Guess I'm lucky. I thought all coupes were like mine. Full forward
trim give me hands off
cruise and full back is final approach speed (about 70).
Dan C
On Jul 25, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Ed Burkhead wrote:
I’m puzzled and I’m certainly not and expert on how the trim should
be set.
Shouldn’t the trim setting allow for speeds higher than cruise? If
I’m high in the perfectly smooth air above the thermals, shouldn’t
I be able to trim for somewhat higher speeds so I can glide down at
110 or 120 mph instead of my normal cruise of 100 (or, for some
people 104 or 108 mph)?
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NOTE: It was this kind of dive when I decided to let it
get up to 144 mph that I got aileron flutter somewhere around 135
mph. Luckily, I figured it out and stopped it instantly so I’m
alive. (My aileron linkages had excess play.) I DO NOT RECOMMEND
– in fact, I STRONGLY DIS-RECOMMEND DIVES MUCH FASTER THAN YOUR
CRUISE SPEED! AND, make absolutely sure your rigging is tight and
that play is no more than specified in the service manual. Failure
to do this can kill you!
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On my Coupe, full forward on the trim was some speed higher than
cruise – I never explored the limit. But, full back on the trim
was just what I wanted for final approach.
What is proper for setting the trim range?
Ed
