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Quite interesting advices. I really appreciate. I would like some advices regarding post-maintenance flights and also, about the ensurance regarding critical structural repairs like airframe or flight controls. Also, what interests me particularly is how to ensure the safety condition of...

I would like to talk a little about how you found the proper way to cooperate with maintenance guys, how to ensure your best as a pilot regarding repairs, works done etc. It is known by regulations that the pilot is the one who has the ultimate responsibility of integrity and safety of the...

Anyone on this issue?

In this case I come back to one of my post above: It seems it becomes a back and forth and little funny and confusing issue.:mad2: I'm sorry guys if it gets annoying.:(

Well, if there's usually so much play, in a jammed elevator emergency scenario we could rely more on the normal trim operation way instead of the debated theoretical opposite way?

What I've also read about the full disconnected free elevator scenario is that some designs might be prone to flutter, but I can't certify they were talking about some experimental designs or standard certified aircrafts cause the article I read covered also some experimental aircrafts design flaws.

You are right, searched about it, and usually there are two cables, but still no logic reason to snap the elevator fully upwards or downwards as I read in some less or more official reports or hangar talk.

Ok, but when the elevator movement due to the play is over, the trim tab would begin to work the assumed opposite way, right or not? And if the tab is big enough to have pitch effect it would work. So the cable stretch or play shouldn't be an issue. Am I missing something?

If the elevator moves down a bit due to the system's sponginess, I think there will be pitch change, how do you figure out that no pitch change happens if there is an elevator movement? And even being as you say, after that little elevator movement due to cable slack or stretch, the elevator...

I was talking about trim spring design. Regarding it, I figure out that either disconnected (freefloating) or jammed, the trim won't have any effect, am I right? I'm sorry but I don't uderstand your assumption. If "the elevator is likely to move a bit when the tab is moved", that would have an...

Regarding this design, I figure out that either disconnected (freefloating) or jammed, the trim won't have any effect, am I right?

Is it going to be different on a stabilator design? Or the trim acts the same and opposite way on a jammed stabilator?

Also, if the cable fails or anything in the flight control system, is there any logic to snap the elevator fully upwards or downwards? I've read some accident descriptions which states that elevator deflected upwards after cable failure. That doesn't seem plausible because as I know the airflow...

Would trim have any effect if it's used in an opposite way on a stuck elevator emergency in a convential plane (eg Cessna 172)? It is not clear for me if the trim tab really acts as a mini elevator in this scenario. There is a guy (don't remember his name) who said he did tests holding the yoke...