FYI, It is common practice for the Van's RV airplanes to take a block of wood and mallet and gently tap on the trailing radius of the aileron to correct "heavy" wings.
Don Mack RV-6A Fuselage Ercoupe 415-D [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq 16679225 http://www.flash.net/~donmack ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 1998 4:47 PM Subject: Wing Heavy Coupe >This morning, per the advice given on this coupers mailing list and the >service manual, my coupe was changed from a coupe that would roll to the left >at cruise at a rate of approx. 3 Degrees/sec to one that tracks straight ahead >hands off. All it took, as many of you told me, was a microscopic downward >bend along the entire trailing edge of the right aileron. The bend was so >slight that I wasn't at all sure that we had even bent it, but the results >were dramatic! I AM NOW A BELIEVER!! Thanks for the advice! Ron >
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