A couple more questions for RL CRJ drivers

[jay jay 93]

Was binging on YouTube videos while home due to Covid.   Saw a couple that raised questions.

 

The first was a RL video of a CRJ landing.   From the video, it appeared that the pilots had dialed in a small bit of left wing down trim.   Just wondering what reason there would be to trim the jet like this.  Perhaps due to a crosswind?  

 

The second was a MSFS video but the guy "flying" was hand flying an ILS approach from above the cloud layer (~ 5,000') down to landing.   In RL, would this be an accepted procedure or are there limits on when you have to have the A/P engaged during a landing in poor weather?

 

Any information on this is much appreciated. 

[CRJay 428]

As usual, you trim for neutral control forces. So the pilot in the first video might have felt that a bit of aileron trim was needed to achieve that. This can be due to too many reasons to list to be honest. 
 

And hand flying the approach is legal from even FL280 if you’d like. Some operators require any CAT2 approaches to be flown on autopilot though, but the landing will still be manual obviously.