On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:01:12 +1100, Capetanios Oz wrote:

OK LP, I found it
http://www.billzilla.org/flying3.html
Seems it's normal to trim a Metro nose up after takeoff.
http://www.billzilla.org/aviation.htm


The FO's continuing to trim in increasing pitch forces indicates he
may have lacked experience in the aircraft.

Trim operation in a Metro is as much a part of flying that aircraft as
breathing and watching the trim indicator while operating it is part
of the preflight checks. Runaway trim in the Metro is a well
documented problem and training includes a great deal of attention to
trim operation.

Trimming is as likely to be nose down as nose up after takeoff, it all
depends on how the pilot flying likes the thing to feel and how
accurate the manifest was when the takeoff trim was set. Generally the
trim in motion indicator is dinging throughout the initial climb ...
it used to frighten the passengers to the point that we mentioned it
in the preflight passenger briefing.

Rick