dbhill916
Well Known Member
Hi All,
due to some hangar rash, I had to replace the outside skins on my left flaperon. Predictably, the plane is no longer balanced and the left wing is now distinctly heavy. I don't mind approaching the problem with the traditional skin massage techniques, but I wanted to poll the group mind regarding possibly trimming the heavy wing by adjusting the rod end bearings (MDM3614M) slightly away from the book spec of 11/32".
Does anyone have any experience with raising/lowering the flaperon by turning the rod end bearing to effect a change in roll balance? If no direct experience, anyone with enough aeronautical engineering to predict which direction (raising/lowering) which (left/right) flaperon to reduce the heavy left wing?
Any reasons *not* to make such a change?
Thanks in advance,
-dbh
due to some hangar rash, I had to replace the outside skins on my left flaperon. Predictably, the plane is no longer balanced and the left wing is now distinctly heavy. I don't mind approaching the problem with the traditional skin massage techniques, but I wanted to poll the group mind regarding possibly trimming the heavy wing by adjusting the rod end bearings (MDM3614M) slightly away from the book spec of 11/32".
Does anyone have any experience with raising/lowering the flaperon by turning the rod end bearing to effect a change in roll balance? If no direct experience, anyone with enough aeronautical engineering to predict which direction (raising/lowering) which (left/right) flaperon to reduce the heavy left wing?
Any reasons *not* to make such a change?
Thanks in advance,
-dbh