trim on some real aircraft, but from what I've seen of the placement
of trim controls, it doesn't seem likely. I'd be afraid of getting
distracted by trim when I should be looking at other things, like the
tree approaching my windshield.

No rudder or aileron trim on the Cub.

What about torque effects and stuff like that?

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