Sounds like it's flying correctly. I mix a little down elevator to low (idle) throttle. That way, no need to hold down elevator on downline maneuvers. You probably have some engine down thrust, which help keep the up-lines true without needing to add down elevator. I trim my elevator for perfect level flight at about 75% speed. You will need to feed in some down elevator for inverted flight. More so if you're on the nose-heavy side on your c/g.
Originally Posted by
learn2turn
I used to trim my planes so I'd need equal elevator upright and inverted thinking it was neutral. Then I learned it may be better to trim for level flight upright so that's how I have my plane trimmed now.
But, I think that when not flying in level upright flight that a tad of down elevator is now needed to maintain a straight path. Is that normal? Like on a downlink after a stall turn, I put in a tad of down elevator. That seems correct theoretically. And, it seems like how my plane performs.
Is that the way to fly with a plane trimmed like that? I would think a bit of down elevator is definitely needed inverted. Would it also be needed on up and down lines?
I don't mind it; I'm just curious if it is indeed how the plane should be behaving.
-l2t aka Ken