Well lets start with what I was trying to convey. In an example I'm tracking a course of 360, but because of wind my airplane heading is pointed to 355. To maintain the bearing of 360 (Am I using this term wrong?) I would have to apply rudder to keep the ball centered and the plane crabbed. My question was do I use rudder trim in this case to relieve the pressure. I believe the answer was that I could.
Okie,
Like Charlie Tango said, I call these "Stick and Rudder" moments.
Nothing to be ashamed of - we all have gaps in our knowledge and understanding.
As an intro to ground reference maneuvers, you should have been shown how a plane in flight feels no "wind". It is just flying in an air mass which is itself moving.
I would explain this to a student, and then demonstrate by flying crabbed, straight and level, over a road or section line, with enough of a correction angle to track it properly. Then have the student note that other than the heading being angled into the "wind", the plane was, in fact, straight and level.
Anyway, I recommend finding a copy of Stick and Rudder - it explains all this a lot better than I can.
Also, maybe work on your terminology a bit. Heading, track, bearing all have different meanings, and to be understood you should try to use them appropriately.
And to make you feel better, let me see if I can track down an perception very similar to yours exhibited by a Cirrus demo pilot.
Ron wasn't listentening to Sly in the 60s.
