Jammed Elevator

Go back and read my original posting referencing the website on
servo/anti-servo tabs.

Peter Duniho wrote:
"john smith" wrote in message
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Yes, Peter, I do know that.


Then why did you write "the trim works independent of the elevator". It
certainly does not. It relies on the elevator to do its job. It is
anything *but* independent of the elevator.

There are examples of airplanes with trim that *truly* works "independent of
the elevator". For example, airplanes with horizontal stabilizers that are
adjusted with the trim control, but which have a regular elevator as well
(i.e. *not* a stabilator-equipped airplane). Another example are the Lake
amphibians, which have one or two (depending on the model) elevator-like
control surfaces (commonly called "split elevator"), hinged and controlled
completely independently from the elevator itself.

Your original comment about elevator trim made no mention of the fact that
the elevator trim behaves opposite from normal when the elevator is stuck,
nor did your follow-up post. It was not clear at all that you understood
what the elevator trim did; assuming that none of this is news to you, I
suggest you could use some work on being more specific about what you post,
and not writing things that mean something other than what you really intend
(like using the word "independent" when it's not applicable at all).

Pete