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Old 04-11-2008, 08:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mitch View Post
Now, I am more than likely wrong...

...but isn't our high trim setting on takeoff primarily to overcome the nose low angle of incidence on the wings as we roll down the runway?

In cruise, as has been said, the trim is usually 0-2. So it sounds fairly efficient to me.
I thought the trim setting was so that if we were to pop an engine at V1, the aircraft would already be trimmed for V2........
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