Trim

[Fianna]

Trimming your nose down will help to keep your nose from bouncing when you've got flaps out.


Combat trim takes into account airspeed only, not the shape of your wing.

[Steve]

If you trim your elevators up it will make you turn loads better. 

no

[froger]

<-----combat trim always off
   dump the lame stall limiter and
learn to shoot without tracers
 X out bird and manual trim around 300.
  works prety good for me.

[Spatula]

If you trim your elevators up it will make you turn loads better. 

That's simply untrue. This myth has been debunked by Hitech himself.

[Murdr]

If you trim your elevators up it will make you turn loads better. 

Myth.

[PFactorDave]

Myth.

Maybe we need these guys to come and put this one to bed permanently...

[Ruah]

I understand that rim consists of the three control surfaces - elevator, rudder and ailerons - but what does the letters next to the elevator gauge stand for (L,V,E?)? 

[Fianna]

I understand that rim consists of the three control surfaces - elevator, rudder and ailerons - but what does the letters next to the elevator gauge stand for (L,V,E?)? 

In what plane?

[Hap]

ruah, i've been flying with manual trim 95% of the time over the past couple months.  have flown since 2002 off and on.  from 2002 to 2007, i used combat trim and stall limiter.  i stopped using stall limiter around 2008. 

so much depends on the types of situations we put ourselves in when we fly when it comes to trim. 

if you have a favorite ride, go offline and do some testing.  if you go about it methodically, you'll see some surprising things.

[Lusche]

I understand that rim consists of the three control surfaces - elevator, rudder and ailerons - but what does the letters next to the elevator gauge stand for (L,V,E?)? 

It's ELV = acronym for ELeVator

[morfiend]

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It's ELV = acronym for ELeVator

 Pffft and I thought he was talking about some character in WOW.....

[Ruah]

oh I fail. . .

I am really in love with the 109 and the KI84. . .and both of these planes like to have a lot of trim attention.

anyway, thanks for the advice

[The Fugitive]

oh I fail. . .

I am really in love with the 109 and the KI84. . .and both of these planes like to have a lot of trim attention.

anyway, thanks for the advice

There are small advantages to using trim..... very small. I fly both the 109s and the KI, and do well in them. The difference is more in the line of a preference than any real advantage.