When elevator is in up position to climb, the trim tab is neutral. The trim tab adjusted down keeps the airplane in a stable climb. Harry Whitver At the 2011 National Championship Air Races in Reno, a ...

Investigators probing a fatal accident involving a Piper PA-31P Navajo, on its first flight after maintenance, have discovered that elevator trim tabs were installed upside-down. The twin-engined ...

A plane that crashed into spectators at an air race in Reno last year bore modifications that weakened its structure and showed evidence that it was flown beyond its limits, investigators said Monday.

Interceptors are not trim tabs. Yes, they are planes or foils installed on the transom of a boat that, when deployed, act to affect the trim of the boat in the fore and aft, and port and starboard ...