I also had this problem and left the slight twist in - for this reason:
Talked to Jim Thursby about it and he had actually gone through taking
the twist out on one plane, bonded the TT in, etc. When it came time to
remove the fuse from the cradle, slight "re-twisting" tendancy was
present - just enough to bind the TT and cause a good deal of friction.
If anyone who has mounted theirs has tested this, just a very slight
change in the tail resting state (twist or no twist) causes binding. I
can imagine that even after the top is bonded on, if there was a decent
amount of twist that had been corrected, releasing it may cause a
problem.
Mine was really not very bad. I chose to leave it - everything is still
as required - measured carefully in all axes, against all reference
points stated in this conversation.
Emmet Welch
A141 MonoXS, N141EW
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
Subject: Re: Tailplane to root fairing alignment, -and
servo pins
Shaun,
I had your problem in its entirety! The most important two thing is to;
1. Ensure the Torque Tube is horizontal with the front of the airframe!
2. Ensure the distance from the front of the airframe to the end of the
torque
tube on each side is equal!
Then the aircraft will fly straight in both Lateral and Vertical planes.
I opted to leave the inherent twist in the canoe as these measurements
COULD BE
altered once the jig holding the
canoe in place is taken off or the aircraft may tend to revert back to
its
twisted "natural" state. Debatable I know, however
the result of the twist, if left in, is small (in my case) and can be
covered
cosmetically to ones satisfaction.
Cheers,
Tim
Shaun Simpkins wrote:
> All right, this is getting confusing and putting my SHORTS in a twist.
> If I go out and measure my raw fuselage bottom, the port stablilator
> fairing is at most 1/8" forward of the starboard fairing.
> The port torque tube crosshairs are 1/8" higher than the starboard
> relative to the tops of their respective fairings, but are equally far
aft
> of the nose of the fairings.
> I haven't checked the waterline, nor the vertical displacement of the
> fairings from the waterline. Let's assume that they are the same for
> now. If there is no twist and you drill on the crosshairs, your
stabilators
> willwind up with the port end skewed forward and up, and the port root
> 1/8" higher than the fairing. If there's a twist, it could be
horizontal,
> but
> still out of line with the fairing and still vertically misplaced.
> Untwisting
> a pure longitudinal twist could make things worse, since the
crosshairs
> are misplaced vertically.
> So from what I see, the proper procedure would be to:
> 1. untwist the tail cone ( and hope that the twist is purely about
the
> longitudinal axis ) if warranted.
> 2. measure aft equal distances from the firewall for the torque
tube
> centers.
> 3. measure up equal distances from the waterline for the torque
tube
> centers, but adjust to equalize any misalignment with the
fairings.
> There's another argument about whether twisting to align the tail is
bad
> from a structural point of view...
>
> Shaun
> A207
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miles McCallum" <milesm@avnet.co.uk>
> <europa@avnet.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Tailplane to root fairing alignment, -and
servo
> pins
>
> > Longitudinal position is fine - vertical position isn't - if you
"untwist"
> > the tail end in a jig...
> >
> > M
> >
> > > Forwarded from the bounce bin. Message is from
> > > "Cliff Shaw" <dm25shannon@home.com>
> > >
> > > ****************************************************************
> > >
> > > All
> > >
> > > I just went out in the shop and made a mesurement on my taleplane
torque
> > > tube. It is 141.5" from the front surface of the fire wall to the
front
> > > surface of the torque tub at its outboard end. Both P & S sides
are
> > exactly
> > > equal. My installation was done on the scribed X points. It
turned
> out
> > > right on the MONEY and I am happy.
> > > Cliff Shaw
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
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Fendalton,
Christchurch,
NEW ZEALAND
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