Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:48:43 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([216.148.227.85] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.3) with ESMTP id 432873 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:33:28 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.148.227.85; envelope-from=edechazal@comcast.net Received: from cc1860069a (pcp09040864pcs.rocsth01.mi.comcast.net[69.244.182.42]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20040926133248014007lpqde>; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 13:32:58 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <007701c4a3cd$0b434e40$6401a8c0@rocsth01.mi.comcast.net> From: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: incidence difference X-Original-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:30:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_006C_01C4A3AB.7CDB52E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C4A3AB.7CDB52E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Guys - Slow down for a second. Why are you finding out about = alignment/incidence issues AFTER you put the plane in the air? Did you = build the plane? Did you check incidence with proper wing jigs prior to = close out? Did you check your work with quality tools (bubble level is = not good enough)? Did the manual warn you about the importance of = getting this right? None of this was hard on my 360, there were lines = marked on the outside ribs that you were to line up with the fuselage = zero angle line. I sweated until I got it within a tenth of a degree. = Not very hard. Even after all that, I still had a heavy left wing, = solved with a half turn on the flap push rod. =20 I did not build a IV, but my 360 fast build did come with stern warnings = about "make the left wing match the right wing". Let's be clear that = precision on the incidence angle of the wing is not critical (within = reason), as long as both wings are the same and their relationship to = the incidence of the horizontal stabilizer is correct. =20 Regards, Ed de Chazal ------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C4A3AB.7CDB52E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Guys - Slow down for a = second. =20 Why are you finding out about alignment/incidence issues AFTER you put = the plane=20 in the air?  Did you build the plane?  Did you check incidence = with=20 proper wing jigs prior to close out?  Did you check your work with = quality=20 tools (bubble level is not good enough)?  Did the manual warn you = about the=20 importance of getting this right?  None of this was hard on my 360, = there=20 were lines marked on the outside ribs that you were to line up with the = fuselage=20 zero angle line.  I sweated until I got it within a tenth of a=20 degree.  Not very hard.  Even after all that, I still had a = heavy left=20 wing, solved with a half turn on the flap push rod. 
 
I did not build a IV, = but my 360 fast=20 build did come with stern warnings about "make the left wing match the = right=20 wing".   Let's be clear that precision on the incidence angle = of the=20 wing is not critical (within reason), as long as both wings are the same = and=20 their relationship to the incidence of the horizontal stabilizer is=20 correct. 
 
Regards,
Ed de=20 Chazal
------=_NextPart_000_006C_01C4A3AB.7CDB52E0--