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Re: Rudder trim tab

Subject: Re: Rudder trim tab
From: MJKTuck@cs.com
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:13:04
Yes, I had to use a rudder trim tab.

On my first flight the aircraft flew 'hands off' but I noticed the slip ball 
was not in the center. I used a small piece of hard balsa wood (trailing edge 
stock used for model airplanes) and taped it on with masking tape to the 
trailing edge of the rudder at the base. I kept trimming it until the ball 
was in the middle.

Once set I set it in place with 5 min epoxy, filled the grain, primed it and 
got my painter to paint it. So it was a kind of Flettner strip - most don't 
notice it is there.

I noticed though once I had trimmed yaw I had to put another small one on an 
aileron to counter a small roll.

Martin Tuck
N152MT
Wichita, Kansas


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