Negative pitch attitude during cruise

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tricolor
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Negative pitch attitude during cruise

Post by tricolor » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:36 pm

Hi gentleman, excuse my ignorance, I have zero real world hours on the Turbo Otter.
I'm seeing the airplane cruising with a negative pitch attitude, around 10º nose down. Is this normal behavior or I'm doing something wrong?

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wells
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Re: Negative pitch attitude during cruise

Post by wells » Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:34 pm

The Artificial Horizon is not calibrated by default. You can calibrate it by mousing over the knob and scrolling up/down. Look out the side window or check external view for attitude. The nose may be slightly nose down at very light weights, but not 10°.

tricolor
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Re: Negative pitch attitude during cruise

Post by tricolor » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:19 pm

Gotcha! Thanks!

wells
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Re: Negative pitch attitude during cruise

Post by wells » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:52 pm

No problem! For reference, the Otter should be sitting about 9° nose up on the ground.


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