Hi! Dan
Can't help with the adjusters but I recall 8 years ago finding out that
Andy Draper wanted 1 deg more than the 12 deg in the manual and wouldn't
do the first flight test until I got it to 13 deg. actually by grinding
away the balance weight "up stop". I think the adjusters mostly only
change the range of operation to the control stick (may be wrong here)
but I think the limiting factor is always the bump stop of the balance
weights at the top and bottom.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of danbish
Sent: 22 September 2008 06:57
Subject: Europa-List: Adjusting the tailplanes
Hi all,
I've been double checking my tailplanes prior to putting the top on and
found some discrepencies from my orginal measure measurements of 5 deg.
down and 13 deg up. I assume this is from the upgrade to mod 70. Sure
thought I had it adjusted, but glad I checked.
So, instead of the above, I have 5.7 deg down and 11.2 deg up. Maybe
someone out there can save me some head scratching and a whole lot of
hassle fiddling with bolts in and out numerous times to get this set
right, so here are my questions:
1) The TP18 has a rod end on it (TP18C). I seem to remember this is what
I'll use to make adjustments. Will screwing that out (more threads
showing) give me more degress of upward travel as I need? Or should it
be screwed in more?
2) Does the Main pitch push rod need to be adjusted also?
I know this may seem like a simple thing to figure out but I know
someone's bound to have made a lot of these adjustments and has a simple
way to get the right results.
As always, your help is much appreciated. :D
Dan
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