On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:42:17 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

In article ,
"Paul Sengupta" wrote:

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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Now I fly mostly Pipers. I really like the manual flaps instead of
Cessna's electric ones, and curse the electric trim Piper uses instead
of Cessna's manual trim system.

Is there not a manual trim wheel then?

Paul

There is, but it's not in a very convenient place (stuffed between the
front seats). The Piper electric trim is very convenient when it works,
the problem is that it so often doesn't work :-(

I was a partner in a Cherokee 180 (N6360J). It had electric trim which
never failed in the 375 hours I put on it. I've never heard of the
current partners complain. The trim wheel is between the seats in a
natural position to just put your hand on it. For all 5 of us and the
partners since, it has worked just fine. I think they've worn out two
engines in that plane, but the trim has not been a problem.

BTW I'd love to have an electric trim in the Deb that worked like the
one in old sixty Juliet.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com