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Old 03-05-2010, 03:11 PM
Flanker35M Flanker35M is offline
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AS of the "trim cheat". Well, veterans used this little "cheat" to make the Bf109 turn better. This was explained by one of our veterans Kyösti Karhila, he called it the "ace trick". When entering a turn he quickly applied some trim up on the wheel and pulled on the stick making the Bf109 enter turn faster. Some aces flew with a plane trimmed nose up so they had to push the stick to keep level flight.

So I think the trim cheat is just a whine. Maybe the look should be taken to the speed of trimming, how fast you can apply it. This depends on the trim wheel and it's ratio how fast it can move the trim tab or the control surface. Some were slower, some faster. But IRL what I've seen the trim movement is subtle and not fast.