Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
To: lml
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:04:58 -0400
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From: "Greg Nelson" <gnelson@gt.rr.com>
Subject: Re: delaminations of aileron counterweight web LNC2
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Scott:  Thanks for the constructive analysis and here is my response:

>>yielding left down and right up - a right turning tendency   Ans.  What I
detected always from the first flight in 1998 was a slight left-turning
tendency when the stick was dropped -this condition never changed in any
perceptible way.

>>did you rebalance the ailerons?  Ans.  Haven't finished painting yet but
no hint of delamination due to freezing water.  I fly 95% of the time in the
warmer months but do tend to fly high in summers -about 12000 feet usually
and mostly in the south.

>>Have you left large holes in the web..?    Ans.  The only holes I left in
the ailerons were pressure-relief holes half way up the side of the
ailerons.  The water apparently entered these holes and was thus unable to
drain.  I have repositioned the holes to allow drainage in the future.

>>lash can usually be felt in the stick...   Ans.  I felt nothing and as a
seasoned pilot of 1100 total hours with more than 250 hours in type as I
find this most disturbing.  I love this airplane but it gave me no clue
whatsoever as to this aberrant condition!  This is why I ask that each of
you take a careful look at your counterweight webs.

This website and its participants certainly does help to keep us all alive,
healthy and happy.  Thanks again, Scott.
   Greg Nelson