Steve,
It was a faultly unit from the factory. I hesitate the name the factory on the list because it could cause tempers to flair and I would like to avoid that. I will respond directly or by phone. I sent the unit back and it was sent back no charge and I have not had a problem since.
My autotrim did not have a disconnect switch so the only was to disconnect the autotrim was to disconnect the autopilot or pull the breaker on the autopilot. I would advise to be able to have a discrete switch to disable the autotrim and not the autopilot. If I was IMC when my event happened without a means to disable the autotrim, I wonder what the result would have been.
abe
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Steve Colwell <mcmess1919@yahoo.com> wrote:
Abe,
What caused the Trim Runaway?
Steve Colwell
I had an incident one time. I had a run away condition while at cruise altitude and I really had to fight the forces. I was not as adept to the system as Josh, but did manage to control the plane. I would like to mention when I prepared for landing I obviously had to slow the plane down. When I pulled the power back the stick forces got much more manageable. On the ground, or in hindsight, you'd say:"gesh, dumby--that's obvious." Thinking isn't quite so fluid when it's happening. So a thought, if it happens and you forget to pull the breaker, put pulling the power back in the ditty bag of tricks.
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