X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:55:06 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from kdn6.futureweb.at ([85.125.90.138] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPS id 5423936 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:24:03 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=85.125.90.138; envelope-from=lancair@meier.cc Received: from [192.168.168.3] (sjon195149219169.surfer.sjon.at [195.149.219.169]) (authenticated bits=0) by kdn6.futureweb.at (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q21LNKb7001951 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 22:23:24 +0100 From: Christian Meier Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_531D8FEA-C954-475C-8306-4A20DC4F39F6" Subject: Re: [LML] 360 rudder balance X-Original-Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 22:23:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: <63293565-3941-4B64-89B2-74BDC433DBC8@meier.cc> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) --Apple-Mail=_531D8FEA-C954-475C-8306-4A20DC4F39F6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Jim, the reason of adding more weight than needed is following: Once painting is finished, you can easily drill holes in the lead. Then = the ailerons will be perfectly balanced. The old 320/360 manual not always tells you every detail.... You have to = read between the lines... If you enjoy life on this planet, you better balance the ailerons so the = T.E. is aligned with the wingtip!!! Christian Am 01.03.2012 um 06:00 schrieb Jim Nordin: > I don=92t want to start a firestorm here but I found this in the 320 = plans. This addresses the ailerons specifically. > =20 > > =20 > Page 10-14. > Still ambiguous I think. Saying that, it appears they=92re saying = trailing edge up, leading edge down, is acceptable. Trailing edge down = is not acceptable. You see it this way? > Jim --Apple-Mail=_531D8FEA-C954-475C-8306-4A20DC4F39F6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Jim,

the reason of adding more = weight than needed is following:
Once painting is finished, = you can easily drill holes in the lead. Then the ailerons will be = perfectly balanced.
The old 320/360 manual not always tells = you every detail.... You have to read between the = lines...

If you enjoy life on this planet, you = better balance the ailerons so the T.E. is aligned with the = wingtip!!!


Christian


Am 01.03.2012 um 06:00 schrieb = Jim Nordin:

I don=92t want = to start a firestorm here but I found this in the 320 plans. This = addresses the ailerons specifically.

Page = 10-14.