REFLECTOR: Aileron trim

[Grigore Rosu]

OK then, I'll just make it "look good" and make sure that the thread does 
not slip on the motor shaft and then go ahead and glue the keel fin. 
Scott, a note about this in the manual (or some KPC) would certainly not 
hurt at all.

I'd like to thank you all for the advice.  This is a great list, so much 
help in such a short period of time!

A warm thank you,
Grigore

p.s. The drawback of this is that from now on I'm not going to spend one 
entire day to fix anything, I'll just ask on the list :-)


On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Sid Knox wrote:

>
> From: "Rene Dugas" <dugasd at bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:10 PM
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Aileron trim
>
>
>> 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'
>
> Rene' said it exactly as it is on my 173RG also.  If I want to hand-fly the 
> plane, I may tweak the trim a little to account for having a front seat 
> passenger or flying solo.  If I use the auto-pilot, the trim makes no 
> difference at all.  And as Scott said, don't worry about it...it's not 
> supposed to do anything on the ground... it's too puny to yank the 
> cables...it simply changes the perceived detent position when flying.
>
> Sid
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