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Excuse me. I am a newbie student pilot. However, it seems to me that getting two trim tabs set so they match would be real difficult. The only reason I can think of for two trim tabs would be a plane that had so much yaw that it required both tabs to get enough correction; one up, the other down. I would be wondering what would cause that much yaw. Have I got this right? Tom Jackson -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Finch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:35 AM To: 'Ercoupe Technical Discussion (moderated)' Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Trim Tabbing ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- My Alon has the same problem, and it already has trim tabs on each side. I remember a mechanic said I should bend the tab only on one side but I don't remember the rule as to which side and direction (up/down) to use, anybody know what I'm referring to and remember the rule? And, I understand one should bend the tab with a couple of pieces of 2x4 so the entire tab gets bent evenly. Ralph Finch Davis, California > From: "roger anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] new ercoupe owner > > I picked up a Coupe in Houston a couple of years ago. I also flew > home with it wanting to roll left, holding right > aileron for the hours back to Tennessee. On the ground > when home, all rigging and alignment looked correct. > Realizing the majority here will recommend following the coupe > procedure of bending the trailing edge of the aileron as a trim > method, I prefered a small trim tab being installed instead. I just > don't like bending the wing structure. > Also, any future minor adjustments can be easily made with a trim tab. > A small tab slipped in and rivited between the wing trailing edge > corrected the problem and it flew beautifully hands off after that. > roger ============================================================================ == To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
