Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 15:46:27 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [199.185.220.220] (HELO priv-edtnes03-hme0.telusplanet.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1b6) with ESMTP id 2357779 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 21 May 2003 11:35:58 -0400 Received: from GLLAPTOP ([142.179.201.236]) by priv-edtnes03-hme0.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.17 201-253-122-126-117-20021021) with SMTP id <20030521153558.XJHE23619.priv-edtnes03-hme0.telusplanet.net@GLLAPTOP> for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 09:35:58 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <003d01c31fae$ad93c8e0$6901a8c0@GLLAPTOP> From: "Gerry Leinweber" X-Original-To: Subject: Stiff controls at higher speeds in IV-P X-Original-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 09:35:59 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003A_01C31F7C.62DAD460" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C31F7C.62DAD460 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Have any other builders experienced excessively stiff controls in = flight? Our controls are very loose and smooth on the ground, and are = loose and smooth in slower flight. Around and over 160 KIAS, the = stiffness in the aileron controls becomes significant, and the faster we = go, the stiffer they get. The force required to initiate a turn has = prevented us from getting our STec 55 A/P system working as smooth as it = should. Have any other builders had this problem and what solutions = have worked. Gerry Leinweber ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C31F7C.62DAD460 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Have any other builders experienced = excessively=20 stiff controls in flight? Our controls are very loose and smooth = on the=20 ground, and are loose and smooth in slower flight. Around and over = 160=20 KIAS, the stiffness in the aileron controls becomes significant, and the = faster=20 we go, the stiffer they get. The force required to initiate a turn = has=20 prevented us from getting our STec 55 A/P system working as smooth as it = should. Have any other builders had this problem and what = solutions have=20 worked.

Gerry = Leinweber

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