Before starting to draw wrong assumptions about the way the MAULE is being modelled in MS FLIGHT I decided to follow a smarter way and registered (still waiting for activation...) at a Forum of RL Maule users :-) My intention is, of course, to learn from various posts there, and also to get some feedback from RL Maule pilots :-)

 

A very interesting thread there showed me the following... A feature I was totally unaware of...

 

"The rudder trim handle when pulled just holds the rudder pedals in a position.

The tab on the rudder is connected by two thin cables to the aileron cables just overhead to the side of the pilot and copilot. When you move the ailerons, the tab on the rudder moves via cable to supposedly give you a coordinated turn. I think it is not very useful. "

 

How about that fellows??? So, the handle on the right/lower side of the instruments panel mechanically connects to the rudder and it "springs" it for triming!!! OTOH the trim tab on the rudder is meant to be an auto-coordination device!!!!

 

Should you be interested on this, follow that thread here :-)

 

Yet another interesting thread on power adjustments during climb here...

 

Ans yet another one on proper MP/RPM/MIX operations ...

Having flown an M-5 for 30 minutes and having spoken with 2 owners of different M-5's they both said that the aileron rudder link feature is not very good. It's better than nothing, but it doesn't result in coordinated turns if you don't step on the pedals.

 

Thanks for the links I'll definitely check them out.

There's some useful information in the Flight Manual, as well.

 

V-speeds, recommended flap settings in different situations, and so forth.

Thanks guys. With the W&B details, we can check if the co-pilot is right when they say we're overloaded!

The rudder trim level if I recall is just for takeoff to counter the torque. It really should not be called trim, but its hard to define it.