Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:01:58 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [198.36.178.141] (HELO stoel.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 522969 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 13:36:37 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.36.178.141; envelope-from=JJHALLE@stoel.com Received: from PDX-SMTP.stoel.com ([172.16.101.137]) by gateway1.stoel.com with ESMTP id <334086>; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:42:34 -0800 Received: from PDX-MX6.stoel.com ([172.16.2.64]) by PDX-SMTP.stoel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:36:00 -0800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Legacy Rudder Stiffness X-Original-Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:36:00 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <17E9FE5945A57A41B4D8C07737DB6072198071@PDX-MX6.stoel.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: lml Digest #1020 Thread-Index: AcTFgkBCdbW+3RX7RLK4xP1hi4saGwAPrfug From: "Halle, John" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Original-Return-Path: JJHALLE@stoel.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2004 18:36:00.0923 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBA5FEB0:01C4C5C1] It's possible that teflon powder would loosen things up a bit but I = think the main contributing factor is the very short moment arm at the = rudder that resulted from keeping the cables inside the fuselage. The = stiffness was really a problem for me at first, not so much because it = took a lot of force to move the rudder but because the force delta = between no movement and a lot of movement is negligible. This made me = very reluctant to use rudder in the landing pattern, which is where it = is most important. With about 400 hrs. in Legacies, I have gotten used = to it and am comfortable with rudder input. Also, other than on t/o and = landing, very little rudder is needed. In fact, above 1000 ft, you can = fly feet flat on the floor with no problem.