Our EAA chapter has a picnic every summer to bring our families out to the airport and show them what we’ve been working on all winter. We’d flown in once before, and desperately wanted to show our new paint to the chapter for the first time (not to mention prove that it flies). So, I […]
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Well we started to fly up to Kalamazoo today to see our friends the Millins and give some much-earned rides out. It was a pretty day for flying and the plane was in good order, so we gave them a phone call and launched. The clouds were reported as scattered at 5,500′, so we planned […]
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Before flight you need to recheck that your nosewheel torque is correct so you don’t get nosewheel shimmy. See the Nosewheel Shimmy Dampener section for more inforamtion. Shimmy Dampener Nose Wheel Belleville washers For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad […]
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Before flight it’s critically important that all controls are balanced and the rigging is checked for proper travel. Here are some of the more important checks from the manual. Control Stick Wing Root Aileron Aileron Rigging Aileron Balancing Aileron Weight / Aileron Balancing Roll Checks / Aileron Deflection Rudder Pedal Rudder Attachment Rudder Wing Root […]
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