Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #57817
From: <rwolf99@aol.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: Elevator Trim Tab
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:05:52 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
<<From the cockpit standpoint, I have a switch on the trim servo panel that transfers the ground from PILOT to COPILOT. This isolates the trim control on the sticks from each other.>>
 
Well done, Giff!  I have the same feature, except I wired all five wires to a three-wafer switch.  A real pain to solder and install.  If I had engaged my brain (as you did) I would have realized that switching only the ground would have been sufficient.  Oh well, it's done.  Sometimes I'm a genius but more often I'm a doofus.
 
The switch is labeled "TRIM CNTL" and you can select "PLT" or "PAX".  I figured that with a push-to-talk on the stick, I didn't want the passenger pushing the trim by mistake.  I also figured that it was a real positive way to say "I've got it" or "you've got it" when flying with another pilot.
 
- Rob Wolf


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