REFLECTOR: Aileron trim

[Sid Knox]

From: "Rene Dugas" <dugasd at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:10 PM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Aileron trim


> Grigore,
>
> I find that I use the aileron trim maybe once each two months of flying.
> It seems that the springs merely affect the centering point  in flight.
> Mine does not move the ailerons on the ground but in the air since one
> is moving the stick back and forth in roll the center adjusts to a
> slightly different position as if one was changing the detent position.
> This not like in a Cessna.   Mine works fine but I use it only when
> heavily loaded and on long trips like to Oshkosh or California.  The
> S-Tec autopilot is used to bypass this problem probably most of the
> time.
>
> Rene'

Rene' said it exactly as it is on my 173RG also.  If I want to hand-fly the 
plane, I may tweak the trim a little to account for having a front seat 
passenger or flying solo.  If I use the auto-pilot, the trim makes no 
difference at all.  And as Scott said, don't worry about it...it's not 
supposed to do anything on the ground... it's too puny to yank the 
cables...it simply changes the perceived detent position when flying.

Sid

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