Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #49127
From: Mark Ravinski <mjrav@comcast.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Small Tail Incidence Data & Transponder Problems
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:47:14 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Hi Wayne,
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: [LML] Small Tail Incidence Data & Transponder Problems

I'm a buyer not builder.
<Me too. 
With 2 in seats modest baggage,  down elevator is required at speed.
 
Looking back at horns-looks like several degrees down elevator.
 
I plan to check horiz stab incidence per procedure yesterday,  but short of using a saws-all and glass,  what can I do if  the stab incidence is not correct?
 
I know the down elevator must be causing me drag would like to correct with out saws-all,  is there another fix (flap reflex?? etc.)
<Slow down - saves gas - uses less down elevator.  :)
<Or - cruise at higher altitudes.
<Or move weight forward - like the battery and keep the header full too.
 
Also, at speed need left rudder to keep ball centered.  I will play with trim tab this week.  Any other  ideas?
<My rudder was not made symetrically.  One side is flat and the other is more convex.  <This took a long time to figgure out and requires a large fixed trim tab.
 
Mark Ravinski
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