[rebel-builders] Elite elevator spades
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:33 am
Ralph,
I have done the elevator spades as you did. I have not attempted to
re-balance the elevator. I would like to hear what you did in that
regard. I am also planning to round the leading edge of the rudder
spade, but I have not started that project yet. After seeing a
report of rudder flutter on a Moose (significant structural damage,
but a safe landing) and seeing a video of rudder flutter I am
considering adding a balancing weight to the rudder spade. What are
your thoughts on that?
Lynn Cole
Murphy Elite #709
LynnCole@foxvalley.net
On Feb 17, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Ralph Baker wrote:
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I have done the elevator spades as you did. I have not attempted to
re-balance the elevator. I would like to hear what you did in that
regard. I am also planning to round the leading edge of the rudder
spade, but I have not started that project yet. After seeing a
report of rudder flutter on a Moose (significant structural damage,
but a safe landing) and seeing a video of rudder flutter I am
considering adding a balancing weight to the rudder spade. What are
your thoughts on that?
Lynn Cole
Murphy Elite #709
LynnCole@foxvalley.net
On Feb 17, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Ralph Baker wrote:
Nigel, in short - no. I did narrow and round the spades and
rebalance. Took half the width from the outside. It was not a
difficult job at all. Thinking through narrowing from the inside
it seems like considerable extra work. What would you be looking
to accomplish that would not be achieved from the out board side?
Regards,
Ralph Baker
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