REFLECTOR: Fwd: Aileron Rigging

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Interesting the manual now says 90 Deg angle from the cable to the arm  I know my manual did not say that . Next time I 
am at my hanger I will have to look at the manual  I am sure it was 110 deg. Of something close to that.

Per the manual  When the stick is

fully deflected, you should get at least 2-3/8" of deflection at the inboard trailing

edge of the ailerons, both up and down. A properly rigged system will get approximately

2-1/2" of both up and down travel.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lawrence Epstein 
  To: Velocity Aircraft Owners andBuilders list 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 4:00 PM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: Fwd: Aileron Rigging








    I thought that it was better to have asymmetric displacement, i.e. More down aileron than up (equal side to side) in order to minimize adverse yaw?

    Larry Epstein 
    173 FGE

    On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:23 PM, "Velocity" <VelocityXL at fastmail.fm> wrote:


      I had the same problem worked on it for what seemed like forever. My problem was the push pull cable angle.

      It has to be 90 degrees to the arm.   The manual gave some angle of 110 I think that did not work for me  at all.

      Once I got it to 90 both up and down were equal. Worked for me   good luck



      Ron

      ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Balic" <velocity_pilot at verizon.net>

      To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>

      Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 8:55 AM

      Subject: REFLECTOR: Aileron Rigging





        For all those that have been here and solved this fun Geometry puzzle:



        I have just been around to checking my flight control throws, since

        hopefully they will be put to actual use soon, and my ailerons are a bit out

        of adjustment-

        Symptom: Both ailerons have 4" of throw (as measured at the inboard end) but

        the right one has "normal" movement with 2-1/2" inches down, and 1-1/2

        inches up. But the left side is exactly the opposite, with more throw up

        than down.



        1) both ailerons are exactly neutral with stick neutral.

        2) both aileron  control arms are at the same angle with respect to the

        wing/aluminum brackets when neutral.

        3) stick throw seems to be identical right and left, but I don't think that

        any slight difference in this would cause this particular problem.





        The only thing I can think of is that the horn on the keel end of the

        aileron torque tube is not exactly aligned with the stick,- I was not able

        to directly measure this yesterday since there is a lot of stuff back there.



        Any help would be appreciated.



        Thanks

        Alex



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