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--> Pelican-List message posted by: "Gary K" <flyink@efortress.com>
Wow, great info Mike. Thanks for getting and typing all that. Most of the
numbers look close to what I have, I'll have to play with the elevator a bit
though. I have about -21 and +22. My panel sticks out a bit and my seats
are thick but I can bias the elevator up a little. Like you said, I was
hoping the last few degrees weren't that important. The airlerons sound the
same as mine, and I have more than enough rudder travel. I'm impressed with
the weight - you are right on the factory 800 lbs. Mine is very heavy,
mainly because of the subaru and also some other options.
It's ready to fly now, I've been taxi testing and waiting for the FAA to
sign it off. In the U.S., we can get a DAR or FAA guy to inspect it. The
FAA is free but may take a while and the DAR (Designated Airworthiness
Representative) is usually around $500. Right now I'm thinking I should
have paid the money. It was supposed to be inspected by the end of Oct,
then last Friday, then tommorow but I still haven't heard from him. A
fellow Pelican builder/flyer offered to test fly it for me so I'll call him
whenever the inspection passes.
Glad to hear you're enjoying the plane Mike, I'm looking forward to visiting
the factory also. If it all goes well, I may try to make Sun'N'Fun in the
spring.
Fly safe,
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike macleod" <macleod@eagle.ca>
Subject: Re: Pelican-List: final adjustments
> --> Pelican-List message posted by: mike macleod <macleod@eagle.ca>
>
> Gary:
>
> 1. My weights were as follows:
> - totally empty (no fuel, oil or antifreeze) - 784 lbs
> - empty weight + oil + antifreeze - 806 lbs
> - empty weight + oil + antifreeze + residual fuel -
830 lbs
>
> 2. tire pressure - never measured - just pumped them up until they looked
ok
>
> 3. Control surface deflections:
>
> flaps - max deflection about 42 degrees
>
> ailerons - left - down -15.5 degrees
> - up - 20 degrees
> - right - down - 14.5 degrees
> - up - 21 degrees
> the aileron travel is restricted by the mass balances hitting the wing
skins.
> (That is until I put a stop on the sticks at full deflection - now the
mass
> balance hits the wing and the stick hits the stop at the same time)
>
> elevators - down - 20.5 degrees
> - up - 28 degrees
> the down elevator is restricted by my stick stop which keeps the max
fwd
> travel of the stick to about 1.5 inches from the panel.
>
> trim - down - 23 degrees
> - up - 24 degrees
>
> rudder - right/left - 18/18 degrees
>
> I flew up to Gatineau last week. Lorraine, Jean-Rene and Pierre all came
to
> see the plane. Pierre thought that the rudder deflection was a bit on the
low
> side. Believe me the 18 degrees will slip the plane just fine (and really
scare
> your passengers!), I don't think more is required. As for the other
> deflections, I have never had to use more than about 1/2 deflection on
any of
> them so they are also just fine.
>
> As an aside, the factory was really busy - shipping planes all over the
world -
> something good to see.
>
>
> 4. I believe the nose down attitude depends on the landing gear version
you have
> (there are several). On mine the nose gear is about 1 1/2 inches up from
the
> slotted ring on the gear support when the plane is on the ground. This
results
> in the plane being slightly nose down. I have never actually checked the
angle
> but when I weighed the plane I had to put a 2x4 under the nose wheel to
get the
> rear fuselage level.
>
> I now have 76 hours on the plane, it flies like a dream.
>
> How close are you to flying? Are you going to do the first flight?
>
> Mike
>
>
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