Remi
I forgot the weight of the trim tab control arm does affect tailplane
balance, so balancing outside the fuselage is not quite so simple.
Graham
Rmi Guerner wrote:
>
> I agree that balancing the tail plane outside the aircraft is a lot
> better than doing it in situ. Doing it that way, I discovered that my
> tail planes were significantly overbalanced. I removed a total of 365
> grams from the mass balance, part of which was due to the heavier Mod 70
> balance arm. It is always nice to have an opportunity to reduce your
> airplane weight.
>
> Remi Guerner
>
> F-PGKL, XS S/N395 monowheel, 912S, Airmaster, 493 hours
>
>
> Carl
> I could be corrected too but imho because the rest of the pitch control
> system only moves fore and aft it won't influence balance, so I would
> think balancing disconnected is OK. The rest of system will affect
> natural resonant frequency but not the initial response due to G loading.
> Tell me if I' wrong?
> Graham
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