Winging It

The manufacturer must be able to sell enough airplanes to stay in business and make some money.

Why is this airplane xtreme?

When is an airplane in trim? At least to the pilot, the airplane is trimmed when no stick force is required to maintain equilibrium. So how do we achieve this? Barnaby Wainfan explains any number of ways to go about it, including the use of trimtabs, spring systems, sparrow strainers and variable incidence tails.