"...eliminates the "slush" or neutral area in making pitch corrections...."

Similar to trimming a tiny bit of rudder left and right wing down for cross
controlling to ease maintaining attitude and heading on those long boring
"enroute" flights.

WDA

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"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:09:35 GMT, Guy Alcala
wrote:

"B.C. Mallam" wrote:

I was told that the Blues fly with down trim during their shows, anyone
know
and if they do why?

IIRR, it's so that they always have a slight back pressure on the stick,
making
tight formation flight easier.

Guy

Correct. Loading the stick to be a bit nose-heavy means you're always
flying with a bit of back pressure rather than a neutral stick. It
eliminates the "slush" or neutral area in making pitch corrections.

Modern flight control systems and stab-aug have reduced this practice
considerably.


Ed Rasimus
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