checklist item: pitch/roll/rudder trim set to 0 (neutral)
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Hello, I'm looking for clarification on the preflight checklist item to set the trims to "0 (neutral)"
For aileron and rudder trim, I assume it just means the exact middle (which is where they start when you load the plane).
But unlike the aileron and rudder trim indicators, the pitch trim indicator has numbers on it, and the 0 position is far more nose down than the middle position. Does this checklist item mean to have pitch trim in the middle, or does it mean to move it down to the actual point labeled "0"?
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The roll is not needed. Nick was unaware that the Starship had such significant yaw and it wasn't accounted for in the flight model. You can just leave it neutral and no effect is applied. I suspect an update could include that aspect whereby like the TBM, you must dial it back towards zero at faster speeds or such.
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I thought it meant numeric 0.
The green bands are for takeoff iirc although I tend not to set the roll as it always seems to be too much.
@HansRoaming said in checklist item: pitch/roll/rudder trim set to 0 (neutral):
I thought it meant numeric 0.
Maybe putting pitch trim all the way down to 0 helps with taxiing in some fashion?
Part of my confusion stems from this video:
https://youtu.be/lGYOBP8VFVA?si=rry5RAripGu-FQrs&t=192
At 3:12, Nick calls for checking the trims, and Emanuel looks at them and responds "trims are neutral" with pitch trim in the default middle position, and Nick continues the checklist without commenting on that.
But I'm not sure how much this means, because even if it's really supposed to be moved down to 0, Nick might've just decided to avoid slowing down the pace of the video for something that was unlikely to matter.
