bryanmmartin
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: First Flight N601XS |
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My XL has minimal roll stability. I believe it's due to the friction
in the aileron cables as they pass over the fairleads. The ailerons
tend to stay deflected slightly in the direction they were last moved.
One of these days I will look into it to see if I can improve this,
but it's not a high priority. It does increase the workload some on
long cross country flights, but it's manageable.
On Oct 9, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Craig Spainhower wrote:
| Quote: | The only disconcerting thing I noticed, other than the prop pitch,
is a tendancy for the plane to want to continue to roll in the
direction of a turn after ~ 15 degrees of bank. It is easily
arrested with a light opposite input on the aileron and I wondered
if this is a normal trait of the XL. Well, only 39.75 hrs flight
testing left, hoping for a mild fall.
Craig Spainhower
N601XS, 601xl Lyc 0-235 L2C, Started Feb 2003, finished Oct. 2008
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Bryan Martin
N61BM, CH 601 XL,
RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.
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