REFLECTOR: Aileron slop

[Pat Shea]

The simple answer is "approach angles."

These approach angles exist where both ends of the
aileron cables attach to bell cranks. The approach
angle between the cables and the bell crank inside the
cabin (back of the keel) causes the throw of the
cables to be uneven. 

There are lots of posts in the archive (and some just
a couple week ago) about this and what the ideal
rigging should be.

Here's a link to some pics Ronnie put up on tvbf on
this:

http://www.tvbf.org/gallery/index.php?dir=airframe_construction%2Fwings%2F173%2Faileron%20travel

Pat  



--- Neal Hoffoss <nhoffoss at comcast.net> wrote:

> How can the aileron throw be asymmetrical?  Assuming
> the distances from the 
> center of the aileron tubes to the attachment of the
> cables on the bellcrank 
> is the same, there can't be asymmetry.  If one
> aileron cable moves 1", the 
> other moves the same 1".  Or am I missing something?



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