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Understood about pop-up vs frontal, but asking as a new pilot myself, can you explain the benefits to riding below the cloud base versus being above it in this situation? This question is assuming it's a scattered layer and I prefer to get above it for comfort reasons (both ride and temperature).

Just an update on this... I took a tapered wing Cherokee for a flight last night and it took off very similarly to the Cessnas I trained in. I'm going to take a look and double check the trim settings the next time I fly the Hershey Bar winged airplane. Thanks for the great discussion!

Only on my checkout in the tapered-wing Archer. This is definitely the best advice though, I think. Question on this: when the trim wheel is in the middle (say after 5 rolls if it's 10 rolls from full fore to aft) should the trim tab be aligned with the stabilator? I presume that's where the...

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And the case of 'slight nose up trim' would then be a turn or two aft from the middle, I presume?

I've noticed this in the hershey bar style wing. But my checkout (which I don't seem to recall this phenomenon) was in one of the Archers with the tapered wing. Hmmmm. And yea, the trim indicator is suspect.

Excellent question. I did my initial checkout in an Archer and I don't seem to remember this scenario happening. The last few times where I noticed this I was flying a Cherokee 140. FWIW, I do plan to ask, but he's out of town at the moment. PS, Go Sox! ;-)

It's usually me and a passenger in the RF seat and W&B is definitely at the fore edge of the envelope usually. Trim is typically set at neutral. This seems to be the consensus here -- I think I'm just impatient and am forcing it into the air. I'll take it up for a few times around the patch...

Hey all, New private pilot here (90 days since I got my certificate) and I did all of my training in 172s. I recently joined a club that exclusively has Piper Cherokees and did a couple hours of transition training with a CFI as part of my checkout. One thing I've noticed is the controls feel...

UPDATE: I did it! Did my checkride yesterday -- what a great experience -- and am now a private pilot! Still can't believe it. :-)

I guess I'm overthinking this :D

This may be a question for the flight training forum, but I'll try here first. If I'm doing a short field takeoff at a towered airport, is there a proper phraseology to use to request a short delay so I can stop, set the brakes, apply full power and then start my roll? I fly out of a pretty...

Thanks for the reply, Gary! The airplane I fly is based on the Hotel ramp also on the South side. I think I've seen your plane before. Also, just an update for everyone who's been so encouraging here: I've flown about 10 hours since jumping back in the saddle a couple weeks ago and...

Hello, winged friends! Long time lurker, but thought I'd make an account an introduce myself as I once again try and complete my Private certificate. My first attempt was back in 2006 -- made it to my solo and then ended up having to move and the closest GA airport was over an hour away so I...