Speaking of lessons learned (was are you looking for somethin g)

[Del K. Rykert]

Alan.
    Missed being there Alan. Primary reason can't drive that far. Body won't
let me.
    I guess if I could hear the beeps then it would be re-assuring. How do
you grab gobs of trim quickly when you need to?

              del
               NSRCA - 473

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Hewson" <alan at countryworkshop.ca>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking of lessons learned (was are you looking for somethin
g)


> Del
> I love the digital trims on my Futaba. I use the trims while flying to
find
> the optimum position.....then.....after landing, I count how many beeps
each
> one is from neutral and then I use the Subtrim function. The Subtrim is a
> separate function that trims the controls quantitatively.....It goes
> from -100 to +100. I then put my trims to neutral and continue flying.
> I never have to guess at where the trims are. I can record each of the
> numeric values for future reference. Programming it into a different
> transmitter is a "piece of cake" if necessary.
> That's just my excuse for having digital trims.
>
> Alan Hewson
> Thornton, Ontario, Canada
>
> P.S. We missed you at Guelph
>
>
> Laughing is good exercise......It's like jogging on the inside.
>
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Del K. Rykert" <drykert at rochester.rr.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Speaking of lessons learned (was are you looking for somethin
> g)
>
>
> > Hi Ed.
> >
> > I highly doubt I would notice any improvement or gain. I can't hear the
> > beeps everyone else brags about. I want to know I moved a trim & how
much
> I
> > moved it in a given flight then look and see why it was out of trim and
by
> > how much..   Please explain to me how an electronic trim with no visual
> > reference on the TX is going to indicate to me how much things were out
of
> > trim. Mechanicals have never let me down and like I said. If I have my
way
> > that is all it will ever be.
> >
> >           del
> >                NSRCA - 473
>
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