Jim Wilson writes: > There is some hesitantion on my part to speak up on this issue, as > it certainly isn't something I know a lot about. It seems that > from what I remember reading, at least in some aircraft, the > autopilots that actuate the trim wheel are using it in a way > similar to how a live pilot would. In other words the elevator is > used to control aircraft pitch and the autotrim kicks in to releave > the pressure on the servos that control the elevator.
That may be true on some larger planes; on smaller planes, at least, I'm fairly certain that the AP simply drives the electric trim. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
