REFLECTOR: TRIM SPRING & TRAVEL

[Jack Sheehan]

Tom,
There are many options for using the factory spring. You can move it 
anywhere along the elevator torque tube from side to side. Mine is 
located all the way over to the right side of the airplane. Just 
mount the actuator and then drill holes for the bracket to mount to 
the tube. I have seen the spring mounted upside down with the bottom 
of the question mark pointing up.
I would stay with the factory spring and not try to create something 
new. The spring is part of the flight control and makes a big 
difference in pilot technique as you begin to fly. I had a cut down 
spring with a carbon layer that separated making it really weak. It 
was hard to fly on approach.
I put in a new factory spring and it is great now.

Jack
N55XL