Return-Path: Received: from postoffice2.direcpc.com ([198.77.116.30]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-70783U4500L450S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 01:43:21 -0500 Received: from hostname ([207.168.131.246]) by postoffice2.direcpc.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-45425U50000L50000S0) with SMTP id AAA9355 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 01:56:24 -0500 Message-ID: <002301c094bf$76a89d00$4968140a@direcpc.com> From: "Fred Moreno" To: "Lancair List" Subject: Lancair IV Elevator counterweight Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 22:45:55 -0800 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> It has been noted here previously that the Lancair IV tends to cruise with the elevator counterweight top surface extended about 1/4 inch above the top surface of the horizontal stabilizer. This creates a bit of extra drag and a potential icing hazard if the counterweight is squared off rather than rounded at the front. Gary Burns wrote me to let me know that his plane and several others in Australia set the pitch of the horizontal stabilizer at -0.4 degrees instead of the -0.6 degrees specified in the book, and the aircraft flew with the counterweight flush to the surface of the stabilizer. Fred Moreno >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>