In article ,
Dudley Henriques wrote:

B A R R Y wrote:
On Sat, 17 May 2008 19:37:44 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:
On long cross countries in some of the WW2 prop fighters we handled on
occasion, I would set up and trim out carefully then relax in the seat
as comfortably as I could and fly the trim wheels. With a bit of
practice it became possible to hold the altimeter needle to within a few
feet of desired :-)


I had the same guy for instrument training, and the trim training made
IFR with no AP far, far easier.

A well trimmed aircraft is a pleasure, and very little work, to fly.

Very true.

A fun exercise is to take your hands off the yoke completely and fly with
just power, trim, and rudder. It really teaches you to make small
adjustments and to wait for the plane to settle down before making another
change.

On a calm day, and perhaps with a couple of attempts, a good student can
usually get the plane over the runway in a state where if they continued
that way, the landing would probably be survivable :-)