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 Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject: Hinge less ailerons (with autopilot) |
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John,
No doubt Jim Younkin is talented, smart, knowledgeable, informed and successful. But, he, like all of us has opinions based on facts and ideas that he supports - that is the genius of all debate I think. And, he probably cannot do what you do best as well as you. Unless you are in the same profession I have never found comparing smarts, etc. to mine or anyone eles to be a very useful endeavor - we all have our great and not so great traits.
I have flown with the hing less ailerons and find them to be great. My 600 has them and I anticipate no problem at all when I start flying it this month or next (waiting, waiting, waiting for the FAA paperwork). The testing done with these aileron's was very good. More than twenty years of empirical use has shown them to be just as good as any other system when used in the correct application. So, why not? And as others say, it is a great talking point when you arrive somewhere and find someone that has never seen or even heard of them.
I find it funny to hear the guys around here who talked down pulled rivets on the Zodiac planes now starting to change as they find out that other companies are using them. I even think one of the next Vans airplane may have them - somebody will correct me here. Bottom line is, the pulled rivets work just great. A bunch of mine have been dimpled and made flush on the wing. Not really necessary, but it looks very good and probably adds a bit of strength and no cost in weight - but sure costs more man-power.
The best advise I can offer is to learn how to fly well, know and understand your airplane even better while flying it within its and your capabilities. Doing that will result in great fun and safe flying as you take your "hing less aileron" story to all of those destinations where someone will question such a building method.
I may be wrong, but the factory probably switched to piano hinged ailerons in order to sell more airplanes to the many who will never really try to understand and to the many who give their opinion more weight than any other.
Enjoy yourself both building and flying.
Do Not Archive
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Semper Fi,
Steven R. Hulland
CH 600 Taildragger
Amado, AZ
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