I'm going to be rigging the flaps on my 360 soon (not Outback gear).  When I rigged a single flap last winter I noticed that there was a fair amount of compliance and/or backlash in the system.  It almost seemed as though I could easily push a deflected flap upwards as much as 5-7 degrees.  I will mention here that I did not have all the rod end bolts tightened to spec -- as I recall some might not have had nuts on them at all, just bolts dropped through, so my measurement may be faulty.

 

How much compliance is customary?  And if this is more than a degree or so, I assume that y'all rig the down position not at 40 degrees, but at 40 degrees plus the compliance noted while pushing upwards with moderate one-handed pressure?

 

No, I'm not about to go fly.  What I am trying to do now is to locate the 15 degree deflected point so that I may attach a microswitch for the AoA sensor.  I also have to recalibrate my fancy electronic position indicator (uses MAC servo sensor) which I designed for full scale equalling full travel of the actuator.  Last winter I learned that full actuator travel gives me close to 65 degrees of flaps, so I need to rejigger the indicator linkage so that full scale equals 40 degrees of flaps.  Stupid me.

Thanks.

 

- Rob Wolf

Lancair 360

(Did I mention that I live in Tucson now?)