Trim control 2023

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You may consider this mod if you would like to have more natural trimming for small GA plane:

Modding Honeycomb Alpha Yoke for more realistic pitch trim behaviour - no return to always the same neutral position

Parts from AliExpress arrived in 16 days. Prototype v. 3.0 which I hope will be close to the final version. The actuator fits into the case but is a little too weak, so instead of running it at the rated 9V, I use 12V. Even with 12V it’s still on the weak side, so if I start trimming for bigger forces (bigger yoke pitch pressures/deflections) the mechanism may refuse to move. Just in case it will overheat and be destroyed, I ordered two from AliExpress. They are cheap. I have also a stronger a…