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Thread: [Acro] Re: Wing wire tension on S1T
Message: [Acro] Re: Wing wire tension on S1T
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From: Alex Belov <belov at iac52.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 03:25:41 UTC
S1T with 300 hours since new? Huh? Alex... On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Phil Sisson wrote: > Hello Rick, > > Wow that was quite an adjustment. I wonder what mine are???? > > I think you will find that 1/2 inch on the trailing edge will not require a half > inch adjustment of the slave struts. It will only be a couple of turns. > Phil Sisson in Litchfield, IL > > > SpeedDr at aol.com wrote: > > > I checked my flying wires today with the Aviat tensionometer. They > were > all 325lb., + /- 25lb. with all ailerons in perfect trail. > There was no > aileron trim needed last flight. I proceeded to adjust > them to the > recommended 700lb tension for 1/4 inch flying wires. > This causes the upper > aileron trailing edge to be 1/2 inch high out > of trail,equally on both sides. > I realize that the aileron slave > struts will need to be adjusted, but 1/2 > inch seems to be a large > amount of displacement! Could anyone with rigging > experience guess > what unknown twist I have either newly introduced or > eliminated from > my wings? And what flying quality to expect. This aircraft > has > never been checked in its 300 hours since new. I suppose everything > > uniformly had sagged. On my last S2B, the ailerons were sagging on > top, and > a retension of flying and landing wires brought them into > perfect trail. > This seems different. And why is there no rudder > trim on a "T"? > Rick Volker > >