You say "It seems that tabs are rigged > differently from Coupe to Coupe, in that, pulling back > will raise the nose on some, and lower it on others. What > are the pros and cons? Are some rigged incorrectly?"?
Sounds like something is wrong on some of those planes. I thought that, on all planes, trim forward was nose down / high speed. Trim back was nose up / low speed. It's been that way on every plane I've flown. On my Coupe, I trim during the approach to full back (nose up). This is about 65-70 mph with hands off the controls. Naturally, I have to pull back even further to flare for landing. This amount of trim is too much for take-offs, though. On take-off, the slipstream is blowing hard over the elevator and trim and the full-up setting is too much. Part of my take-off checklist is to reset the trim to about the middle of the range. This gives me a mild pull-back on the wheel to rotate and climb. (Note that on Coupes with the split elevator, this power-on vs. power off trim change is minimized.) My original flight instructor told me to choose my speed and use the trim to remove the control force. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What are all of you Coupe drivers out there doing with > you trim tabs during takeoffs and landing? I've had some > discussions with a fellow Coupe pilot, and we can't agree > as to what effect we should expect from the tabs use. > I've been pulling my tab lever full back during final for > landing. It causes the nose to rise slightly, reducing my > angle of attack on descent. I was also told to have it > full back during takeoff. It seems that tabs are rigged > differently from Coupe to Coupe, in that, pulling back > will raise the nose on some, and lower it on others. What > are the pros and cons? Are some rigged incorrectly? > > Steve V. > N87337
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