# Gear, flaps, spoilers and trim

> How to use the landing gear, flaps, spoilers, parking brake and pitch trim in SkyYoke, including fly-by-wire style Auto-Trim for Airbus and Boeing.

Source: https://ifkits.com/wiki/gear-flaps-spoilers-trim/

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The left column of the cockpit screen holds the controls you use on every flight.

![The left column: gear, spoilers, flaps, trim and parking brake](https://ifkits.com/wiki/img/left-column.png)

## Landing gear

Tap **Gear** to raise or lower it. The tile lights green with the gear down. On the ground SkyYoke blocks the gear and shows **Can't operate landing gear**.

## Flaps

Swipe the **Flaps** lever up or down to move one notch at a time. The tile shows the current setting for your aircraft.

## Spoilers

Tap **Spoilers** to cycle **OFF**, **FLIGHT** (speed brakes in the air) and **ARMED** (deploy automatically on touchdown). The HUD strip shows the spoiler state too.

## Parking brake

Tap **Parking Brake** to set or release it. Release it before you taxi or use [Auto Taxi](https://ifkits.com/wiki/auto-taxi/).

## Pitch trim [Infinite Flight]

Swipe the **Trim** tile up or down to trim nose-down or nose-up in 1% steps. The tile shows the current trim, or **NEUTRAL** at zero. Trim lets the aircraft hold a pitch without you holding the yoke.

## Auto-Trim [Airbus] [Boeing]

Real Airbus and fly-by-wire Boeing aircraft trim themselves. SkyYoke can do the same:

- **Tap** the Trim tile for a short briefing on how trim and Auto-Trim work.
- **Press and hold** the Trim tile to turn **AUTO** on or off.

![The Auto-Trim briefing](https://ifkits.com/wiki/img/auto-trim-guide.png)

With Auto-Trim on, SkyYoke watches how long you hold the yoke forward or back and trims that pressure away in 1% steps, so you can relax to neutral and the aircraft keeps its attitude. It:

- works only in the air, above 50 ft, with the autopilot off;
- freezes on the ground and in the flare below 50 ft;
- trims out faster just after the autopilot disconnects;
- never takes over: a manual swipe on the Trim tile hands trim back to you.