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Old 01-12-2004 | 02:40 PM
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Default RE: How Much Flaperon Movement?

Your right up to a point, Mark. It's influenced by airspeed more than anything. If you drop the flaps at to high an airspeed, it will balloon up. As the speed drops there is a point where it would fly level with no elevator input. As it drops lower, it would tend to pitch down, needing up elevator to fly level. Thats why it's almost impossible to use elevator trim with flaps. To pitch sensitive with speed. Better for the young lads to learn to fly with the sticks instead of the trimmers.