X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:23:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from n19.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.146] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with SMTP id 3596815 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:19:30 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.206.146; envelope-from=mcmess1919@yahoo.com Received: from [68.142.194.243] by n19.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Apr 2009 00:18:54 -0000 Received: from [68.142.201.253] by t1.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Apr 2009 00:18:54 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp414.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Apr 2009 00:18:54 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 49054.94294.bm@omp414.mail.mud.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 71806 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2009 00:18:53 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:Content-Language; b=3UUR0Y4UhRXwL6jSIXBwAi6BgfD3BZYBXDF5iPzjKasI22mUaGAocHcuqp1cAM7Rx6TqHSuY3MFQrIfRKb1jQW1qcK8rN+vY0UTM9Nuf9BmWBMFtFqn5m4hyVA5pakE/ue2joA4XBGQCpJziGzbs2bwBjw0ERctEutcywy1eNOk= ; Received: from unknown (HELO Laptop) (mcmess1919@72.177.77.73 with login) by smtp125.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Apr 2009 00:18:50 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: lH.0CTYVM1nXnXd9CRy_yp5EFXAwCd8SqjW0hW_THT_ZJuWBKbvwBIGcTAoepBEVl0WxjFUsKCZcIVSRrGGulWSLcNNFHS9CtqZBrg.9pAaZlVo09JzSFY1QHGJJaWJFHFLP2lRKyl4igq3szll20j7CijEUrtG2gztGODPBioZWbEQ.h7GuuQa.4a_DNF9KL0AS26xpiLESgECyr4z5fC0Q1MchSdGcQ24EhYaj9Uc7lMKBOcQ32bQxPc5OQXMxtcVq965j0C5TdZ3UjyqkWsiyD.1AxohgFIyPulKgOHhy5A-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: "Steve Colwell" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Balancing MkII Elevators X-Original-Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:18:52 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000001c9c604$94d2c6a0$be7853e0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C9C5DA.ABFCBEA0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcnFU1eiXINI9AjHQFOcs8pSbFYKDQAqwvSw Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C9C5DA.ABFCBEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To get accurate balance of a control surface you need minimum friction at the hinge. Use a sharp vertical edge, like a knife blade, on two points of the hinge pin. Then plan ahead for paint if you are going to fly in primer. I took photos of my balance material locations with a tape measure so I would know where to add more weight. Yes, I too was amazed at how much extra weight was necessary to offset the paint. Steve Colwell Legacy Re: Balancing MkII Elevators Disconnect the linkage. (For the rudder you need to take off and make some temporary horizontal hinge mounts.) It should then stay where you put it. If the trailing edge drops you need weight. If the trailing edge rises you need to remove weight. _____ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Bill Bradburry Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:41 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: Balancing MkII Elevators How do you determine that the control surface is balanced? Should the surface stay where you left it, or should it move from where ever you put it to a level position? Bill B __________ NOD32 4031 (20090423) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C9C5DA.ABFCBEA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

To get accurate balance of a control surface you need minimum friction at = the hinge. Use a sharp vertical edge, like a knife blade, on two = points of the hinge pin. Then plan ahead for paint if you are going to fly in primer. I took photos of my balance material locations with a tape measure so I would know where to add more weight. Yes, I too was = amazed at how much extra weight was necessary to offset the = paint.

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Re: Balancing MkII Elevators

Disconnect the linkage. (For the rudder you need to take off = and make some temporary horizontal hinge mounts.)

It should then stay where you put it.

If the trailing edge drops you need weight. If the trailing = edge rises you need to remove weight.

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Subject: [LML] Re: Balancing MkII Elevators

How do you determine that the control surface is balanced? Should the surface stay where you left it, or should it = move from where ever you put it to a level position?

Bill B

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