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Old April 28th 08, 04:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Stealth Pilot[_2_]
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Default limit of trim = limit of travel?

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:09:16 -0800, Scott Skylane
wrote:

Stealth Pilot wrote:
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trim has nothing to do with the movement limits on control surfaces.

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Stealth,

This is not universally true. On the Douglas DC-6, for instance,
elevator "up" travel is limited by the elevator trim position. Dialing
in the last 5 degrees of nose up trim allows an extra 3 degrees of
elevator "up" travel. This was done to limit elevator "up" movement
with aft CG loading conditions.

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane


ok you successfully cite the one instance possibly :-) I defer to your
knowledge of the obscure.

stops of the type I mentioned are a mandated requirement in my country
for the environment I play in.

Stealth Pilot