Chris,
Not to argue with you, but, as I understand it, this is no ordinary trim
tab. This is an anti-servo tab, where the stick movement sets the angle of
the tab, and the tab imparts a force to move the elevator. Losing one tab
means that the other tab has to do the entire job, and the behavior would be
difficult to predict.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Reno Air Races
> >
>> I just read the latest reports from Reno, which now report
>> 9 dead. These included a photo of the plane in descent
>> which showed that the left elevator was missing its trim
>> tab. From other reading, this seems to be an anti-servo
>> tab, which applies a trim force to the elevator, which
>> positions the elevator. With this tab gone, the control
>> force necessary to control the aircraft would have likely
>> been extremely large.
>>
>
> Not extremely large, but tiring over an extended period of time. The
> primary purpose of elevator trim is to set your airspeed. Contrary to
> what people unfamiliar with aircraft might think, the aircraft pitch
> determines your airspeed and the engine power sets your rate of climb (or
> dscent).
>
> Chris
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