REFLECTOR: STICK & RUDDER

[Laurence Coen]

Tom,

You should never use full rudder unless you are at or below maneuvering speed.  If you are faster you are exceeding allowable structural loads.

Larry Coen
N136LC
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Martino 
  To: Velocity List 
  Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:49 PM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: STICK & RUDDER


  At first I thought it was just the weather, or maybe an uneven fuel load . but I can no longer deny it.  My plane still yaws a bit to the left (which means I have to touch the right rudder to make it fly perfectly straight).  So I have the following questions and would like those with more experience to answer:

   

    1.. The ball is only a tiny bit out of center and I can get speeds of 200 KTAS or more . so should I leave the damn thing alone? 
    2.. The plane is almost perfect ... so should I make it fly perfectly? 
   

  I should also make these observations:

   

  --I already shimmed the wings with washers several hours ago - which helped a lot . but there is still a slight yaw,

  --I also shimmed the right rudder out a bit (right after I did the wing) . it seemed near perfect . but still a tiny yaw.

  --When I am at higher speeds (170+ TKAS) and make a hard right turn with full right rudder . the right rudder will flutter a bit.

  --When turning left at the same speed . no flutter at all.  Is this because I shimmed the right rudder out a bit to begin with?

   

  ANY AND ALL COMMENTS APPRECIATED.

   

  I have taken a lot of time to make this an exceptional bird . am I going too far?  

   

  Tom Martino



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