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I can't believe I have another major problem! I hooked up the left aileron
with the wing to fuselage push-pull rod and when moving the stick I noticed
the aileron bouncing a bit when I stopped moving the stick. I tied the
stick down and with it held in place I can move the aileron a full inch at
the trailing edge! I tried to narrow down where the worst of it is being
caused which I really need a second person to help do. Aileron to the wing
root end of the torque rod seems solid as a rock. The worst of it seems to
be the push-pull rod I just hooked up but again it's hard to be sure without
a second person to hold things. The frustrating thing is I reviewed the
entire system against the manual and I have built it exactly as described in
the manual. Every builder should have run into the same problem. There
should be a "to avoid excessive free play the builder should take care
to..." entry in the manual. HELLLLLPPPPP!

Went out to the hangar today and after weeks of no sign of leaks from the
tanks the left wing tank is leaking now!

What next?

Mike
044SR




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Mike,

FWIW,

I've had the same flex in my SR ailerons since day one and five years of
flying. We checked all linkages and we still have some slop but it does not
seem to be a problem at any airspeed from redline to parked.

Also, the VG's and droop tips we installed last winter seem to be working
pretty well. I have better aileron response at low speed and have dropped
my stall about 5 mph. Stall is a non event on floats, more of a burble with no
wing dropping.

Chris Gill SR 2500 N4965 at Lake Hood
Anchorage AK




On 8/1/2006 7:47 PM, mkimball@gci.net wrote to rebel-builders:

-> I can't believe I have another major problem! I hooked up the left aileron
-> with the wing to fuselage push-pull rod and when moving the stick I
noticed
-> the aileron bouncing a bit when I stopped moving the stick. I tied the
-> stick down and with it held in place I can move the aileron a full inch at
-> the trailing edge! I tried to narrow down where the worst of it is being
-> caused which I really need a second person to help do. Aileron to the wing
-> root end of the torque rod seems solid as a rock. The worst of it seems to
-> be the push-pull rod I just hooked up but again it's hard to be sure without
-> a second person to hold things. The frustrating thing is I reviewed the
-> entire system against the manual and I have built it exactly as described in
-> the manual. Every builder should have run into the same problem. There
-> should be a "to avoid excessive free play the builder should take care
-> to..." entry in the manual. HELLLLLPPPPP!
->
-> Went out to the hangar today and after weeks of no sign of leaks from the
-> tanks the left wing tank is leaking now!
->
-> What next?
->
-> Mike
-> 044SR
->





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