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Re: Europa-List: Balanced ailerons

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Balanced ailerons
From: Rman <topglock@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:26:47

Ferg,

Drill out a little more lead from the counter weights and make them 
Europa perfect... ;)

Jeff - Baby Blue
241 hours

Fergus Kyle wrote:

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>Cheers........
>            I balanced the ailerons by guessing at the added weight of two 
>layers of colour, and when the Family Painter finished with them, they now 
>hang off the hinges about 20deg off the horizontal, trailing edge up. That 
>means to me that the finish is lighter than expected. Since both are the 
>same, I conclude that balanced or not, I'm "pretty close".
>            My understanding (meagre as it is) of flutter leads me to 
>believe that balanced or not they oppose one another - so - What is the harm 
>in leaving them slightly lighter than the weights?
>            I would be interested in some discourse on the topic. Remember 
>I'm a flier, not a builder, so not too many 'sigmas' or 'mu to the one point 
>three power'.  The fact is the finish is superb and I am loath to start 
>drilling into these creatures just to be mathematically perfect.
>            Have at me.
>Ferg Kyle
>Europa A064 914 Classic 
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