REFLECTOR: Aileron trim

Rene Dugas dugasd at bellsouth.net
Tue Feb 7 18:10:51 CST 2006


Grigore,

I find that I use the aileron trim maybe once each two months of flying.
It seems that the springs merely affect the centering point  in flight.
Mine does not move the ailerons on the ground but in the air since one
is moving the stick back and forth in roll the center adjusts to a
slightly different position as if one was changing the detent position.
This not like in a Cessna.   Mine works fine but I use it only when
heavily loaded and on long trips like to Oshkosh or California.  The
S-Tec autopilot is used to bypass this problem probably most of the
time.

Rene'

 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Grigore Rosu
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 5:10 PM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Aileron trim

 

I am still frustrated with my aileron trim . I just cannot make it move
the bellcrank when the two aileron cables are connected.  If the trim is
useful or not would be good to know, but I would also like to know
whether it is expected to move the aileron pull-push cables or not
before the final installation.  One sentence in the manual could have
saved me, and probably others' as well, one day of work.  Thank you Ron
for your previous answer, it somehow made me feel less frustrated about
it.  Perhaps somebody from Velocity can tell us what's Velocity's
opinion about this issue?

 

Thanks,

Grigore

 

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Brown
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 4:13 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Aileron trim

 

Most folks have said it aileron trim is of little use on the Velocity.
I use it occasionally, but I wouldn't say it is required.  My Cessna 172
didn't have it (nor rudder trim).  There was a trim tab on the rudder
that could be adjusted on the ground to get it pretty close at cruise
speed.  You could do something like that on the V if it got to be
annoying.  But, I don't think it will be a big issue not to have the
aileron trim system.

 

Ronnie

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Hiroo Umeno <mailto:humeno at microsoft.com>  

To: reflector at tvbf.org 

Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:41 PM

Subject: REFLECTOR: Aileron trim

 

Hello folks

 

Recently, there was a post on the subject of aileron trim.

 

My kit did not come with aileron trim.  I am guessing it is because mine
is with the yoke system rather than the traditional center stick
arrangement.  Is aileron trim needed?  For those flying the Velocity, do
you use it often?

 

Hiroo


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