I second this - I followed the guide and it worked
William Daniell
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On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 10:17 PM Richard Scanlan <aspenbuild@me.com> wrote:
> Bud Yerly guide on the club website is a good guide to aileron setup
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 23 Aug 2021, at 02:04, Jeffrey Williams <jeffwill55@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> One of the last things I needed to do before my first flight was to make
> sure the ailerons are properly adjusted.
>
> My biggest question concerns the neutral position of the bell crank at th
e
> wing root.
>
> When adjusting this, should I have the trailing edges of ailerons align
> with the trailing edges of the wing tips, as the build manual suggests, o
r
> should they be aligned with the trailing edges of the flaps, which make u
p
> a huge portion of the wings=99 actual trailing edges?
>
> The trailing edge of the flaps - in the hard =9Cup=9D positio
n - are slightly
> lower than the trailing edge of the little wing tip. So, as I see it, I
> cannot align the ailerons to both.
>
> It would seem to me to make more sense to align with the flaps. But that
> is NOT what the build manual says to do. How critical is this? Given that
> the manual says ailerons go up 23.5=C2=B0, it seems this could make a
> difference.
>
> Aligning with the flaps, I meet the tolerances in Annex E based on the
> wing tip.
>
> Any thoughts? I would appreciate any helpful comments.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff Williams
> Builder A157
>
>
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