X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:50:39 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.97.144.70] (HELO n126.sc0.cp.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.2) with ESMTP id 1321306 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:08:20 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.97.144.70; envelope-from=billhogarty@hughes.net Received: from [127.0.0.1] (69.19.84.131) by n126.sc0.cp.net (7.2.069.1) (authenticated as billhogarty@hughes.net) id 44D85DEB000283CB for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:07:27 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <44DFDAD0.4090608@hughes.net> X-Original-Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:07:12 -0700 From: billhogarty User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] LIV - Rudder Trim References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nicholas Paczkowski wrote:

The manual indicates that rudder trim is optional. Is there a consensus on whether rudder trim is worth the effort? Thanks.

I have yet to see a L-IV or L-IVP without rudder trim and I think that this speaks for itself. My experience is that rudder trim varys "considerably" from takeoff to cruise but once at cruise, it doesnt vary. The traffic pattern can take a little trim but mostly the rudder. This is why I recommend pitch and roll trim on the coolie hat and rudder trim on the panel above the throttle.
Hope this helps. Regards, Bill Hogarty