Re: Europa-List: Effects of Flaps and Ailerons on Pitch Trim

[Frans Veldman <frans@privatepilots.nl>]

On 04/11/2010 04:00 PM, david miller wrote:

> Both of us need nose down trim in cruise, during my first flights, it
> seemed to me that perhaps slightly less incidence on the wing
> could have been used for more efficient flying, now I just accept the
> fact that nose down trim is required on my aircraft.

If you change the incidence of the wing, you actually change the
incidence of the fuselage. The wing remains in the same position during
flight.

Frans