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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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Rough flight with weather and PNW scenery..trim or not to trim...

limjack

limjack

Charter Member 2016
Rough flight with weather and PNW scenery..trim or not to trim...

I figured this was going to be a rough flight to Mt. Baker. Thunderstorms, turbulence, wind and rain but managed to find Mt. Baker in the end. I loved the look of the storms as well as rising out of it in the end to see Mt. Baker. Question, when flying in weather such as this without auto pilot do I stay away from trim? The reason I ask of course is because I was getting rocked everywhere and trim did not seem to help.

Jim
 
Trim can still help, even in vicious weather - at least in the real world. In the sim, I find sometimes it's not very useful when you're bouncing all around.
 
Ya, I wasn't sure what to do but hang onto the yoke and keep correcting. Even though I had my hands full it was a great flight.

JIm
 
IRL even in a heavy like the 767, if it get's really bumpy, I mean REALLY severe turbulence, you don't trim, you don't change the powersetting and you don't even try to hold the altitude you just try to keep the attitude.
If the plane was set up for straight and level flight before, it's the best thing not to make any significant changes.
Otherwise you have no feedback what the straight and level setting was and you might end up being seriously mistrimmed sooner or later.
 
and we've had weather here lately thats even surprised us. winds like you wouldnt believe. definately no place for a small GA plane to be, but, if you get caught n that stuff then get down in the valleys between the ridges so the wind blows over you.. GPS can help you navigate, and by all means, use trim..
 
If you have ever flown near mountainous territory during even mild, turbulent weather you set your best possible trim and hang on to that yoke...it's gonna get bouncy.
Ted
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warchild said:
.....if you get caught n that stuff then get down in the valleys between the ridges so the wind blows over you..
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Don't know the mountains in the U.S. but once you get below the ridges in the Alps then you are in a really bad situation, as you are now in an area with extreme downdrafts which easily extend down to the valley floor etc...
 
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