Hey guys; this weekend if the weather cooperates I am going to try to correct an issue that I’ve had for quite some time now.
It seems that my elevator trim is not doing its job properly. Whenever I am flying by myself, the plane will nose over slightly when I release the stick, even with full up elevator trim. When I have a passenger, and am approaching gross weight, the issue is still there but not nearly as bad due to the CG being further aft. I took a look at my trim last time I was up at the hangar, and even with full up trim, the trim tab moves a lot. I understand it is supposed to move slightly as the elevator travels down and up, but this feels way more “loose” than anything; I can basically move the trim tab full deflection up and down at all times, even with full up trim. I was curious if anybody has had this same issue, and if so, is there an easy fix for it? I’ve essentially just ran out of elevator “up” trim. Would this just be a matter of tightening the trim tab cable so the trim tab is more sturdy, or is this something aerodynamic related to the Stock KR2S that would require major modifications? I do not mind having my hand on the stick the whole time, but my fear is if the elevator cables were to ever fail in flight, I would have zero redundancy for the flight controls. If my trim tab was adjusted correctly, and the cables were to fail, I could (in theory) use the trim tab to give me some influence of pitch and at least make an effort to get to a runway. Any help would be greatly appreciated. For reference; -Stock KR2S; RAF48 airfoil. ~650 lbs empty -Revmaster 2100D; battery forward of firewall -CG is near the forward limit when completely empty. V/R Sam Spanovich N6399U 74S, Anacortes WA _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
