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"Figure 16: The movement of the elevator is opposite to the direction of movement of the elevator trim tab." So this is basically just an aerodynamic matter. At the beginning the picture looked quite odd for me

http://www.free-online-private-pilot-ground-school.com/images/trim_tabs.gif I just found this pic and the description says that "Figure 16: The movement of the elevator is opposite to the direction of movement of the elevator trim tab." Obviously when the trim tab is neutral it doesn't move...

Yes I had to look closer my books and cutaway drawings. And still there are no evidence of separate aileron trim tab. So I would imagine that the whole aileron is working as a trim.

Yes exactly what I thought. For example the Wooden Wonder aka. Mosquito needs proper rudder input that it wont be all over the place :?:

So you do mean that a normal twin of four engined prop plane behaves like a norman single engined plane? Sorry I had to make sure. The Wikipedia says about P-38 Lightning that : "Another issue with the P-38 arose from its unique design feature of outwardly rotating counter-rotating propellers...

Niice, thanks for the translation! The thing is that I can only speak and write English, Finnish and some Swedish. By the way does anyone know how much the prop torque and gyroscopic action affects in twin - or four engined planes (like DC-3, DeHavilland Mosquito, A-26, B-17, B-29) I managed...

Many thanks for your answers 8) Still I do have one or two questions. How important is to lock the tailwheel during take off and landing? I also remember reading that in some planes the tail wheel could be locked by helding back the stick. I would assume that during takeoff roll the...

Hello! I'm new on the forum and hopefully I picked up the right discussion board. As the title says I'm looking for a information about propeller driven airplanes and their behave on the takeoff run. Does the pilot apply diffrential braking when the throttle is being pushed fully open? Or how...