If you are 3.5" aft of your forward CG I'm surprised that you are pushing forward so soon. Is it possible that horizontal stab is off?? Just a thought. On 6399U and full fuel in the header tank my trim tab is slightly down and by the time I'm at 1/4 tank its all the way down. With a passenger and full fuel its all the way up and I would never fly below 3/4. I'm about 235 depending how close the moon is to the earth. Good luck, Kenny Wiltrout
On Saturday, November 8, 2014 8:16 AM, Rob Schmitt via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: John, Congrats on your 1st flight! I had the same issue with my ground adjustable only trim tab as well. You'll just need to adjust it till it is set for level flight for you and no pressure added. It took several flights to find the sweet spot. Mine ended with the trim tab down about 15 degrees. I use a bungee cord on the stick to adjust it in flight for instance when I have a passenger. Thanks, Rob Schmitt > On Nov 7, 2014, at 9:42 PM, John Bouyea via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > During my entire flight today, I had to hold forward pressure on the stick. > This made my takeoff more exciting than it needed to be while I figured that > issue out. Landing became more an issue of reducing some forward pressure as > opposed to increasing back pressure. I'll head into published readings about > this imbalance and specifically how to cure it. > > > > I'm pretty sure my weight and balance is correct and with pilot and fuel > loaded, I'm 3.5" aft of the forward-most CG. That leaves the trim tab > "neutral position" is set incorrectly or it's just too darn small. I'm > taking tools to MMV tomorrow to make what adjustments I can before further > flight. > > > > Can anyone comment on facing & curing the same problem in their KR? Thank > you. > > > > John Bouyea > > N5391M/ KR2 > > OR81/ Hillsboro, OR > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.orgto change > options _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.orgto change options
