The airflow at the horizontal is almost never aligned with the longitudinal
axis of the fuselage because it is very much affected by downwash from the
wing. The elevators may have to be even further out of alignment with the
horizontal in order to be at neutral pitch input.
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Subject: Re: Elevator droop in level flight?
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Sounds really odd that you are holding quite a bit of back pressure and the
elevators are still in the down position? if they were up I'd think maybe
the weight and balance was too far forward but I don't know why they would
be down with back stick pressure.
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