G550flyer Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago With trim set, the aircraft tends to rotate quickly with little input. The DC10 and other aircraft I flew took some input initially and then nose down trim as you approach V2 +10. The trim is set for V2, so as you pass V2 the nose start to rise on you requiring you to trim nose down. In the DC10, when it was heavy/near max takeoff weight, you did a two step rotation. You do an initial pump to start the rotation and then the second pump to pull it towards 10 degrees. Passing 10 degrees, she is lifting off and you are pushing sightly forward while trimming down to catch V2+10. I would assume in the real L1011, if it rotated so quickly, you would be tail strike prone. Should be easy to get a smooth 3 degrees per second rotation rate.
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