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Builders are often in a rush to prove the airworthiness of their homebuilt projects, but thorough flight-testing is essential.

Wither the washer?

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.

By Kitplanes® Staff.