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1. 05:23 AM - Rigging (Peter Thomson)
2. 06:02 AM - Re: Rigging (MacDonald Doug)
3. 06:55 PM - Re: Rigging (JohnDRead@aol.com)
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I asked an A&P friend how to find the best rigging for a 701.
he said the way is to find someone with the best flying 701, and ask that
person :-)
Any volunteers for fine tuning flaperons, flying characteristics ?
thanks
Peter
CH701/Viking Honda HF110 27hrsTT
MGL Xtreme Mini
AEM Wideband Air/fuel guage
EZ Pilot autopilot
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I found the factory rigging to not be quite enough of a droop on the flapperons.
My plane seemed to be plowing through the air slightly in cruise with the factory
settings and even after I installed streamlined strut covers, I didn't
quite have the cruise speed I expected. I added a couple of degrees more droop
into the flapperons and picked up about 5 mph in cruise. I suspect the factory
rigging might be okay for a lighter 701 but mine is fairly portly at 667 empty
so the additional down angle might be needed to counter the additional weight.
I have a SPAL linear actuator and programmable controller installed in
my plane instead of the factory manual flap handle so I didn't even have to remove
the belly pan to tweak the flapperon position. I realize that adding flap
to increase speed seems counter intuitive but I know it worked on my plane and
other 701 owners also found the same benefits of adding flap. The theory I
have heard offered is kind of
like getting a boat up on step for the most efficient cruise. My plane now almost
looks like its flying downhill in level flight but there is no questions
that the slight droop on the flaps is the most efficient position.
Hope this information is helpful.
Doug M
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The drawings tell you how to rib the 701
John Read
Home: 303.648.3261
Mobile: 719.494.4567
In a message dated 10/24/2014 6:23:53 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
peterlthomson@gmail.com writes:
I asked an A&P friend how to find the best rigging for a 701.
he said the way is to find someone with the best flying 701, and ask that
person :-)
Any volunteers for fine tuning flaperons, flying characteristics ?
thanks
Peter
CH701/Viking Honda HF110 27hrsTT
MGL Xtreme Mini
AEM Wideband Air/fuel guage
EZ Pilot autopilot
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