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If RV's have any shortcoming for me, it's that they don't have
enough
rudder. How about taller vert stab & rudder tips? Jim Ayers did
that on
his RV-3 & was able to put his comm antenna in the VS
tip.
Charlie
You may be right on the
diameter observations. I went from a 68 to a 74, and the difference was
HUGE. Part of that was the fact that I went from having the correct
offset, to having the wrong offset. As I mentioned before, I'm having some
doubts as to how effective the mount offset is
anyway.
Since Ivan destroyed my
rudder, I asked Van's about any option for a larger one. They said I'd
have to change the vertical stab too, and I wasn't willing to do that. It
would certainly be possible to make a longer rudder from front to rear, but it
would be a custom piece, though not that hard to do if I really needed it.
The RV-3 is certainly the worst case for rudder authority, and even that it
pretty good. I would have to have a strong left crosswind, coupled with
full throttle to run out of right rudder.
Cheers,
Rusty (drooling from the
dentist, probably not a good time for a signature photo)
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