"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Robert Chambers writes:

The discussion of trim in a flight sim on a PC is academic.

Hardly. Trim does the same thing on a simulator that it does in real
life.

In an aircraft, trim is not so much a "convenience" as you seem
to think.

A lot of aircraft and pilots seem to do without it, so obviously it is
not necessary.

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They must be some really strong pilots... as not trimming a C-172 will give
your arms quite a workout and results in a lot of unnecessary work on behalf
of the pilot, and makes it harder to fly "smoothly and precisely" as you are
constantly "fighting" the force on the elevator control. I can tell which
the difference between approaches where I have the plane nicely trimmed on
on final and the ones where the plane is slightly out of trim, as on the out
of trim approaches I am having to "work more" than I need to and it takes
away from other things I need to be concentrating on to ensure a nice smooth
landing.

Wade Hasbrouck
PP-ASEL
http://spaces.live.com/wadehas