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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