Michel, from personal experience with a rudder trim tab that is set for hands/feet
of in a cruise condition exhibits no need for "other foot" correction in descent.
I am not sure how to explain the phenomon but maybe it has to do with
or the absence of swirling currents off the propeller.
John
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From: Michel Verheughe <michel@online.no>
> > From: Tom Jones [nahsikhs@elltel.net]
> > Michel, a trim tab on a flaperon has been used by Kitfox builders to correct
> for
> > a "heavy wing".
>
> Thanks Tom. I know that it has been used before because I remember talking about
> it on this forum for maybe three years ago. But since I didn't get much response
> this time, I was wondering if the current school of thoughts had changed without
> me knowing it. Sometimes I fall asleep in the classroom! :-)
>
> The thing is, why do I, and a few others, experience a 'heavy wing' when
> everything seems to be spick and span and well aligned? Well, there can be a
> last thing: A slight warp in the flaperon itself. But while it is easy to
> measure the wash-out of the wing, it is more difficult to measure a warp in the
> flaperon, less to correct it other than with a tab.
>
> Cheers,
> Michel Verheughe
> Norway
> Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200 ... flying as a PAX
>
>
>
>
> avigator?Kitfox-List
> on
>
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<DIV>Michel, from personal experience with a rudder trim tab that is set for hands/feet
of in a cruise condition exhibits no need for "other foot" correction
in descent. I am not sure how to explain the phenomon but maybe it has
to do with or the absence of swirling currents off the propeller.</DIV>
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<DIV>John</DIV>
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solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Michel Verheughe
<michel@online.no> <BR><BR>> > From: Tom Jones [nahsikhs@elltel.net]
<BR>> > Michel, a trim tab on a flaperon has been used by Kitfox
builders to correct <BR>> for <BR>> > a "heavy wing". <BR>> <BR>>
Thanks Tom. I know that it has been used before because I remember talking
about <BR>> it on this forum for maybe three years ago. But since I didn't
get much response <BR>> this time, I was wondering if the current school of
thoughts had changed without <BR>> me knowing it. Sometimes I fall asleep
in the classroom! :-) <BR>> <BR>> The thing is, why do I, and a few others,
experience a 'heavy wing' when <BR>> everything seems to be spick and
span and well aligned? Well, there can be a <BR>> last thing: A slight warp
in the flaperon itself. But while it is easy to <BR>
> m
easure the wash-out of the wing, it is more difficult to measure a warp in the
<BR>> flaperon, less to correct it other than with a tab. <BR>> <BR>>
Cheers, <BR>> Michel Verheughe <BR>> Norway <BR>> Kitfox 3 - Jabiru
2200 ... flying as a PAX <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <PRE><B><FONT face="courier
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<BR>> on</A>
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