Recently, Kev posted:

Neil Gould wrote:
You are presenting yet another absurd scenario that has no relation
to the reality of flying. Nobody flying a real plane will "forget"
about trim set near the limits of it's travel, because the control
forces are a constant reminder.

Umm. Nobody *hand* flying should in theory forget about trim setting.
(We all know the problems that can be caused by autopilots or FBW
systems mucking with the trim behind a pilot's back ;-)

When trim is changed, the flight condition changes. There are many clues
about trim settings that the conscious pilot can note, especially when the
trim is set near the limits of its travel. It really doesn't matter
whether the aircraft is FBW, autopilot, or hand-flown.

Of course, sometimes pilots *do* forget... thus the number of take-off
accidents caused by the trim being in the wrong place.

This is a matter of making an error in the pre-flight checklist. It has
nothing to do with the mechanics of trim.

Neil