Posted for "Janie & Ed Smith" <jfseis@pilot.infi.net>:
Thursday Evening
4/24/02

Hi Bob,

This week has been interesting to say the least - as far as the Lancair project is concerned.  I got the new aileron weights and they worked pretty well.  We had to bend the nose of the aileron back close to its original position so the new weights would fit.  Finally - Ed 1 - Lancair 0!!!

In working with the ailerons, I also noted that the UND markings in the aileron belcrank hole out in the wing are not to be trusted - we checked the aileron travel with a protractor and the markings were quite a ways off.  Did you find this to be the case?  What brought this to our attention was when we had the flaps on and all the way up, the aileron was NOT in trail with the flaps when the marks were lined up.  When we lined the trailing edges up together and check the travels with a protractor, everything looked OK, except for the markings.

Another thing we discovered was that when the ailerons and flaps were lined up in trail, the winglets were low at the back edge where they match the aileron - they will require quite a bit of heating and bending to get them to match up.  I know the problem is in the winglet because we took a pair of standard tips that I also got with my kit and the aileron matches them almost perfectly!  Good thing I haven't glued the winglets together.

I'm sure you have already worked through all these problems, but I did want to mention them.  Buddy and I are going up through the DC area next week (Thursday, 5/2/02) and if you are going to be in town, we would like to impose and check your kit over for about an hour or so  - we also have some questions as well.  If you are going to be out of town, don't worry about it.

Will keep you posted.

Regards,

Ed Smith
Chesapeake, VA

PS:  This is a CC to the list because I thought it might be of interest to everyone regarding the problems (I meant "opportunities") I have run into.  I apologize in advance if I have wasted too much bandwith. [Never happen... keep the reports coming. That's what the LML is all about.

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