Return-Path: Received: from smtp5.gateway.net ([208.230.117.249]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:40:21 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer (1Cust146.tnt2.coeur-dalene.id.da.uu.net [63.20.49.146]) by smtp5.gateway.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA26754 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:47:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <007c01c03556$f038fca0$a4a10f3f@oemcomputer> Reply-To: "dfs" Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: "dfs" To: "Lancair List" Subject: Re: Thick Rudders Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:48:24 -0700 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Regarding the subject line: Back (way back) when I built my 235 (hull no. 52), the same question arose. According to the factory at the time, this feature was to eliminate any dead-band in the rudder response around neutral. I built mine exactly this way and it certainly works - there is zero rudder displacement dead-band. That said, I must confess that having never flown a Lancair with a perfectly faired stab-rudder interface, I have no way to know if there is, in fact, a rudder dead-band problem. My rudder is about 3/16ths wider than the stab trailing edge (slightly less, progressively, toward the top) evenly spaced on each side. Dan Schaefer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>