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    <<Doug assured me that there was plenty of authority at that     dimension.  Don't forget, you're probably going to want to put a     potentiometer or resistor inline with the trim tab switch to give you     variable speed operation of the tab... normal tab speed at cruise is     reported to be pretty twitchy, that's another part of the reason the
    tab is a bit smaller.>>
        Marv,
    I have a high and low rate switch for the trim servo.  High rate feeds     bus voltage to the servo which produces a good travel rate for pattern     work.  Low rate supplies a regulated 5V to the servo.  Any less     voltage and you run the risk of stalling the motor in the servo.  The     much slower servo speed takes the 'twitch' out of trimming in cruise.      I like having the option of switching back and forth.
    Also, if you make the trim tab too small you may run out of authority     in the slow end of the flight envelope with full flaps and a forward     CG.         Chris Zavatson
    N91CZ

[Thanks, Chris, I guess it was unclear when I suggested that providing
"variable speed" to the trim tab implied a switchable voltage supply.
Your setup is exactly what I was trying to describe.  Obviously a
regulated voltage supply is far superior to simply installing a pot
or resistor onto a SPDT switch to provide lo/hi speed switching.  Your
clarification is appreciated.    <Marv>   ]

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