Hello Graham.
I went up to Headcorn today and carried out the checks as Bud listed.
I got behind the rudder tilted it to one side and more or less did the splits
with
my legs and could just reach the Stab beyond the trim.
You really do need long arm,s, i moved the Stab to each stop and applied the one
up and one down twisting pressure, and to my relief i found no movement.
Then at the ends of the Stab i applied horizontal fore and aft movement, very
small
about 1/64" hardly detectable.
Pull the Stab towards and way from me again no movement,
The pipe pins that hold the Stab on the torque tube are located under an alloy
cover plate , Maybe a perspex cover would be better so you can see them.? (as
i remember the pins are long with the little retaining balls well below the
tube.,
and would hit against the cover plate before coming out.)
I found slight play on the Stab Trim pin, i checked 7 Europa,s at Popham and
found
all the same amount of play, only one had no play.
I then went to the joy stick here i found a clunk click ie some playA.
I measured this at the top of the joystick and would say you could wobble it
fore
and aft, with a total play of between 4 to 5 mm before stab moved.
How much if any should i have,?
Alan
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