Return-Path: Received: from sphmgaad.compuserve.com ([149.174.177.149]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:45:23 -0400 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by sphmgaad.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) id NAA29367 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:51:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:48:46 -0400 From: "Douglas L. Dodson, Jr." <73773.1546@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Lancair 360FB flaps Sender: "Douglas L. Dodson, Jr." <73773.1546@compuserve.com> To: Blind.Copy.Receiver@compuserve.com Message-ID: <200006221351_MC2-A99B-91FE@compuserve.com> X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> Of course, my concern is that after spending an anal amount of time blending in the flap trailing edge to the fuselage fillet, in flight experience might require an adjustment up or down...thus causing all this "blending time" to be wasted. So, I'm wondering how sensitive are these flaps to small rigging adjustments of perhaps a 1/2 turn on a rod end bearing? << Angier Ames, 1/2 turn on a flap rod end will go a loooong ways towards trimming a roll rate off due to construction asymmetry. This is of course, good news and bad news. The good news is that it is not hard to correct a residual roll rate that is nearly inevitable with our hand-built aircraft. Even a fairly hefty one (roll rate that is). The bad news is the wing root fairings will no longer be a perfect match. For that matter, you may want to then adjust one or both ailerons so they again match the flaps. And THEN, you may want to re-work one or both wingtips to get a match there as well. Still, the wing root fairings and wing tips are just fairings after all. Getting everything aligned will have a minor effect on cruise performance and a perhaps bigger effect on aesthetics, but you can still defer the fixes until boredom sets in the next winter when the weather restricts your flying a bit. - Doug Dodson Glasair II-S FT Flight Test Engineer, CFI-A,G Baby Dragon IF1 Race Team >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>