X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:32:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <2thman1@gmail.com> Received: from mail-pd0-f170.google.com ([209.85.192.170] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.2) with ESMTPS id 6133872 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:15:36 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.192.170; envelope-from=2thman1@gmail.com Received: by mail-pd0-f170.google.com with SMTP id 4so1267775pdd.15 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:15:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.68.211.194 with SMTP id ne2mr16999693pbc.201.1363900501968; Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:15:01 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Return-Path: <2thman1@gmail.com> Received: from [192.168.1.16] (71-212-98-7.tukw.qwest.net. [71.212.98.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id zv3sm82233pab.0.2013.03.21.14.14.58 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:15:00 -0700 (PDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-9D4BA5B9-3CA8-414E-A920-853E80606150 X-Original-Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPad Mail (10B146) From: John Barrett <2thman1@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Aileron balancing X-Original-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:14:54 -0700 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List --Apple-Mail-9D4BA5B9-3CA8-414E-A920-853E80606150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bill,=20 may I assume you've kissed the big toe of the bronze statue in the central s= quare for good luck? John Barrett=20 Sent from my iPad On Mar 21, 2013, at 11:13 AM, "Bill Harrelson" wrote: > Joe, > =20 > I certainly may be wrong, but from the picture, I believe that you=E2=80=99= ve got the weights mounted backwards. I think that if you rotated =E2=80=98= em 180 degrees around the longitudinal axis so that the indented part mounte= d on the aileron and the thick part stuck out you might be able to get more t= ravel as well as having the thick (heavier) part of the lead further from th= e hinge line making the counter weight more effective.=20 > =20 > I don=E2=80=99t have my manuals or build log with me so be sure to get a s= econd opinion before making any changes. > =20 > I=E2=80=99ve been here so long that I think I could apply for Chilean citi= zenship. I know where the city hall is and I might check with =E2=80=98em to= morrow about that. Tonight I ate at the same local restaurant for the third n= ight in a row. Now that I=E2=80=99m a =E2=80=9Cregular=E2=80=9D the waiter s= hakes my hand and I exchange pleasantries with him in bad Spanish. Took a bo= at trip today and saw an Orca as well as penguins and a herd of sea lions. I= =E2=80=99d rather be underway but today was a pretty good =E2=80=9Cwaiting=E2= =80=9D day. Still hoping to be southbound on Saturday. > =20 > Bill Harrelson > N5ZQ 320 2,150 hrs > N6ZQ IV 220 hrs > unofficial citizen of Punta Arenas, Chile > =20 --Apple-Mail-9D4BA5B9-3CA8-414E-A920-853E80606150 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Bill, 

m= ay I assume you've kissed the big toe of the bronze statue in the central sq= uare for good luck?

John Barrett 

Sent f= rom my iPad


On Mar 21, 2013, at 11:13 AM, "Bill= Harrelson" <n5zq@verizon.net>= wrote:

Joe,
 
I certainly may be wrong, but from the picture, I believe that you=E2=80= =99ve got=20 the weights mounted backwards.  I think that if you rotated =E2=80=98em= 180 degrees=20 around the longitudinal axis so that the indented part mounted on the ailero= n=20 and the thick part stuck out you might be able to get more travel as well as= =20 having the thick (heavier) part of the lead further from the hinge line maki= ng=20 the counter weight more effective. 
 
I don=E2=80=99t have my manuals or build log with me so be sure to get a= second=20 opinion before making any changes.
 
I=E2=80=99ve been here so long that I think I could apply for Chilean c= itizenship.=20 I know where the city hall is and I might check with =E2=80=98em tomorrow ab= out that.=20 Tonight I ate at the same local restaurant for the third night in a row. Now= =20 that I=E2=80=99m a =E2=80=9Cregular=E2=80=9D the waiter shakes my hand and I= exchange pleasantries with=20 him in bad Spanish. Took a boat trip today and saw an Orca as well as pengui= ns=20 and a herd of sea lions. I=E2=80=99d rather be underway but today was a pret= ty good=20 =E2=80=9Cwaiting=E2=80=9D day. Still hoping to be southbound on Saturday.
 
Bill Harrelson
N5ZQ 320 2,150 hrs
N6ZQ  IV  220 hrs
unofficial citizen of Punta Arenas, Chile
 
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