Alright, I've never been accused of being the sharpest knife in the drawer, but this has me somewhat confused...
If I am flying downwind in a Clown Jet, configured gear down, flaps full, boards out and trimmed on-speed (which is a big assumption for my SNA self, I realize)...and I roll into my approach turn without touching the trim, shouldn't I be on speed once again when I roll out of the approach turn on the ball?
What I'm seeing is that the jet seems to need a few clicks of nose-up trim on final to keep from going fast, even though it was trimmed on-speed on the downwind. My question is why this happens? Shouldn't the jet seek the same AOA it was trimmed for regardless of whether I am climbing, descending, flying upwind, downwind etc...
Yes, Scoober, I realize I'm completely geeking out...
If I am flying downwind in a Clown Jet, configured gear down, flaps full, boards out and trimmed on-speed (which is a big assumption for my SNA self, I realize)...and I roll into my approach turn without touching the trim, shouldn't I be on speed once again when I roll out of the approach turn on the ball?
What I'm seeing is that the jet seems to need a few clicks of nose-up trim on final to keep from going fast, even though it was trimmed on-speed on the downwind. My question is why this happens? Shouldn't the jet seek the same AOA it was trimmed for regardless of whether I am climbing, descending, flying upwind, downwind etc...
Yes, Scoober, I realize I'm completely geeking out...