I use just a bungee cord to adjust trim forces on my KR2S. Good cheap low tech solution. My rear trim tab is ground adjustable and fixed to handle just myself and full fuel. The bungee is needed when I have a passenger or fuel is getting low.
Rob Schmitt N1852Z > On May 12, 2014, at 10:04 PM, "cruzj12 at frontiernet.net via KRnet" <krnet > at list.krnet.org> wrote: > > With this in mind, I rewired the trim tab wiring using shielded cable > (grounded only on the panel end), and kept it well clear of the radio....... > > As you can tell in the attached photo,there's no room on the panel for the > rocker switch so I'm thinking about mounting a rocker type stick grip switch. > The trim indicator can go on the panel somewhere between the gages or to far > left side of panel . Looks like I have no other option. > > To answer your previous post about having flaps, belly board and header > tank and the affects the C of G trim setting ..good point.The previous owner > builder, Ed said he did not ever use his trim tab.He actually glued it-non > functional. He controlled his descent with mere power settings. I can tell > you're an an engineer. My flying buddy is a mechanical engineer/pilot and he > always looks deeper into everything that matters than most do. Most of us > think on the surface of things.I'm one who learns the hard way more from > experiences. > > I have a 10 gallon header tank. I do not have flaps or a belly board to > slow her down so I assume the trim tab and power setting will be all I have > to work with. I've heard the retractable gear and the RAF48 airfoil can > generate ground affect. I don't want to add anymore features like fixed gear > or belly board If I don't need them. Before rebuilding the tail feathers the > empty weight was ~479 pounds. > Thanks again for your clear insight . I do appreciate you and all the other > KR flying members spending time commenting and advising me and so many other > builders here on the KRnet. I thank you and everyone involved here. Joe > Cruz....cruzj12 at frontiernet.net > On Monday, May 12, 2014 5:38 PM, Mark Langford via KRnet <krnet at > list.krnet.org> wrote: > > Joe Cruz wrote: > >> ... how many green light bars will ever be lit up at one time? > > After thinking about this a bit more, only one LED lights at a time. > Otherwise it might be distracting to have them all lit up at night. The > reason I know is because in N56ML, the three LEDs slightly "north" of the > middle are dead on mine, killed by radio frequency energy. I noticed from > the beginning that keying the mic lit whichever LED the indicator was > pointing at, above and beyond the normal level. Eventually it killed three > of them depending on which one was "indicating" at the time. I attribute > this to either the fact that my trim servo wiring ran along with the radio > coax for a few inches before separation, and/or because the trim > power/signal wiring had a junction right at the center of the vertical > stabilizer spars, which is where my radio antenna also split into two legs > of the dipole. Lots of power exiting the plane, at that point! > > With this in mind, I rewired the trim tab wiring using shielded cable > (grounded only on the panel end), and kept it well clear of the radio. > > Disclaimer: Please assume that any verbiage above was intended to be > helpful, rather than hurtful. Any perceived insults, innuendo, > belittlement, or questioning of manhood was purely unintentional... > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > <102_0228_resized.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options
