Capetanios Oz wrote:

OK LP, I found it
http://www.billzilla.org/flying3.html

Also, I have a problem with a couple of things your friend said in his
website:

1. Quote "After confirmation by the engineers that the trim was working
back to front, they quickly figured out was what wrong - The actual trim
switches were installed (By George!) upside down, hence when you commanded a
nose-up trim, it actually trimmed nose down. That was what was bugging me,
but I couldn't put my finger on it! "
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Oz, I really doubt that your friend could have known about the trim in a
preflight unless one guy was at the controls and the other guy outside
judging his movement on the trim vs. the elevator. You can preflight the
ailerons by moving the yoke (control column) to the right and the right
aileron goes down while the left goes up and visa versa. Same with pulling
back on the control column (yoke) the elevator goes up and down. But you
can't normally preflight a trim.

BTW, upside down trims cause many accidents and deaths every year...it's
only the wise ones that survive...

LP

Seems it's normal to trim a Metro nose up after takeoff.
http://www.billzilla.org/aviation.htm

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:49:25 +1100, Capetanios Oz wrote:

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:30:35 -0600, "Lady Pilot"
wrote:

That's bull****, Ozzy. Preflight for a small aircraft is at neutral,
then
you trim accordingly at take-off. If it goes the opposite way, any
pilot
who flies "by the seat of his pants" would know not to keep trimming the
damn aircraft all the way to the ground. Was the your son, flight
student?

Would you trim the sails for the opposite direction and not figure out
what
is wrong? Pretty much the same thing to me...

LP





Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.