How much do you trim?

Dylan Smith writes:

This means that the controls on a
simulator are _insanely_ sensitive if you want them to be able to make
full control deflections.

And the cheaper the controls, the worse they are. I tried a cheapo
joystick today and almost dived into the ground. I don't think it
moves more than a quarter of an inch from stop to stop for control
surfaces.

Name ten!

Anyone who flies an aircraft that doesn't provide trim.

Trim is absolutely essential in pitch.

I just worry about not knowing how far away I am from neutral. I
could be applying enormous control surface deflection with trim
without necessarily being aware of it. So I might try to move a bit
further with the yoke and find that I'm already against the stop.

The other thing that worries me is distraction. Takeoffs, landings,
climbs, and approaches seem like bad times to be fiddling with trim,
although I suppose that depends on where the trim controls are (I get
the impression that they are often in odd places).

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