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gareywittich2000(at)yahoo
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject: Measure RUDDER Deflection (Swing) Angle

Greetings:

Have my VS mounted to the work bench along with the Rudder attached.  Trying to verify the 35 degree travel on the Rudder to the Left and Right of Neutral.  Seen no Archieves on how to measure the angle other than laying the VS and Rudder on the work bench and using "Smart Level" to measure the deflection in the Up & Down positions.  Must be "super simple" to measure it, but for some reason the method is not evident to me (now).

Appreciate your help,    Garey Wittich   Santa Monica, CA



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acepilot(at)bloomer.net
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:39 am Post subject: Measure RUDDER Deflection (Swing) Angle

Maybe draw a center line on the bench and then from a point that is the 

centerline of the hinges draw lines out at 35 degrees (protractor) on 

each side of the centerline on the bench.  Swing the rudder and watch 

for the trailing edge to line up with the 35 degree lines at the end of 

travel.



Garey Wittich wrote:

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		   Greetings:



 Have my VS mounted to the work bench along with the Rudder attached. 

  Trying to verify the 35 degree travel on the Rudder to the Left and 

 Right of Neutral.  Seen no Archieves on how to measure the angle other 

 than laying the VS and Rudder on the work bench and using "Smart 

 Level" to measure the deflection in the Up & Down positions.  Must be 

 "super simple" to measure it, but for some reason the method is not 

 evident to me (now).



 Appreciate your help,    Garey Wittich   Santa Monica, CA



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wgill10(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:23 am Post subject: Measure RUDDER Deflection (Swing) Angle

Garey,  

   

The critical part is Van’s “additional instruction” that states that the distance between rudder and trailing edge of the elevator shall not be closer than one inch. After complying with this instruction, I found that the rudder swing in each direction was a few degrees less than the 35° callout. Additionally, the rudder stop dimensions were different from the plans to meet the 1” callout.  

   

Bill  

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Lee’s Summit, MO  

   

   

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