Hi Svein,
I think it may be a little soon to say you actually have a 'heavy wing',
since (as I understand it) you haven't flown with two people of equal
weight. Even with two people of almost the same weight, our plane would
bank in the direction of the person weighing just 10 pounds more than
the other, right or left.
regards,
Terry Seaver
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Svein Johnsen
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: First flight LN-SKJ
Bob,
Interesting thought, but the wash-out is not the cause in my case.
I am not familiar with the term "accellerated factory built wings". The
kit I bought from the factory 5 years ago came with the wing ribs in
place (but not reinforced to the beam and bottom panel), bottom panel,
leading edge and top panel (actually, the seam between bottom and top
panel is at the l.e.). Apart from bid reinforcements, aileron weight
boxes, meachanics, etc, the only major thing was to glue on the top
panel. For this weights (sand bags) were used, and if one did not
support the underside of the wing in the process, one could conceivably
introduce a twist, i.e. change the washout.
On my wings I checked the washout and it was fine. I did not check it
in absolute terms because I did not have a proper template for the tip
section, but I checked that the tip on both wings had the same
difference in angle between root and tip when placing the flap
installation template on the two positions. Also, I checked the aileron
and flap washout (factory built, termed "accellerated kit") and they had
exactly the same and correct washout as per the manual. Finally, I
rechecked the washout on my wings this afternoon, and even with a very
accurate bubble level I could not see any difference.
So maybe the incidence angle of the whole left wing on my plane is the
cause of this wing being "heavy" in my case? No, the left wing is
actually a small fraction more up at the root than the right one
(whether this is the cause of the left wing drop in stall I cannot say
for sure, but theoretically it should stall just a little before the
right one).
Best regards
Svein
LN-SKJ
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