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 Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:27 pm Post subject: Horizontal stab position |
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My Kolb flew again yesterday, and the test pilot, another Mk3x owner, commented that the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer appeared to be set too high on the boom. Could someone send me some photos of one correctly fixed. Aussie Tony [quote][b]
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:36 pm Post subject: Horizontal stab position |
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Tony:
Can you send us a photo of your horizontal stabilizer?
What was the test pilot's observation of the horizontal stabilizer based on?
Was it, by chance, because the aircraft needs nose up pitch trim?
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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Subject: Horizontal stab position
My Kolb flew again yesterday, and the test pilot, another Mk3x owner, commented that the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer appeared to be set too high on the boom. Could someone send me some photos of one correctly fixed. Aussie Tony01234567890123
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Richard Pike
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: Horizontal stab position |
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Dude, I'll do you better than that: here is what's left of the blueprints that tell you exactly where they are supposed to go. The front of the horizontal stab is even with the top of the boom tube.
Caveat: this is for the MKIII Classic.
Parts of the blueprint are missing: the mice got hungry.
True story.
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Frankd
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Horizontal stab position |
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Hi Tony,
Before you change anything, how did the plane fly? I had an issue like this on my MkIII Xtra that made the aircraft unsafe to fly, but if the flight went well on your aircraft maybe there are no changes to be made.
Now, like John H mentioned, if the aircraft needed full up trim then maybe the Horz Stab angle is set incorrectly. But all these planes are a little different to each other and I would review the flight handling first before making any change. Also, make small changes using washers, etc, if you can, until you get it dialed in.
Safe flying.
FrankD
N1014S, MkIIIXtra.
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Rex Rodebush
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 9:51 am Post subject: Re: Horizontal stab position |
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The L.E. position of the horiz. stab. has been changed several times since the Xtra came out. I set mine per instructions from Brian at TNK and it has worked great. I think it was given in degrees using the motor mounts as a base. He also gave me the wing angle based on the same. I used a digital level. Call Travis or Brian for information.
Rex (will have my 40 hours flown off by this summer)
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 9:49 pm Post subject: Horizontal stab position |
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Thanks for the info Rex. Will do that.
Cheers
Tony On 16/05/2015 12:54 AM, "Rex Rodebush" <jrrodebush(at)gmail.com (jrrodebush(at)gmail.com)> wrote:[quote]--> Kolb-List message posted by: "Rex Rodebush" <jrrodebush(at)gmail.com (jrrodebush(at)gmail.com)>
The L.E. position of the horiz. stab. has been changed several times since the Xtra came out. I set mine per instructions from Brian at TNK and it has worked great. I think it was given in degrees using the motor mounts as a base. He also gave me the wing angle based on the same. I used a digital level. Call Travis or Brian for information.
Rex (will have my 40 hours flown off by this summer)
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