Teaching Incremental Flaps in the Pattern

On Mar 6, 7:45 pm, Roger wrote:

According to my manual the actuator motor assembly is 35-080109 for
both models, BUT and I emphasize that BUT in capital letters I have
found the occasional discrepancy in those shop manuals. One, with
which I am intimately familiar is the routing of the Throttle, prop,
and mixture controls which were replaced (died of old age) so although
my manual lists it as the same, "like anything on the web" I'd take
that with a grain of salt:-)) I'd really expect better from Beech
though.

Perfection eludes, but they came close with these birds!

Like the old 35s the switch is a momentary one, but unlike you guys
flying the "expensive planes", with the "piano key switches, my
economy class Deb only has a momentary toggle switch with a handle
shaped like a flap.:-))

The A36 is same. It's hidden under the yoke arm and therefore you have
to be very careful if you actually want just Approach flaps, otherwise
it drops to full (though not that big a deal).



The early Debs (a V35 with a conventional tail grafted on - Designator
is 35-33) had a very coarse manual trim with the trim wheel hidden up
behind the panel. There's a white stripe painted on the panel to show
you where you should reach to try to find it:-)) OTOH there is no
mistaking it, but less than half an inch travel can shove you right
down in the seats or leave *things* floating around the cabin. It is
coarse in the extreme. They fixed that in the first year or early on
into the second. At 5'7" my eyes are just peaking over the edge of
the glare shield when adjusting the trim. That makes the adjustment
from 120 on the ILS at DH to landing speed ... interesting. Tis a
good thing they slow quickly, but that means some major trim changes
in just a few seconds.


That's my experience in the A36 -- though I've learned how to trim
that airplane. The electric trim is available but never used -- the
adjustments are far too gross and I end up reaching underneath the
yoke anyway. Flying right seat that big dual yoke makes trimming a
dexterity event.

Dan