REFLECTOR: Elevator Trim Spring
Ron Brown
romott at adelphia.net
Sun Jan 29 17:12:37 CST 2006
John,
I had the same problem with my 173.
I cut the trim actuator front mounting bracket off at the front of the old
bolt hole.
Then I drilled a new hole about 1/4" or 3/8" ahead of the old hole. Problem
fixed, and I still have plenty of up trim for take off. Easy fix.
Ronnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dibble" <aminetech at bluefrog.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:11 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Elevator Trim Spring
> Flying solo, I run out of down trim at 155 IAS. On the other hand I
> have plenty of up trim for TOL. Can I make a wedge shim where the
> spring attaches to the elevator tube to shift the adjustment range to
> more down and less up, or do I simply have to add more glass to the
> spring to make it stiffer?
>
> John
>
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