Pietenpol-List: Adjusted trim
Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 3:40 pm
Original Posted By: "Graham Hansen"
Although my Piet flies hands off as far as stability, reduced power flying only,I still had an annoying problem with having to hold slight fwd pressure onthe stick at cruise RPM. Became a problem when flying for more than an hour.I know this was talked about awhile ago, I thought I'd add what I did and the results.The holding fwd pressure virtually went away by adjusting the fwd wires on thehorizontal stabilizer. Loosened the lower exactly 2 turns and then tightenedthe upper the same 2 turns. When viewing from the front of the plane, with theroot of the stab. flat, the outter leading edge seems to have been raised about1/8 inch.Test flew it and it was right on the money.waltin NJ where the sky was all the way to the ground all day________________________________________________________________________________
Although my Piet flies hands off as far as stability, reduced power flying only,I still had an annoying problem with having to hold slight fwd pressure onthe stick at cruise RPM. Became a problem when flying for more than an hour.I know this was talked about awhile ago, I thought I'd add what I did and the results.The holding fwd pressure virtually went away by adjusting the fwd wires on thehorizontal stabilizer. Loosened the lower exactly 2 turns and then tightenedthe upper the same 2 turns. When viewing from the front of the plane, with theroot of the stab. flat, the outter leading edge seems to have been raised about1/8 inch.Test flew it and it was right on the money.waltin NJ where the sky was all the way to the ground all day________________________________________________________________________________