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Don't know what all the other folks did (I'm sure you'll hear from a bunch),
but on my early 235, I haven't needed a rudder trim tab of any kind. Sure, I
use a bit of right foot on takeoff - but that rapidly goes away once I get
up to normal climb airspeed (I usually use about 130 MPH as I find that
gives me an excellent climb rate with reasonable forward visibility) and a
touch of left for descents. Maybe I was just dumb lucky, but for almost all
of the useable flight envelope, my Lancair flys feet-on-the-floor.

About the only time I have to have my feet on the pedals, other than takeoff
and landing, of course, is to hold things steady in turbulence and also, if
I elect to cross-control to effect a very rapid loss of altitude. A
technique used a lot in Los Angeles after going thru the corridor over LAX
with the need to get down to pattern altitude for the Torrance airport. (If
you're not familiar, take a look at the chart for the LA area - Torrance is
CLOSE to the LAX Class B airspace).

Incidentally, if you use this technique, work up to it a bit at a time so
you'll get to know the airplane's limitations for radical cross-control - a
snap at 1000 feet should be studiously avoided!

Dan Schaefer

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