Thanks Bud,=0AI use Gurney flaps for trim, a few inches of draft excluder s
tuck under the trailing edge of one aileron. I always tried to get the flap
s reflexed up a bit to match the digital print out of the airfoil. Most fol
ks assume it should be flat under the TE but it isn't. Another omission in
the manual! Poor old Andy, he was under so much pressure when he wrote it,
all sorts of things needing attention, especially the hassles they had with
the fuel tank. No one told them the tank would expand when filled with Mog
as! Took a year to fix that! =0AGraham=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A______________________
__________=0A From: Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com>=0ATo: europa-list@matronic
s.com =0ASent: Friday, 5 July 2013, 3:02=0ASubject: Re: Europa-List: Re: An
gle of Incidence on a Classic Taildragger Downunder=0A =0A=0A=0A =0AGraham,
=0AWell said.- If a plane comes in here we do the same thing.- It =0Asa
ves a lot of head scratching.- We measure root, (granted outside of the
=0Afiller and fillets), mid wing between the flap and aileron, and tip.-
Then =0Acompare the two wing sides.- If you adjust the flap and aileron t
o even =0Athem up (the aileron has to be contoured to stay where you want i
t) it makes =0Atrimming a lot less trial and error plus you don't need thos
e ugly bendy =0Atabs.=0ABud-=0A----- Original Message ----- =0A>From: GRA
HAM SINGLETON =0A>To: europa-list@matronics.com =0A>Sent: Thursday, July 04
, 2013 3:29 PM=0A>Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Angle of Incidence on a C
lassic Taildragger Downunder=0A>=0A>=0A>The AoA that must be accurate is a
t roughly the outboard end of the spar.=0A>AoA =0A at the wing root is pre
tty irrelevant. Think about it, there's almost no =0A rolling moment there
. =0A>I made a jig to measure AoA using the leading edge =0A and the trail
ing edge, a Vee on it's side for the LE and a straight edge to =0A sit on
the trailing edge. Straight edge to join the two. This is your datum =0A l
ine, not essential that it is parallel to the wing chord line but you will
=0A need to use a digital level.=0A>Next get the first wing set up as per
the =0A manual.=0A>Now set up the second wing to match the first. =0A>It w
ouldn't do =0A any harm to check the wings at the tips too, this will=0A>t
ell you if the =0A wings have different washout angle but maybe you didn't
want to know =0A that!=0A>Graham=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>_____________
___________________=0A> From: AirEupora <AirEupora@sbcglobal.net>=0A>To: eu
ropa-list@matronics.com =0A>Sent: Thursday, 4 July 2013, 16:39=0A>Subject:
Europa-List: Re: Angle of Incidence on a Classic Taildragger Downunder=0A
global.net>=0A>=0A>Tony, =0A I can tell you from experience that both wing
s have to be the same.- I =0A set my up with the fuselage bottom only.
- I now have both top and bottom =0A on and have 30 hours of flight time
.- I have a left wing low.- I =0A went back and measured both wings an
d the right is 2.4 degrees and the left is =0A 1.7 degrees.- =0A>=0A>Not
sure why!- I took pictures of the level =0A showing 2.5 degrees on both
wings!=0A>=0A>I have lower the left wing flap =0A about a degree or two,
but at low speed the aircraft left wing drops in a =0A second.- I'm plan
ning on resetting the front socket.- =0A>=0A>I'm =0A worried about the h
oles that I drilled in the metal plate that is in the =0A fuselage and wil
l cut out the fuselage skin and add a plate to the ole one =0A then set th
e wing up correctly.=0A>=0A>Do it right the first, second, third =0A time.
- If it's right you will have no troubles when you fly it.- Use =0A a
laser measure from the tail plane tubes to the wind aileron end plate to se
t =0A the sweep.=0A>=0A>Rick Stockton=0A>N120EJ=0A>Jabiru 3330L=0A>Whirlwi
nd Ground =0A Adjustable=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>Read this topic online here:
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